Huemantzin Balan Ortiz-Oliveros

Dr. Huemantzin Balan Ortiz-Oliveros

Radioactive Waste Department, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES, Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Biography

Head of the Radioactive Waste Department & Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Nuclear Research (ININ, Mexico). SNII Level 2 National Researcher and Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (Springer Nature). Biochemical Engineer (ITV) with M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Sciences from UAEMeX. Since 2013, I coordinate national radioactive waste management operations for non-electric applications, serving as the Mexican Lead for the international repatriation project of Category 1 & 2 Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources (DSRS) in collaboration with US DOE-NNSA / LANL-OSRP. Co-author of Mexico’s 1st and 2nd National Reports for the IAEA Joint Convention on Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Safety. Main Research Interests: • Processing, confinement, and management of radioactive waste and high-activity DSRS (Categories 1 & 2). • Radiological protection, environmental radiochemistry, and radiological monitoring. • Sorption phenomena, retention of radionuclides and trace metals, and synthesis/characterization of functional materials. • Soil remediation techniques and trace element biomonitoring using multivariate chemometrics. Impact & Academic Service: Author of +30 peer-reviewed articles in Q1/Q2 international journals (+450 citations), book chapters, and conference proceedings. Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, active peer reviewer for international JCR journals, and thesis advisor.

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INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Radioactive Waste Department

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