Born in México City

1. Professional Preparation:
   B. A. in Mathematics, National University of Mexico (UNAM), 1972-1976.
   Master of Sciences, University of Oxford, U. K., 1977 (grant from the British Council).
   Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, U. K., 1980 (UNAM’s grant).
   Posdoctorate: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India (March-May 1980); Institute des Hautes Études Scientıfiques (IHES), Paris, France, (October-December 1981); and Université de Geneve, Switzerland (January-March 1982).
   
   
2. Academic Positions:
   
   • Associate Researcher at Instituto de Matemáticas de la UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), November 1980 to July 1984.
   • Professor at the Instituto de Matemáticas de la UNAM since July 1984.
   • Professor “Titular C” (highest level) at UNAMS’s Instituto de Matemáticas since September 1997.
     
     
3. Fields of Research:
   Real and complex singularities.
   Holomorphic dynamical systems.
   
   
4. Selected Appointments and Honors:
   
   • President Mexican Mathematical Society (1986-1987).
   • Founder of Mexican Mathematics Olympiade (1987).
   • Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 1985.
   • Member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, TWAS (http://oldwww.ictp.it/index.html), since 2003.
   • Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize (Spain) 2005 (http://ffsb.iec.cat/EN/premi.htm).
   • Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize (Spain) 2012 (http://ffsb.iec.cat/EN/premi.htm).
   • Director Casa Matemática Oaxaca (an Affiliate of BIRS-Canada in Mexico), since 2015.
   • Director Solomon Lefschetz International Research Laboratory of the CNRS (France) in Mexico since 2017. Before, 2009-2017, (Founder) Director of a CNRS’ Associate International Laboratory in Mexico.
   • Scientific Committee Member of Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe (UMALCA), 2001-2009 (https://www.umalca.org/).
   • Steering Committee Member of Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe (UMALCA), 2009-2017.
   • Steering Committee Member of the Pacific Rim Mathematical Association (PRIMA; http://www.primath.org/about_prima.html).
   • Board of Directors of the Canadian Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS), since 2014. (http://www.birs.ca/about/governance/scientific-management/scientific-advisory-board/current-members).
   • Visitor (sabbatical, 2005) as Professeur Classe Exceptionnelle at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, and visitor for one term at Oxford University on an SRC grant during same year.
   • “Alan David Richards Fellowship”, Durham University, U. K., 2012.
   • Award from Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, France, January-March 2013, for a research visit to Institute de Mathemátiques de Jussieu.
   • Holder for a 5-year term (2005-2010) of the highest-level Staff Associate position at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in Trieste, Italy.
   • Director of the Institute of Mathematics of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) for 2014-2018, and then again for 2018-2022.
   • Vice-President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences 2020-2023, and Elected President for 2023-2026.
   • Solomon Lefschetz Medal 2021, awarded by the Mathematics Council of the Americas.
     
     
5. Publications:
   74 research articles, mostly in top journals; 3 research monographs: 2 in Birkhauser’s Progress in Mathematics series and 1 in the Springer Lecture Notes in Maths.; 1 text book, first published in Spanish in Mexico and then translated into English and published by Birkhauser. 11 books published as a co-editor in top international series; this includes the first of a 5-volume project to be published by Springer Verlag entitled “Handbook on Geometry and topology of singularities”.
   
   
6. Synergistic Activities:
   Organizing conferences and meetings: I have co-organized more than 70 international meetings in Mexico and elsewhere. This includes the 2nd Latin American Congress of Mathematicians, in which I coordinated the organizing, financial and scientific committees. I also was co-director of two Advanced Schools and Workshops at the ICTP, Trieste, Italy, in 2010 and 2015. I initiated in 2001 UMALCA’s program of EMALCA schools that now takes place regularly in several countries in Latin America.
   
   Advising Students: I have advised 22 successful students, half of them at B. A. and M. Sc. Levels, and 11 Ph. D. students, 3 of them from Brazil: F. Sánchez-Bringas 1988 (co-advisor X. Gómez-Mont), J. P. Navarrete 2006; A. Cano 2008; M. F. Zanchetta (co-advisor M. Saia, Brasil) 2010; H. Aguilar (co-advisor A. Pichon) 2011; B. Limón 2011; A. Menegón 2012; R. Martins (co-advisor N. de Goes, Brasil), 2018; A. Gonzalez 2018 (co-advisor A. Cano); A. Ucán-Puc 2019 (co-advisor A. Cano); V. Alderete 2020 (co-advisor C. Cabrera). I have also advice 10 posdoct students.
   
   Activities as President of the Mexican Mathematics Society (1986-1988): I began the Mexican Mathematics Olympiades in 1987; this was taken as model to start olympiades in Mexico in several other disciplines. I also participated in initiating the publication series “Aportaciones Matemáticas” which is today’s most active maths publication in Mexico.
   
   Activities in UNAM’s Institute of Mathematics: Academic leader in the areas of singularity theory and holomorphic dynamics. Consolidation of the foreign branches of the institute at the cities of Cuernavaca, Oaxaca and Querétaro (Juriquilla). Long-range scientific planning, gathering of support for the mathematical sciences, mentoring postdocs, planning outreach and mathematical education activities, mathematics circles, outreach activities in various parts of the country. Fostering programs for propagation of science in various parts of the country.
   
   Activities in Casa Matemática Oaxaca: Gathering funds for 26 workshops a year, since 2016, organized with BIRS, and overlooking the organization of these. Fostering the regional program PROFE, which stands for Oaxacan Program for Strengthening Education, with various types of trainings and activities at the state of Oaxaca, in Southern Mexico.
   
   Activities in CNRS’ Solomon Lefschetz International Research Laboratory: Gathering funds for, and fostering cooperation between mathematicians in France and Mexico, with emphasis on young researchers and Ph. D. students.