Alfonso Castillo

Graduate Student

Education

• M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, School of Chemistry (2018); Advisor: Prof. Roberto Zenit
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, School of Chemistry (2015); Advisor: Prof. Modesto Javier Cruz Gómez

Professional Affiliations

• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

Areas of Interest

• Spin qubit dynamics in two-dimensional materials
• Classical Molecular Dynamics
• Machine Learning Potentials
• Neural Network Potentials
• Experimental non-Newtonian fluid mechanics
• Rheology of viscoelastic fluids

Experience

• 2021-present: Research Assistant, The University of Chicago
• 2015-2018: Graduate Researcher, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
• 2015: Summer Intern, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Resymat S.A. de C.V.
• 2014-2015: Undergraduate Researcher, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Awards and Distinctions

• Robert R. McCormick Fellowship, Graduate Program, The University of Chicago (2021)
• Full-Tuition Merit Scholarship, Graduate Program, The University of Chicago (2021)
• Alfonso Caso Medal Nominee,Graduate Program, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2018)
• Graduate Fellowship, Graduate Program, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico (2015-2017)

Publications

• Yunxing Su, Alfonso Castillo, On Shun Pak, Lailai Zhu, and Roberto Zenit
  Viscoelastic levitation
  J. Fluid Mech. 943 A23 (2022).
• Alfonso Castillo, William L. Murch, Jonas Einarsson, Baltasar Mena, Eric S. G. Shaqfeh, and Roberto Zenit
  Drag coefficient for a sedimenting and rotating sphere in a viscoelastic fluid
  Phys. Rev. Fluids 4, 063302 (2019).