eduardo mendez

Computational biology: From forcefield development, quantum/classical molecular dynamics, molecular dynamics at the mesoscopic level, mesoscopic simulations, stochastic dynamics, membrane modeling. Code development, algorithm checking, pattern recognition strategies

ndustrial Experience
Several years working as an efficient consulting engineer.
Various startups, consulting engineering firms and medium size companies prior to, and after PhD studies.
• Application Research Scientist. 2021 -to date. Acacia Lumen Technologies S.A.S. Mexico City, MEXICO
– Fibers/composites/polymers engineering, Research advisor . Applied AI. Water
filtration and materials recovery via combined electro-chemical and reverse osmosis 

• R&D staff, 2007-2009 Visens Engineering Saskatoon, CANADA
– Chemical reactor design and operation/Materials Laboratory. Cellulosic ethanol production
• Engineering Staff 2002-2004 Group Vitro, Vitrofíbras Innovation/Technology/Design Mexico City, MEXICO
– Fibers/composites/polymers engineering.
• Consulting Engineer from 1999 to 2002. Olagaray & Flores. Consulting Engineers Mexico City, MEXICO
– Evaluation and testing of materials to ASTM standards. Civil Engineering applications.
Research Experience
Molecular dynamics, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning applied to drug design and materials research.
Over 10 publications on International referred journals (Physical Reviews Letters, Biophysics, JACS).
• Postdoctoral Fellow Internship July 2020-Dec 2021 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT. USA
– Carried out research on polymers grafted to surfaces. Complement of UNAM-IIMAS proyect
• Postdoctoral Fellow March 2018-Dec 2018 University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa, ON. CANADA
– Collaboration between MIREXUS technologies and CNABLAB on natural dendritic carbohydrate particles.
– Collaboration with experimental group. Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INSRS) on Protein
functionalization with polymer additives

Skills
• Computing:
Languages: C/FORTRAN MPI, PYTHON (with AI and ML packages). Operative Sysems: Linux, Mac OsX, Windows, PBS
scheduling, HPC computing setup. NUMERICAL SOFTWARE: R, Maple, Matlab. Finite element, molecular parametrization,
simulations, Molecular Docking software
• Soft skills:
Undergrad instructor Engineering and Sciences. Experience directing medium size groups in industrial settings | English and
Spanish bilingual
• Equipment:
- Protein Crystallography (standard lab. operation and X-ray diffraction). - HPCL, gas chromatography, microscopy. | Welding
and machining with CNC, Turning machines, etc.

Education
Scientific computing, structural biology, programming fortran90/C-MPI, python, scripting.
• PhD, Biophysical Chemistry (2017) University of Calgary Calgary, AB. CANADA
• M.Sc. Chemistry (2007) University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK. CANADA
• B. Sc. Engineering Physics (2000) Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Mexico City, MEXICO
• B. Sc. Computer Sciences (2022) CENEVAL Equiv. test. Certif. pending Mexico City, MEXICO