Biography

I grew up in Los Fresnos, Texas on the southern border of the USA. I speak Spanish and am very proud of my Mexican heritage. I attended university in Baltimore, MD studying Materials Science and Engineering. The city of Baltimore, with its rich history, has become a second home to me. In my undergraduate career, I have worked on a wide variety of materials science related questions from improving the strength of cement, to simulating the fracture of amorphous polymer systems, to creating hybrid organic-inorganic p-n junctions. At Cambridge I will be focusing on understanding charge transfer in organic solar cells in an effort to improve their efficiency. Organic solar cell technology is rich with not only academic discovery but also huge potential to improve the lives of people living without access to electricity.