Víctor García-López
Education
2016 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Rice University. Houston, USA
2011 B.S. in Chemistry, Monterrey Tech. Monterrey, Mexico
Professional Experience
2020 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
2018 – 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. James Tour
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA
2016 – 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. François Diederich
Department of Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 – 2016 Graduate Student Researcher with Profs. James Tour and Angel Marti
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA
Spring 2011 Visiting Researcher with Prof. Eusebio Juaristi
Department of Chemistry, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico
Summer 2010 Visiting researcher with Prof. Wilfred van der Donk
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Honors and Awards
2022. Sauvage-Stoddart-Feringa Junior Award for Molecular Machines.
2022. Member of the Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters Early Career Advisory Board.
2022. Foresight Institute Fellow in Molecular Machines.
2020. Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Rice University.
2019. Career Award at the Scientific Interface. Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
2017. Distinguished Citizen. Municipal Government of Monclova, Mexico.
2017. First place in the First Nanocar Race. The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Toulouse, France.
2015. Harry B. Weiser Leadership Award. Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
2015. IBB Travel Award. Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice University.
2015. Shell Travel Award. Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
2013. Harry B. Weiser Teaching Award. Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
2011. Honorable Mention. Monterrey Tech.
2010. Roberto Rocca Scholarship. Roberto Rocca Education Program, Techint Group.
2010. Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2008. Best poster for Ongoing Research. Honeywell-Nobel Initiative.
2006. Excellence Scholarship. Monterrey Tech.
2006. Xorge A. Domínguez Scholarship. Department of Chemistry, Monterrey Tech.
2006. Second Place in Chemistry at the National Contest of Basic Sciences in Mexico.
2006. First Place in Coahuila State Chemistry Olympiad.
2016 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Rice University. Houston, USA
2011 B.S. in Chemistry, Monterrey Tech. Monterrey, Mexico
Professional Experience
2020 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
2018 – 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. James Tour
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA
2016 – 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. François Diederich
Department of Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 – 2016 Graduate Student Researcher with Profs. James Tour and Angel Marti
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA
Spring 2011 Visiting Researcher with Prof. Eusebio Juaristi
Department of Chemistry, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico
Summer 2010 Visiting researcher with Prof. Wilfred van der Donk
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Honors and Awards
2022. Sauvage-Stoddart-Feringa Junior Award for Molecular Machines.
2022. Member of the Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters Early Career Advisory Board.
2022. Foresight Institute Fellow in Molecular Machines.
2020. Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Rice University.
2019. Career Award at the Scientific Interface. Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
2017. Distinguished Citizen. Municipal Government of Monclova, Mexico.
2017. First place in the First Nanocar Race. The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Toulouse, France.
2015. Harry B. Weiser Leadership Award. Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
2015. IBB Travel Award. Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice University.
2015. Shell Travel Award. Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
2013. Harry B. Weiser Teaching Award. Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
2011. Honorable Mention. Monterrey Tech.
2010. Roberto Rocca Scholarship. Roberto Rocca Education Program, Techint Group.
2010. Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2008. Best poster for Ongoing Research. Honeywell-Nobel Initiative.
2006. Excellence Scholarship. Monterrey Tech.
2006. Xorge A. Domínguez Scholarship. Department of Chemistry, Monterrey Tech.
2006. Second Place in Chemistry at the National Contest of Basic Sciences in Mexico.
2006. First Place in Coahuila State Chemistry Olympiad.