Background
Vega-Cantu, Yadira Itzel was born on May 28, 1972 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Daughter of Jesús Vega and Yadira Cantu.
Vega-Cantu, Yadira Itzel was born on May 28, 1972 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Daughter of Jesús Vega and Yadira Cantu.
Bachelor of Science, Institute Tecnológico Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 1994. Master of Science in Chemistry, Institute Tecnológico Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 1996. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, 2002.
Graduate student Rice University, 1996—2001, postdoctoral associate, 2001—2005, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2005, assistant professor, 2006—2009, associate professor, since 2009, coordinator graduate program nanoscince and nanotechnology, since 2010.
Member of American Chemical Society.
Married Fernando Jaime Rodriguez, July 26, 1996.