Producción científica
Nuestra investigación se enfoca en dos áreas principales:
- Biotecnología ambiental:
- Tratamiento de aguas residuales.
- Economía circular en la producción de hongos entomopatógenos mediante residuos agroindustriales
- Estudio y degradación de microplásticos aplicando el diseño de proteínas de novo
- Biotecnología agrícola
- Estudio del microbioma en suelos con sequía agrícola vs. suelos fértiles



- Hernandez‐Martinez, G. R., Fuentes‐Ramírez, E. O., Ben Youssef, C., Ruiz Espinoza, J. E., & Zepeda, A. (2025). Stimulating effect of copper ions and copper nanoparticles on a nitrifying sludge process: microrespirometric and physicochemical assessment. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.7904
- Hernández-Martínez, G. R., Oceguera-Vargas, I., Rincón, S., Houbron, E., & Zepeda, A. (2024). Co-based metal-organic frameworks for enhanced nickel adsorption and its impact on nitrifying microbial activity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(43), 55239-55250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34761-1
- Fuentes-Ramírez, E.O. Uzárraga-Salazar Rafael, Mendarte-Alquisira Caliope, and Hernández-Martínez Gabriel R. (2023). Circular Economy in the Production of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Enzyme Production and Biological Control of Insect Pests. Weevils: Biology, Behavior and Ecology. pp. 1–35. ISBN: 979-8-89113-292-4.
- Aceves-Suriano, C. E., Montoya-Ciriaco, N., Hernández-Guzmán, M., Hernández-Martínez, G. R., Navarro-Noya, Y. E., Thalasso, F., & Dendooven, L. (2023). Changes in the bacterial and microeukaryotic communities in the bioreactor upon increasing heavy metal concentrations. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, 4, 1221820. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2023.1221820
- Espinoza, J. R., Lizama, A. C., Palma, R. Y., Hernández-Martínez, G., Youssef, C. B., & Pedreguera, A. Z. (2022). Ultrasonic pretreatment of sewage sludge, an effective tool to improve the anaerobic digestion: Current challenges, recent developments, and perspectives. Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes, 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85584-6.00009-1
- Hernandez-Martinez, G. R., Youssef, C. B., Espinoza, J. E. R., & Zepeda, A. (2021). Complete and simultaneous removal of aromatic compounds and ammonium in the nitrifying process: Current knowledge of physiology behavior and dynamic response of microbial communities. Microbial Ecology of Wastewater Treatment Plants, 101-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822503-5.00021-7
- Fuentes-Ramírez, E. O., Vázquez-Acevedo, M., Cabrera-Orefice, A., Guerrero-Castillo, S., & González-Halphen, D. (2021). The plastid proteome of the nonphotosynthetic chlorophycean alga Polytomella parva. Microbiological Research, 243, 126649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2020.126649
- Ordaz, A., Gil, E., Hernández-Martínez, G. R., Thalasso, F., Rincón, S., & Zepeda, A. (2020). Microrespirometric assessment of the metal–organic framework [Co 2 (btec)(bipy)(DMF) 2] n (“MOF-Co”) to prevent inhibition by arsenic in activated sludge. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6(4), 1153-1162. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EW00967A
- Ordaz, A., Ramirez, R., Hernandez-Martinez, G. R., Carrión, M., & Thalasso, F. (2019). Characterization of kinetic parameters and mass transfer resistance in an aerobic fixed-bed reactor by in-situ respirometry. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 146, 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.03.024
- Hernández-Martínez, G. R., Zepeda, A., Ordaz, A., Sánchez-Catzin, L. A., Estrada-Díaz, Z. D., & Thalasso, F. (2018). High-throughput microrespirometric characterization of activated sludge inhibition by silver nanoparticles. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 4(5), 721-730. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EW00563F
- Hernandez-Martinez, G. R., Ortiz-Alvarez, D., Perez-Roa, M., Urbina-Suarez, N. A., & Thalasso, F. (2018). Multiparameter analysis of activated sludge inhibition by nickel, cadmium, and cobalt. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 351, 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.02.032
- Esquivel-Rios, I., Ramirez-Vargas, R., Hernandez-Martinez, G. R., Vital-Jacome, M., Ordaz, A., & Thalasso, F. (2014). A microrespirometric method for the determination of stoichiometric and kinetic parameters of heterotrophic and autotrophic cultures. Biochemical engineering journal, 83, 70-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2013.12.006