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UP Campus: Mexico City

  • Juan Antonio Casanovas Esquivel

    Juan Antonio Casanovas Esquivel

    Juan Antonio Casanovas Esquivel has a law degree, a specialist in tax law, a master's degree in legal sciences and a doctorate in law, all degrees obtained from Universidad Panamericana and with honorable mention.

    He is currently a full time Research Professor at the School of Law of Universidad Panamericana, where he also served as academic director of the Master's Degree in Financial Law Institutions and Academic Secretary of the Bachelor's Degree.

    He is a Level I National Researcher in the National System of Researchers (SECIHTI) and the author of the books *Al maestro con cariño: El cine y la enseñanza del Derecho Comparado* (To the Teacher with Affection: Film and the Teaching of Comparative Law), published by the Division of Graduate Studies in Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and *El hombre en tanto hombre: la ley natural y los bienes humanos básicos según John Finnis a la luz del cine* (Man as Man: Natural Law and Basic Human Goods According to John Finnis in the Light of Film), published by the Spanish publisher Sindéresis.

    Research Areas

    • Philosophy of Law
    • Comparative Law
    • Law and Film
  • José María Soberanes Díez

    José María Soberanes Díez

    A native of Mexico City, he holds a bachelor’s degree in law, a master’s degree in legal
    sciences, and a Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from the Law School of the
    t the Universidad Panamericana.

    He worked for seven years at the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, where he served as
    secretary of research and accounting. He subsequently moved on to a career in
    academia. For more than a decade, he has been a professor and researcher at the Universidad
    Panamericana’s Mexico City campus, and he is also a visiting professor at other
    universities throughout the country.

    At the Panamericana University, he has served as academic secretary and director of the postgraduate program in law (
    ), and he is currently the research secretary of the Faculty of Law
    .

    He is a Level III National Researcher in the National System of Researchers of the National Institute of Health Technology and Health Information (
    , SECIHTI).

    He is the author of numerous articles in specialized journals, several book chapters, and
    seven books:

    • Process Theory,
    • The case law of the Federal Judiciary,
    • Legal equality and inequality,
    • The right to education in Mexico,
    • Formal Analysis of Constitutional Reforms,
    • Conflicts between constitutional bodies and the Federal Judiciary and
    • Amendments to the 1917 Constitution.

    In addition, he has co-authored two books and is a columnist for El Universal.

    He is the section editor of the journal *Cuestiones Constitucionales*, a member of the editorial board
    of the journal *Ratio Decidendi*, and a member of the scientific committees of the journals *Tohil*
    (published by the Autonomous University of Yucatán) and the Yearbook of the Law School of the
    University of Extremadura. In addition, he is a member of the Board of the Institute
    of International Legal Studies at Rey Juan Carlos University in Spain.

    He is a member of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law and the
    International Society of Public Law.

    Research Areas

    • Constitutional Law
    • Human Rights
    • Organizational Structure
  • Jorge Eduardo Brieva Rico

    Jorge Eduardo Brieva Rico

    Dr. Jorge Eduardo Brieva Rico received a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1993 from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the same University which he completed in 1995. He then traveled to France as a French government scholarship holder to pursue a second master's degree in Image Processing at the University of Rennes 1 and a PhD in Signal Processing at the same university where he received his PhD degree in 2001. In 2016 he completed a specialization in Philosophical Anthropology at Universidad Panamericana, campus Mexico. Since 2012 he has been working at Universidad Panamericana, where he is currently a Full Researcher D in the Faculty of Engineering. He is also a member of the National System of Researchers (Conacyt), level 1. He has numerous publications in his research areas, which are segmentation, and interpretation of medical images as well as monitoring of vital signs from video processing.

    Research Areas

    • Vital Signs Monitoring
    • Image Processing and Its Methodologies
  • Iñigo Fernández Fernández

    Iñigo Fernández Fernández

    He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a Ph.D. in Documentation from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He currently serves as a professor and researcher and as Secretary of Research at the School of Communication at the Universidad Panamericana. He is a member of the SNII (Level I), the International Network of Communication Historians, the Network of Historians of the Press and Journalism in Ibero-America, and the Editorial Board of *Balajú: Journal of Culture and Communication* at the Universidad Veracruzana.

