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Site administrator and Teacher

Builder of Learning Systems and teaching.

Created and manage an open-access LMS (orcaasesina.com) for Spanish-speaking students in health and biological sciences. Taught over 100 students.

• Introduction to R for the Health Sciences. Uses WebAssembly to deploy the R console and dependencies within the course.
• Introduction to Biological Sciences. This course includes leassons that cover: physiology, mollecular and cell biology, evolution, genetics and ecology.

Writer for "Revista Nexos"

Science communication articles with focus on discussing the scientific method, philosophy, ethics, mental health and computational neurobiology.

Undergraduate-Masters

Researcher

Computational neurobiologist with extensive research experience in memory and learning.

• I have worked in the two most scientifically prestigious laboratories in Mexico, according to Stanford University's World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking: those of Dr. García Sainz and Dr. Rattoni at the Institute of Cellular Physiology, UNAM.
• Collaborated with Dr. Dan Chitwood in the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Engineering at the University of Michigan (publication in progress) and with Dr. Guillermo Restrepo (Max Planck Institute).
• My research includes the evaluation of the therapeutic effects of cannabinoid receptors in traumatic brain injury, in collaboration with Dr. Luz Navarro and Leticia Verdugo.
• Speaker at international scientific conferences (Neuroscience 2019).

Bachelor of Science

National Autonomous University of Mexico (2018-2022)

Biology

• Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the expression of cannabinoid receptors in a rat model of brain injury
• Implemented laboratory techniques in immunology, genetics, and behavior

Master of Science

National Autonomous University of Mexico (2023-2025)

Neurobiology and Behavior

• Characterization of fluoxetine effects on behavior and spatial learning in a mouse model of mild stress
• Developed and implemented new methods to assess depressive-like behavior and cognition using R via WebAssembly in serverless computing

Alzheimer: últimas noticias (2021)

Nexos

Science communication article updating the Alzheimer disease treatments and state in Mexico.

Antidepresivos: serendipia y efectos inesperados (2021)

Nexos

Science communication article reviewing the decades on antidepressants research.

Bueno para la salud, científicamente comprobado (2021)

2021

Science communication article expanding on the scientific method and its misconceptions.

Un repaso por la esquizofrenia y sus tratamientos (2022)

Nexos

Science communication article reviewing the current treatments for schizophrenia.

Applying the Euler Characteristic Transform to protein structures

Research collaboration with Dr. Dan Chitwood (Michigan State University). Publication currently in progress.

Serverless shiny-r app for behaviour analysis in the morris water maze. (2023)

IA, cognición humana y juegos de estrategia (2025)

Nexos

Science communication article explaining the similarities and differences between artificial intelligence and human cognitive processes.

Quarto-Latex Docker template for easy doctoral thesis writing. (2025)

Shiny application for the exploration of the papper *China's rise in the chemical space and the decline of US influence* (2025)

This application provides an immersive exploration of global chemical research trends from the paper *"China's rise in the chemical space and the decline of US influence"*. Built for technical depth, interactive visualizations, user experience and optimized handling of large datasets.

Quarto Serverless Data exploration app hosted in Github pages. (2024)