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Participation in the NMR Summer School at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

From July 19^th to July 21^st we participated at the NMR School, organized by Dr. Karla Ramírez and sponsor by Bruker, Anahuac, JEOL, and the Mexican Chemical Society. The event took place at the Facultad de Ciencias Químicas from Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (Mexico) and was focused on solid-state NMR. More than 30 persons enrolled in the school, from undergrad to phd students and faculty members. I was invited to give two lectures, related to the principles and applications on hyperpolarization methods in solid-state NMR.

The student Brandon Ortega-Cordero, majoring on Engineering Physics and member of my Research Group, enrolled and actively participated in the NMR School.

During the event we had the chance to interact with Prof. Ricardo Manriquez (Universidad de Guadalajara), Prof. Braulio Rodríguez-Molina (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), and Prof. José Enrique Herbert (Instituto Politécnico Nacional). We discussed about future collaborations, especially on NMR measurements, internships for our students, and the organization of new NMR schools and topics related. Last but not least, we had the great pleasure to talk with Dr. Gabriel Cuevas González-Bravo, President of the Mexican Chemical Society, looking for alternatives on how to promote science between our countries.

I would like to acknowledge Dr Karla Ramírez for her amazing organization and support before and during the event.

During the practical time on the NMR lab

Participation in the II Summer School “Theory on NMR: Relaxation”

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From March 26^th to April 1^st, our group member Andrés Borloz-Chinchilla and me, participated in the II Summer School Theory on NMR, in Windischleuba (Altenburg, Germany). The summer school was organized by Prof. Jörg Matysik (Universität Leipzig, Germany), with the support of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR). More than 45 attendees participated in the event, between PhD students, postdocs and professors, coming from more than 10 different countries. Mr. Borloz-Chinchilla and I were the only representatives from the Latin American region.

The main topic of the school was Relaxation, where we learned about quantum mechanic operators in NMR, Hilbert space, density operators, tensor products, Liouville space and super operators, and Redfield theory. During the school we had the opportunity to interact with professors like Matthias Ernst (ETH, Zürich), Amir Goldbourt (Tel Aviv University, Israel), and Christian Bengs (University of Southampton, UK), but also with many amazing PhD students and postdocs working in the NMR field. It was a great experience for connecting with colleagues and broaden our international network.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge Prof. Matysik for his amazing organization and support before and during the event, and to Vicerrectoría de Vida Estudiantil y Servicios Académicos (VIESA) at Tecnológico de Costa Rica for the travel scholarship to Mr. Borloz-Chinchilla.