Dr. Cecilia Treviño earned her B.S in Chemical Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey. Dr. Treviño starts her graduate studies in the Tecnológico de Monterrey. She had to have a research stay at Rice University in Houston, Tx., where she was working on research in material science and the latest on nanotechnology. As part of her PhD studies, she stays at the University of Houston where she was trained in Materials Science. At the same time, she was working as an intern in the Research Center of Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA.
Currently Dr. Treviño works as a full-time researcher of the Institute of Advanced Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing of the Tecnológico de Monterrey as Core Researcher of the Advanced Polymers Research Unit. With different projects on additive manufacturing of composites materials, biodegradable composites, thermal modeling, and degradation of polymers. Dr. Treviño is a member of the National System of Researchers Level 1 (SNII). She has collaboration with different research centers in Mexico as CIDESI and CINVESTAV. She has conducted research with the sponsorship of Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA. She is working in collaboration with the Southwest Research Institute on the chemical degradation of industrial rubbers.