Sergio Mendoza studied his Degree in Physics

in the Faculty of Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1995. He took the Advanced Certificate of Studies in Mathematics area in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1996. He has a PhD in astrophysics, working in the Cavendish Laboratory of the Department of Physics at Cambridge University in United Kingdom in 2000.

From 2001, Dr. Mendoza is working in the Institute of Astronomy of UNAM as a Full Researcher. Relativistic Astrophysics is his area of studies. Particularly, he has specialised in the understanding of jets, astrophysical black holes, astrophysical cosmology and extensions of the theory of gravitation. He will be with us from 15 to 25, October, located in FF4418 office.

Areas of interest: Relativistic Astrophysics, gravitation, relativistic hydrodynamics, extended gravity, jets, compact objects.