AVELAR MUÑOZ, FERNANDO

Fernando Avelar Muñoz holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics (2015), a Master's degree in Physical Sciences (2017), and a Ph.D. in Basic Sciences (2024) from the Academic Unit of Physics at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ). His research focuses on the deposition, characterization, and analysis of the structural, optical, and electrical properties of semiconductor materials thin films, particularly thin films of transparent conductive oxides such as ITO, ITON, ZnO, ZnO:N, ZnO:Al, ZnO:Al,N, and ZnO:Ag,N.

Since his master's studies, he has been involved in the research of thin-film structures, including the fabrication and study of ZnO-based p-n homojunctions. Currently, he collaborates on projects related to the stability of p-type conductivity in ZnO, the deposition and characterization of amorphous nitrogen-doped ITO thin films with potential applications as channel layers in TFT devices, and the synthesis and characterization of perovskite thin films.

To date, he has contributed as an author to five published research papers, serving as the lead author in one and as both lead author and corresponding author in another. Additionally, he has co-supervised two thesis projects—one at the undergraduate level and another at the master's level. Notably, the master's thesis was recognized as the best-evaluated thesis at the first UAZ Graduate Thesis Symposium in 2023.

In the academic field, he has taught various physics and mathematics courses at the high school level in both public and private institutions in the state of Zacatecas, as well as laboratory courses at the Academic Unit of Physics at UAZ.