Affiliated Faculty

Hugo Luna Villavicencio, Ph.D.

Universidad Panamericana

Civil Engineer from the Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Environmental Engineering and a Ph.D. in Sciences of Anthropogenic Environments with an emphasis in Civil Engineering, both from the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes.

His research interests focus on hydrogeological hazards, particularly land subsidence processes and the generation of discontinuities associated with subsidence. His work integrates geospatial analysis techniques for surface deformation assessment using Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR), complemented by in situ geophysical exploration methods.

Research areas: Deformations in anthropogenic contexts, methodologies for monitoring, modeling and zoning of subsidence risk, territorial management and mitigation of impacts on infrastructure and human settlements.