Ana Paulina Gómora Figueroa

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Academic Training

• Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - 2013
• D. in Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 2010
• Master in Chemical Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 2006
• Bachelor's Degree, Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 2005

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Research Interests

• Flow Assurance
  • Corrosion and Inorganic scaling
  • Emulsion formation and stability for hydrocarbons transportation
• Enhanced oil recovery
  • Porous media wettability change
  • Formation and stability of emulsions in the porous media
  • Analysis of rock-fluid properties
• Geological storage of Carbon Dioxide
  • Reactivity of Mexican igneous rocks in presence of aqueous CO2
  • Analysis of geochemical properties of basalts

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Honors and Awards

• National System of Researchers (SNI), National Researcher Candidate (Area II), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico (2012 - 2015)
• Postdoctoral Scholarship, Schlumberger Foundation, Faculty for the Future (FFTF), USA (2010 - 2012).
• Postdoctoral Scholarship, UC MEXUS-CONACyT, USA (2010), Declined.
• Academic Exchange Scholarship, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Brno, Republic (2008-2009).
• Honorable Mention in the Bachelor's Examination, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico (2005).
• Academic Excellence Student Program (PAEA), Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2001 - 2004).

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Outstanding Publications

• P. Gómora-Figueroa P. Román-Román, D. Solis-Ibarra, E. González-Torres. Chemical Insights on the Mineralization of CO2 in Basalts for Geologic Storage. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, under revision.
• J. Montaño-Salazar, A. P. Gómora-Figueroa. Estudio de Propiedades Fisicoquímicas de Emulsiones Relevantes para el Transporte de Hidrocarburos. ACS SciMeetings, 2020 https://doi.org/10.26226
• K. Trujillo-Hernández, G. Rodríguez-López, A. Espinosa-Roa, J. González-Roque, A. P. Gómora-Figueroa, W. Zhang, P. S. Halasyamani, V. Jancik, M. Gembicky, D. Solis-Ibarra. Incorporation of Chiral Cations in Lead-Bromide Perovskites for Second Harmonic Generation and White-Light Emission J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 9602-9607.
• G. R. Osorio-Celestino, M. Hernández, S. Tehuacanero-Cuapa, A. Gómez-Rodríguez, D. Solis-Ibarra, A. P. Gómora-Figueroa. Influence of Calcium Scaling on Corrosion Behaviour of Steel and Aluminum Alloys. ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 28, 17304 -17313.
• E. Cantú-Apodaca, P. Ortiz-Lucas, A. P. Gómora-Figueroa, J. Mancera-Alejándrez, E. González-Torres. Permanent Storage of CO2 in Mexican Igneous Rocks. SPE 195964, 2019.
• A.P. Gómora-Figueroa, R. G. Camacho-Velázquez, J. Guadarrama-Cetina, T. I. Guerrero-Sarabia. Oil Emulsions in Naturally Fractured Porous Media. Petroleum, 2019, 5 (3), 215-226.
• A. P. Gómora-Figueroa, D. Solís Ibarra, G. Barón-Sánchez Química para Ciencias de la Tierra: Fundamentos y Aplicaciones. Capítulo 5 Teoría de orbitales moleculares y cristaloquímica. , 2018. ISBN 978-607-30-1601-8
• A. P. Gómora-Figueroa, J. A. Mason, M. I. Gonzalez, E. D. Bloch, K. R. Meihaus. Metal Insertion in a Methylamine-Functionalized Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Capture. Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56 (8), 4308 – 4316.
• R. Camacho-Velázquez, A. P. Gómora-Figueroa, M. Cortés-Cortés, V. Pérez-Robles and M. C. Velázquez Franco. Flow Assurance Applied Research Proposal for Heavy Oil Crudes from Green Offshore Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Delivery Points. SPE 171079-MS, 2014.
• R. Ameloot, M. Aubrey, B. M. Wiers, A. P. Gómora-Figueroa,N. P. Balsara, J. R. Long. Lithium Ion Conductivity in the Metal-Organic Framework UiO-66 via Dehydration and Insertion of Lithium t-Butoxide. Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 5533-5536.