Agustin E. Gonzalez Flores

Centro de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Apdo. Postal 48-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62251, Mexico
D.F., MEXICO



Agustin Gonzalez Flores received his BS with honors in 1973 and his MS with honors in 1977, both from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico where his advisor was Eduardo Pina. In 1981 he received his Ph D in physics from Boston University where his thesis advisor was H.Eugene Stanley. From 1974 to 1977 he was assistant professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Azcapozalco. In 1981-82 he was adjunct assistant professor in the Depatment of Physics, UCLA. He spent a year (1982-83) as visiting research scientist at the institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara. In 1983 he joins his present institution, the Institute of Physics of the National University of Mexico, and is promoted to associate professor in 1993. In 1984 he was distinguished with one award Investigador Nacional(Mexico). In 1985 he entered the Mexican Academy of Sciences.

His research interests are in the general area of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: non-equibilirium thermodynamics, magnetic models in lattices, percolation, renormalization group, theory of liquids. In the general area of polymer physics he is interested in synthesis and characterization of polymers, physical chemistry of polymers, polymer gelation, and polymer rheology. Recently he has become interested in computer simulations using high performance supercomputing.

Agustin Gonzales has co-organized three conferences: 1985- First Brazilian-French-Mexican Workshop in Statistical Mechanics, Mexico City, 2-13 September 1988-XVII Winter Oaxtepec Conference in Statistical Physics, January 5-8, Oaxtepec, Mexico. 1989-XVIII Winter Oaxtepec Conference in Statistical Physics, January 4-7, Oaxtepec, Mexico.

At Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico he is mainly dedicated to research activities besides being responsible for teaching several courses: Thermodynamics, Polymer Physics, Physical Chemistry of Polymers, and Thermal Engineering. He is the advisor of a master student in physics. He has 23 publications and he has edited two books (with C. Varea and M. Medina Noyola) corresponding to the Proceedings of the Winter Oaxtepec Conference in Statistical Physics. He serves as reviewer to two Mexican scientific journals. He is a member of the American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Mexican Physical Society and Mexican Academy of Sciences.

A sample of recent publications:

M. Lach-hab, A. E. Gonzalez, and E. Blaisten-Barojas, "Concentration Dependence of Structural and Dynamical Quantities in Colloidal Aggregation: Computer Simulations", Phys. Rev. E. , 54, 5456 (1996).

M. Lach-hab, A. E. Gonzalez, and E. Blaisten-Barojas, "Structure Function and Fractal Dimension of Diffusion Limited Colloidal Aggregates", Phys. Rev. E, 57, 4520, (1998).

A. E. Gonzalez, M. Lach-hab, and E. Blaisten-Barojas, "On the Concentration Dependence of the Cluster Fractal Dimension in Colloidal Aggregation", Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 15, 119 (1999).

A. AlSunaidi, M. Lach-hab, A. E. Gonzalez, and E. Blaisten-Barojas, "Cluster-Cluster Aggregation in Binary Mixtures", Phys. Rev. E, in press, January (2000).

A. E. Gonzalez, "Search for Universality in the Computer Simulations of Reac- tion Limited Colloid Aggregation I: Sticking Probability Ef- fects". Phys. Lett. A 171 (1992) 293.

A. E. Gonzalez, "Colloid Aggregation with Short Step Diffusion: A More Realis- tic Model in the Reaction Limit". Phys. Rev. E 47 (1993) 2923.

A.E. Gonzalez, "Search for Universality in the Computer Simulations of Reac- tion Limited Colloid Aggregation II: Concentration Effects". J. Phys. A 26 (1993) 4215.

A.E. Gonzalez, "Universality of Colloid Aggregation in the Reaction Limit: The Computer Simulations". Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993) 2248

A.E. Gonzalez and G. Ramirez-Santiago,, "Spatial Ordering and Structure Factor Scaling in the Simula-tions of Colloid Aggregation". Phys. Rev. Lett. (accepted, 1994).

A sample of other publications:

  1. Evidence of Ionic Aggregates in some Ampholytic Polymers by Transmission Electron Microscopy. V.M. Castano, A.E. Gonza- lez, J. Cardoso, O. Manero and V.M. Monroy, J. Materials Re- search 5 (1990) 654.
  2. Evidence of Ionic Aggregates in Some Ampholytic Polymers by Transmission Electron Microscopy, J. of Materials Research 5 (1990) 654 (with V. M. Castano, J. Cardoso, O. Manero, V. M. Monroy);
  3. Analytic Solution of the Mean Spherical Approximation for a system of Hard Sphers with Surface Adhesion; Phys. Rev. A 39 (1989) 371;
  4. Lattice Magnetic Analog of Branched Polymers, Lattice Anamals and Percolation II: Correlation Functions and Generalizations. Phys. Rev. A, 35 (1987) 3499;
  5. Surface Fractal Dimension of Small Metallic Particles, Phys. Rev. Lett., 57 (1986) 2552 (with D. Romeau, J.G. Perez-Ramirez, R. Silva, O. L. Perez, A. Gonzales, M. Jose Yacaman);
  6. The Stress-Energy Tensor Between Metallic Plates, Ann. Phys. (NY) 168, (1986) 79;
  7. Viscoelasticity of Ionomer Gels II: The Elastic Moduli. A.E. Gonzalez, Polymer 25 (1984) 1469.
  8. Viscosity of Ionomer Gels. A.E. Gonzalez, Polymer 24 (1983) 77.
  9. Universality of "Four-Coordinated" Correlated Percolation and Random Percolation. A.E. Gonzalez and P.J. Reynolds, Phys. Lett. A 80 (1980) 357.

Agustin E. Gonzales Flores
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Phone (5) 622-5032
FAX (5)665-7263
George Mason University agus@sysul1.ifisicacu.unam.mx