Supervisor: Professor Alex Ellery
Xavier Walls received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemical Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He worked as a liaison between the IT area and laboratories at the National Genomic Medicine Institute (INMEGEN) in Mexico. He has extensive teaching experience, working first as a teacher's assistant and later as high school teacher for more than 5 years. He is also interested in the diffusion of science, leading him to publish some articles and news on the subject. His research is oriented towards the space sector, studying chemical reactions occurring on other bodies in the solar system. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University where he is working on the application of chemical reactions for In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU).
