Background
Avila, Gerardo Antonio Castanon was born on June 13, 1965 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Pablo Castañon and Maria de los Dolores Avila.
Avila, Gerardo Antonio Castanon was born on June 13, 1965 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Pablo Castañon and Maria de los Dolores Avila.
Bachelor of Science, Tecnologico Monterrey, Mexico, 1987. Master of Science, Tecnologico Monterrey, Mexico, 1990. Master of Science in Physics, Science Research Center and higher Education CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico, 1989.
Master of Science, State University of New York Buffalo, 1995. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York Buffalo, 1997.
Assistant professor, physics Tecnologico Monterrey, 1990—1992, associate professor, center electronics and telecommunications, since 2002. Research scientist Alcatel Network Systems Inc., Richardson, Texas, 1998—2000. Senior researcher Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., 2000—2002, senior product planner, photonics, 2002.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) transactions Networking 1999, transactions Communications 2000, The Optical Society Journal Lightwave Technology 2000, Computer Communications Society, Laser & Electro optics Society, Optical Society America), National Research Scientists, Conacyt, Mexico, Computer Networks and Integrated Services Digital Network Systems (reviewer 1999), Institution of Electrical Engineers (Proceedings Communications 1998, Electronics Letters 1999).
Married Ana Maria Sarmiento, January 3, 1992. Children: Andres Castanon, Daniel Castanon.
