Awards and Honors
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Undergraduate student fellowship (Conacyt, Mexico), 1990-1991
- Undergraduate student fellowship (UNAM), 1992-1993
- Honorific Mention Award for B.S. coursework and thesis (UNAM), 1993
- Five-year scholarship (“DGAPA-UNAM”) for graduate studies at UCSB, 1993-1999
- Whitaker Foundation fellowship for post doctoral research (UCI), 1999-2001
- Faculty Career Development Award (UCI), 2000-2001
- Faculty Career Development Award (UCI), 2001-2002
- Research Scientist Development Award (NIH-K01 Grant) 2002-2007
