1969 - 1973 Escuela de Altos Estudios/Universidad de Sonora Hermosillo/Mexico, Bachelor of Science/Physics 1975-1976; National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Puebla, Mexico, Master of Science/Optics; 1977-1981 Optical Sciences Center/The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Doctor of Philosophy/Optics; served as director of the Department of Physical Research of the University of Sonora in the period 1991-1995; 1971-2001, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, Researcher; Mexican candidate for STS-61B; hobbies: painting in the cubist style.