    Research Areas

    • The Formation of Public Space
    • Mexican Journalistic Culture
    • Media Ecology
  • Hiram Eredin Ponce Espinosa

    Hiram Eredin Ponce Espinosa

    Professor Hiram Ponce received his Master’s degree in Engineering Sciences and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Since 2014, he has been working at the Universidad Panamericana , Mexico Campus, where he has served as a Tenured Research Professor (Level D) in the School of Engineering, as well as Coordinator of the Ph.D. program in Artificial Intelligence. He currently serves as Secretary of Research.

    He is also a member of the National System of Researchers, Level 1 (as designated by the National Council for Science and Technology). In 2014, he was awarded the “National Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis on Artificial Intelligence” by the Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence. In 2017, he won the “Google Research Award.”

    He has published more than 120 articles in prestigious journals and conference proceedings, as well as 4 books and 9 book chapters. His research interests include artificial intelligence, robotics, mechatronics, and assistive technologies.

    Research Areas

    • Mechatronics
    • Robotics
    • Artificial Intelligence
  • Héctor Jesús Zagal Arreguín

    Héctor Jesús Zagal Arreguín

    Researcher, novelist and cultural disseminator, Zagal holds a degree in Philosophy from the Universidad Panamericana and a PhD from the Universidad de Navarra. He is currently a category D research professor at the Universidad Panamericana, professor by subject at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and member of the National System of Researchers, level III.

    Carlos Pereda, Alejandro Llano, Mauricio Beuchot and Carlos Llano have been decisive in his academic formation and he considers himself a disciple of these philosophers.

    In addition to several articles in specialized journals, he has published the books: Retórica, inducción y ciencia en Aristóteles (Mexico, 1991), Los límites de la argumentación ética en Aristóteles, (co-authored with Sergio Aguilar, Mexico, 1996), Ethik für junge Menschen (co-authored with José Galindo, Germany, 2000), Dos aproximaciones estéticas a la identidad nacional: el barroco y el surrealismo (co-authored with Luis Xavier López, Mexico, 2000), El rescate ético de la empresa y el mercado (co-authored with Carlos Llano, Mexico, 2001), Horismos, syllogismos, asapheia en Aristóteles (Spain, 2002), Método y ciencia en Aristóteles (Mexico, 2005), Los argumentos de Aristóteles (Spain, 2009), Felicidad, virtud, placer. Las vida buena según Aristóteles (Mexico, 2013), Felicidad y amistad en Aristóteles (Mexico, 2014), Para comprender el pensamiento de Carlos Llano (Mexico, 2014), Virtudes: la trama de la felicidad según Aristóteles (co-authored with Víctor Gómez, Mexico, 2019). He compiled the volumes Aristóteles y aristotélicos (together with Alberto Fonseca Mexico, 2002) and Metafísica, acción y voluntad: homenaje a Carlos Llano (together with Edgar Rodríguez Mexico, 2005).

    In addition to his work as a researcher, Zagal develops an intense work of cultural dissemination through books, articles, radio, conferences and social networks. Since 2010, he has hosted the program "El Banquete del Dr. Zagal" on MVS Radio. He has published seven novels with Planeta, six of which are historical. Imperio, about Maximilian of Habsburg, was taken to the theater and has been performed since 2013 at the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City.

    Research Areas

    • The Practical Philosophy of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas
    • The Relationship Between Philosophy and Literature

  • Griselda Dávila Aragón

    Griselda Dávila Aragón

    Griselda Dávila A. received her Ph.D. in Financial Sciences from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico City Campus, in 2014, and her Master’s degree in Insurance and Risk Management from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) in 2009, a Specialist in Risk Management and Philosophical Anthropology from the University of the Pacific ( Universidad Panamericana , UP) in 2008 and 2021, respectively, and a Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science from ITAM in 2000. She completed the D1 program offered by IPADE in 2022.

