Dr. Humberto Jair Híjar Juárez
Summary:
Full academic degree:
Doctor in Science (Physics)
Nationality:
Mexican
I+D+i groups to which he belongs:
Topics of his interest:
- Modeling and simulations
- Numerical methods
- Statistical mechanics
- Matter systems
About him:
Expert in the modeling and simulation of liquid crystals and liquid crystal colloids. He is Full Professor at the Research Center of La Salle University Mexico. He received his PhD in physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2007, where he was awarded the Alfoso Caso Medal as outstanding student. He has made research stays at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Complutense University of Madrid, the School of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and the Mathematics and Statistics Department of the University of Strathclyde. His scientific achievements have been recognized by the National System of Researchers in Mexico that has given him the National Researcher distinction since 2009. His scientific interest is on development and application of numerical methods based on statistical mechanics for the analysis of soft matter systems driven from thermodynamic equilibrium.
Projects:
Projects he has made:
Multi-scale simulation of nematic liquid crystals
Start date: 2019
End date: 2022
Status: Finished
Liquid crystal simulations with applications in contaminant and biological agent detection
Start date: 2018
End date: 2021
Status: Finished
Conferences:
Keynote Speeches:
- Híjar, H. (December 10th, 2022) Hybrid simulations of active colloids in liquid crystals, 12th meeting on molecular simulations: from simple fluids to chemical reactions, Mexico.
- Hijar, H. (August 15th, 2015) multiparticle collision dynamics simulations of active particles in liquid crystals, XXX international materials research congress, Mexico.
- Híjar, H. (November 23th, 2011) multi-particle collision dynamics simuations of colloidal particles in liquid crystals, calibaja center for resilient materials and systems.
- Híjar, H. (August 18th – 23th, 2019) Multi-particle collision dynamics simulations of colloids suspended in nematic solvents, Equilibrium and Beyond-Equilibrium Self-Organization in Soft Materials Symposium at the XXVIII International Materials Research Congress held in Cancun, Mexico.
Scientific speeches:
- Híjar, H. (August 27th, 2019) Multi-particle collision dynamics. Método alternativo a la dinámica molecular. Facultad de ciencias UNAM.
- Reyes, D. Deformations produced by a colloidal cylinder immersed in a liquid crystals. Co-authors: Armas, J., Híjar, H., Quintana, H.
Outreach speeches:
- Híjar, H. (2019) Ingeniería computacional de cristales líquidos: fundamentos y futuras aplicaciones., Seminario Científico Técnico Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad La Salle México.
Publications:
Indexed articles in JCR (Journal Citation Report):
- Macías, J.,Duarte, V. e Híjar, H. (2023) Active nematic liquid crystals simulated by particle-based mesoscopic methods, Soft Matter.
- Alaniz, V. e Híjar, H. (2023) Anisotropic active colloidal particles in liquid crystals: A Multi-particle Collision Dynamics simulation study. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 609, 128298.
- Armendáriz, J. e Híjar, H. (2021) Nonequilibrium Dynamics of a Magnetic Nanocapsule in a Nematic Liquid Crystal, Materials 14 (2021) 2886.
- Armendáriz, J. e Híjar, H. (2021) Magnetic anisotropic colloids in nematic liquid crystals: Fluctuating dynamics simulated by multi-particle collision dynamics, International Journal of Modern Physics B 35 (2021) 2150124.
- Reyes, D.,Quintana, J., Armas, J. e Híjar, H. (2020) Defects around nanocolloids innematic solvents simulated by Multi-particle Collision Dynamics, Physica A, Vol. 547, 123862.
- Híjar, H. (2020) Dynamics of defects around anisotropic particles in nematic liquid crystals under shear, Physical Review E, Vol. 102, 062705.
- Híjar,H. (2019) Operation of theoretical Brownian motors based on morphological adaptations, Physica A, Vol. 513 pp. 781–797.
- Híjar, H., Halver, R. y Sutmann, G. (2019) Spontaneous Fluctuations in Mesoscopic Simulations of Nematic Liquid Crystals, Fluctuation and Noise Letters Vol. 18, 1950011.
- Reyes, D., Quintana, J., Armas, J. & Híjar, H. (2019). Defects around nanocolloids in nematic solvents simulated by Multi-particle Collision Dynamics. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 123862.
- Híjar, H. (2019) Hydrodynamic correlations in isotropic fluids and liquid crystals simulated by multi-particle collision dynamics, Condensed Matter Physics Vol. 22, 13601, pp. 1–16.
Book chapters:
- Gutiérrez-Garibay, D., & Híjar, H. (2019). Molecular Rotors in Viscous Fluids: A Numerical Analysis Aid by GPU Computing. In International Conference on Supercomputing in Mexico (pp. 51-62). Springer, Cham.
Gallery:
✉: humberto.hijar@lasalle.mx
☏: 55 5278 9500 Ext. 3110
Belongs to National System of Researchers (SNI) Level I
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