Professor Rigoberto Juarez-Salazar studied at the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zacapoaxtla, where he earned the title of Mechatronics Engineer in 2009, becoming the best student of his generation. In the same year, he began his postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Physical-Mathematical Sciences of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. In 2011, he obtained the degree of Master of Science (Applied Physics) with Honorable Mention for his thesis work on Controllable Dynamical Systems. In 2014, he received the degree of Doctor of Science (Applied Physics), graduating with Highest Praise for his thesis work in Interferometry and Optical Metrology. In 2015, he completed a postdoctoral stay at the Physics Institute of the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, where he developed a research project on optical testing of telescope mirrors. Since late 2015, Professor Juarez-Salazar has been part of the Cátedras-Conacyt Program (IIxM, Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación, Mexico). He has worked as a researcher at the Center for Research and Development of Digital Technology of the National Polytechnic Institute (2015-2026) and the Faculty of Physical-Mathematical Sciences of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2026-present).

Professor Juarez-Salazar is developing the funded projects Basic Science Conacyt “Multidimensional data processing methods in structured light projection systems” (2019-2022) and Cátedras-Conacyt “Development of advanced systems for signal processing and telecommunications” (2015-2025). He is also a collaborator on multiple projects with institutional funding. To date, Professor Juarez-Salazar has published numerous research papers in prestigious international journals and more than 50 works published in international conference proceedings. Professor Juarez-Salazar contributes to human resources training by teaching courses in master and doctorate programs at CITEDI-IPN. He has been the advisor of one post-doctoral stay, eight doctoral students, four master students, and more than twenty students in the Summer of Scientific Research program in Mexico.

Professor Juarez-Salazar has received multiple awards from the American Society of Optics (OSA, United States) and the International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE, United States) for his outstanding service as a reviewer for the most important scientific journals in the optics area. For his achievements in conducting original research work, Professor Juarez-Salazar belongs to the National System of Researchers (SNI, Level 2, Mexico). He is an active member of the Mexican Academy of Optics (AMO, Mexico) and the International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE).