Profile of Byron Barahona Solis

Present
Japanese government funded scholar (MEXT) in the field of carbon capture. First year master's course student in Chemical Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo.
Education & Professional Experience
2020-2024: Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering, Monterrey Institute of Technology (Monterrey, Mexico).

Feb. 2022 – May. 2023: Research assistant for the Energy and Climate Change Research Group, working on the development of adsorption-based carbon capture technologies, Monterrey Institute of Technology (Monterrey, Mexico).

May. 2023 – Aug. 2023: Factory Intern responsible for supervising that the operating conditions as well as the product quality of the tobacco production were carried out according to the international standards, British American Tobacco Mexico (Monterrey, Mexico).

Jun. 2023 – Jan.2024: Vice-Captain representing the AIChE Monterrey Institute of Technology student chapter in the Annual ChemE Cube Competition in which a DAC plant was design, built, and operated considering the integration of process intensification concepts, Monterrey Institute of Technology (Monterrey, Mexico).

Aug. 2023 – Dec. 2023: Minor in Decarbonization and Clean Energies, Monterrey Institute of Technology (Monterrey, Mexico).

Apr. 2025: First year master's course student joining in Harada Research Group, Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan).
Hobby
Calisthenics, reading manga, watching anime, traveling, exploring nature, videogames (specifically Zelda and Mario games), learning about cutting-edge chemical engineering topics.