• 2008 - Present. PhD in Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University.
• 2004 - 2006. Master's degree in Advanced Technology at the Research Center of Applied Cience and Advanced Technology   (CICATA) of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). Thesis: "Metals in Particulate Matter less than 10  m, Suspended in the Air of Southern Tamaulipas During 2004".
• 1998 - 2003. Chemical Engineering at the Technologic Institute of Ciudad Madero. "Improvement of the Wastewater Quality at the Francisco I. Madero Refinery".

• 2013    Graduate Research Excellence Award. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Michigan Technological University.
• 2011    Outstanding Student Paper Award Nomination at the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• 2008    Four year stipend and tuition support for Ph.D. from CONACyT (7% of awarded fellowships are for international studies).
• 2006    Five-month fellowship from Banco Santander (Mexico) S.A.
• 2006    Award for the best grades of the generation 2004-2006. CICATA, Mexico.
• 2005    Two-year stipend support for M.S. degree from the Mexican National Council on Science and Technology (CONACyT).
• 2004    Six-month stipend from National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).

• 2011    1.5 years serving as representative of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and member of the academic committee at the Graduate Student          Government at Michigan Tech.
• 2012    Organization and facilitation of "Impostor Syndrome Workshop" to graduate students at Michigan Tech.
• 2009   Organization of the Environmental Engineering graduate seminar Spring semester at Michigan Tech.
• 2009-  Reviewer of the Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of African Development Studies (JASD) and Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health.

• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., In preparation. Composition of Essential Oil of Black Spruce, Scots Pine and Cedar by GC-MS and GC×GC-TOF-MS.
• Flores, R.M., Doskey, P.V., Perlinger, J.A., In preparation. Managing Organic Molecular Data with a Carbon Number-Functionality Grid to Facilitate Modeling of the Life Cycle of Organic Aerosol.
• Rodriguez, P.F., Flores, R.M., MontesdeOca, J.A., Mugica, V., Ortiz, E., In Preparation. Resident Metal in PM10 in the Altamira Industrial Area, Mexico During 2005.
• Flores, R.M., Rodriguez, P.F., MontesdeOca, J.A., Alvarez, V.M., Ortiz, M.E., Lopez, M.N., Dorantes, H.J., In preparation. Temporal Variation of Metal Content in PM10 in Tampico, Mexico.
• Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., Flores, R.M., Zhang, B., Murray, K., 2011. Estimates of Total Molecular Polarity to Evaluate Atmospheric Evolution of Organic Aerosol. Geophysical Research Abstracts. European Geophysical Union 2011 (13).
• Flores-Rangel, R.M., Rodriguez-Espinosa, P.F., MontesdeOca-Valero, J.A., Mugica-Alvarez, V., Ortiz-Romero-Vargas, M.E., Navarrete-Lopez, M., Dorantes-Rosales, H.J., 2007. Metal Content in Air Samples Collected in an Urban Zone in Tampico, México. A first Survey. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (13), 1359-1372
• Flores-Rangel, R.M., Rodriguez-Espinosa, P.F., MontesdeOca-Valero, J.A., Mugica-Alvarez, V., Ortiz-RomeroVargas, E., 2007. Geographic Information System Applied to Urban Aerosols in Altamira, Mexico. Proceedings of the 100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association.
• Flores, R.M., Rodriguez, P., MontesdeOca, J., Mugica, V., Ortiz, E., 2006. Evaluacion del contenido de metales en PM10 en Tampico, Tamaulipas, 2004. Proceedings of the VI Simposio de Contaminacion Atmosferica. Mexico. D.F.

• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., 2012. Managing the Complexity of Secondary Organic Aerosol Species Produced by Forest Emissions with GC × 2GC. Poster Presentation at the 8th Annual ESC/BRC Graduate Research Forum at Michigan Tech.
• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., 2011. Secondary Organic Aerosol Composition and Formation. Oral Presentation at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar.
• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., 2011. Secondary Organic Aerosol formation from Biogenic Sources in the Midwestern, United States. Oral Presentation at the Atmospheric Sciences Seminar at Michigan Tech.
• Flores, R.M., Zhang, B., Murray, K., Doskey, P.V., Perlinger, J.A., 2011. Description of Organic Aerosol Diagenesis with a GC × 2GC Retention Diagram. Poster Presentation at the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., 2011. On-Line Supercritical Fluid Extraction with Gas Chromatographic - Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Biogenic SOA. Poster Presentation at the 7th Annual ESC/BRC Graduate Research Forum at Michigan Tech.
• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., 2010. Quantification of Terpenes by 1DGC-MS and 2DGC-TOF-MS. Poster presentation at the 6th Annual ESC/BRC Graduate Research Forum at Michigan Tech.
• Flores, R.M., Doskey, P.V., Perlinger, J.A., 2010. Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Biogenic SOA in Northern Michigan. Poster Presentation at the 2010 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Flores, R.M., Perlinger, J.A., Doskey, P.V., 2009. Identification of Terpenes and Sesquiterpenes by 1DGC-MS and 2DGC-TOF-MS. Poster Presentation at the 2009 American Geophysical Journal Fall Meeting.
• Rodriguez-Espinosa, P.F., Flores-Rangel, R.M., MontesdeOca-Valero, J.A., Mugica-Alvarez, V., Ortiz-Romero-Vargas, M.E., 2007. Metal Distribution in PM10 during the MILAGRO Campaign in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Poster Presentation at the 2nd. MILAGRO meeting. Mexico. D.F.
• Flores, R.M., Rodriguez, P.F., MontesdeOca, J.A., Mugica, V., Ortiz, M.E., 2007. Application of Receptor Models for the Identification of Metal Sources in Tampico, Mexico. Poster Presentation at the 2007 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting.