Medina-Herrera, Linda Margarita

Dr. Medina holds a PhD in Administration with a specialization in Finance from the Tecnológico de Monterrey and the University of Austin in Texas. Her doctoral thesis is the first in the field of econophysics in the country. She also holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the Francisco José de Caldas District University, where she graduated with honors. Currently, Dr. Medina serves as the director of the Division of the School of Engineering and Sciences at the Mexico City Campus. Under her leadership, the engineering school at the Mexico City campus has been strengthened. Her leadership skills have contributed to the development of individual and collective capabilities of its members, achieving excellent teamwork. During her tenure as director, significant research projects, new collaborative laboratory spaces, and careful monitoring of students by entrance and program directors have been carried out. The ECOAS indicators, student recruitment and retention, and the number of publications by professors have increased significantly. Her skills include communication planning, goal setting and achievement, innovation, responsibility, and global vision. Dr. Medina has written research articles in important journals. Her research area is mathematical models applied to economics and finance, particularly random matrix theory and expansion trees. She is co-author of two books. She has been a member of the National System of Researchers. She is a referee for the RIAF journal and the IMEF, CIIE, EDUCOM, and ICTC conferences. She belongs to the technical committee of the IEEE and is a member of the Spanish Pedagogy Association. She collaborates with EGAP and EGADE as a journal referee, director, and doctoral thesis reviewer, and teaching courses and diplomas in the area of statistics and multivariate data analysis. Another of her passions is educational technology, where she researches the development of spatial visualization skills and mathematical competencies. She has developed more than 15 Novus projects, including "Palpando las matemáticas: del concepto a la realidad con herramientas 3D", which won gold, silver, and bronze in the QS Reimagine Education competition. She has a special interest in the media and has written articles for popular science magazines and has been invited on several occasions to participate in radio and television programs to discuss science and technology topics. Dr. Medina has been a leader in the development and implementation of the Tec 21 Educational Model. She has coordinated the design and improvement of various training units and has directed the training and transfer of new training units at different campuses in the system. She has led multicampus projects, such as Flexible Remedial, Novus Projects, and Cadis. She has participated in various national committees, performing tasks such as reviewing workload units and proposing improvements to the Tec 21 model, reviewing the support needs of department and program directors, and programming and enrolling in national courses.