    He has worked at the UP in Mexico City since 2006, where he has served as a Research Professor and Academic Secretary of the School of Business from 2019 to the present. He is a Level 1 member of the SNI and holds the Tenured B faculty rank. He has published articles in Scopus-indexed journals and peer-reviewed books on financial topics.

    He has been a professor for 20 years at the undergraduate and graduate levels at UP, ITAM, ITESM, and UNAM. He has held management positions at financial institutions in both the public and private sectors.

    Research Areas

    • Economy and Finance
  • Germán Roberto Scalzo

    Germán Roberto Scalzo

    Germán Scalzo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Austral University; a master’s degree in Organizational Governance and Culture; and an international Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Navarra. He has conducted research stays in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United States, served as a visiting professor at several foreign universities, and participated in international conferences in more than 20 countries.

    He has received numerous honors, including a postdoctoral fellowship from the Carolina Foundation; five consecutive grants from the FFIUP as principal investigator; and first prize in the Global Prize for Ethics & Trust in Finance in Switzerland. He has authored approximately one hundred indexed interdisciplinary publications on the relationship between Christian humanism and personalist ethics, and their connection to economics and business.

    He is currently a Tenured Professor (Level D) of professional ethics in the School of Economics and Business and has been a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (Level 1) since 2016.

    Research Areas

    • Virtue Ethics
    • Business Economics
    • The Logic of the Gift and Academic Integrity
  • Gabriel González Nares

    Gabriel González Nares

    Gabriel González Nares holds a master’s degree in Ancient Philosophy from the Universidad
    Panamericana in Mexico and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the same university. He has served as
    a professor of philosophy at Colegio Montreal and in the Department of Humanities, as well as at
    the School of Health Sciences and the School of Government and Economics at the Universidad
    Panamericana, where he is currently a full-
    y associate professor and researcher at the School of Education, where he served as editorial secretary of the Revista
    Panamericana de Pedagogía. He has attended international conferences on philosophy
    and medieval philosophy. He has published scholarly articles on these topics in international
    journals. He is a member of the Mexican Philosophical Association and the
    Latin American Association of Ancient Philosophy. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the
    National Autonomous University of Mexico.

    Research Areas

    • Philosophy of education
    • Platonic Metaphysics
    • The Medieval Latin Reception of Neoplatonism
    • Renaissance Humanism
    • New Spain Philosophy
  • Felix Orlando Martinez Rios

    Felix Orlando Martinez Rios

    Professor Felix Orlando Martinez Rios received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 2006 and 2009, respectively, obtaining Summa Cum Laude recognition in both. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics with a major in Nuclear Techniques applied to Materials Science from the University of Havana, Cuba in 1980. Since 1997 he has worked at Universidad Panamericana campus Mexico City, where he has served as Director of Industrial Engineering in 1998, Director of Computer Systems Engineering from 1999 to 2009 and General Director of the School of Engineering from 2009 to 2016. He is currently Full Professor D. He is also a member of the National System of Researchers, level I. His research interests are focused on developing new algorithms for Optimization, Quantum Computing, Applied Data Science and Mobile Robotics.

    Research Areas

    • Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimization
    • Parallel Programming with Graphics Cards
    • Data Science with Artificial Intelligence
  • Ernesto Moya Albor

    Ernesto Moya Albor

    Ernesto Moya Albor received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from UNAM in 2007 and 2013. In 2003 he received the degree of Engineer in Communications and Electronics from the IPN and in 2015 he received the degree of Specialist in Philosophical Anthropology from the UP. He has a career of 19 years as Professor in Engineering. In 2013 he joined as Research Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City. In 2021 he was recognized by UP as Full Research Professor D. In addition, since 2018 he is a member of the National System of Researchers and is currently SNI level 1. He has been a PhD tutor and participated in UP research projects. He has more than 50 indexed scientific publications. His research interests are motion analysis, stenography and image cryptography; robotic navigation and non-contact vital signs monitoring. He is a member of several scientific committees in international journals.

    Research Areas

    • Digital Image Processing
    • Machine Learning
    • Robotics.