Prof. Dr. Alejandro Ayala | Physics | Best Researcher Award
Full Professor | Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico
Jose Alejandro Ayala Mercado is a distinguished Mexican physicist renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to nuclear sciences, quantum field theory, and high-energy physics. Serving as a senior researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), he is a leading authority in quark-gluon plasma and thermal field theory. He earned his Physics degree at UNAM and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota under Larry McLerran, with hands-on experimental experience at Fermilab. Following postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois, he advanced to Full Professor at UNAM, while engaging in international collaborations across Latin America, the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Dr. Ayala has made pivotal contributions to quantum chromodynamics, QCD phase transitions, magnetic effects in hot and dense matter, and relativistic heavy-ion collisions, bridging theory and experiment in facilities like RHIC and NICA-MPD. With 3,444 citations by 2,052 documents and 160 documents in total, he has a significant global research impact. Beyond research, he has served as Director of Revista Mexicana de Física, President of the Division of Particles and Fields, and mentor to numerous students, fostering Latin American impact in high-energy physics. Recognized with awards including the Mexican Physical Society Research Award, he continues to advance the global physics community through leadership, collaboration, and academic excellence.
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Featured Publication
Ayala, A., et al. (2022). Magnetic field effects on the QCD phase diagram. Physical Review D. [Cited by 85 articles]
Ayala, A., et al. (2019). QCD under extreme magnetic fields. Physical Review Letters. [Cited by 120 articles]
Ayala, A., et al. (2017). Heavy-ion collisions and QGP signatures. Journal of High Energy Physics. [Cited by 95 articles]
Ayala, A., et al. (2015). Thermal field theory at finite temperature and density. Nuclear Physics A. [Cited by 110 articles]