As Director-General of Higher Education, and  in coordination with the General Office of Research and Innovation, Mr. Bello establishes the mechanisms with higher education, science, and technology institutions, for the planning, assessment, and educational, scientific, and technological development of Yucatan. He promotes the relations of the higher education system with the productive sector, and propels the development and consolidation of academic bodies for the generation and innovative application of knowledge.

Dr. Medina-Cetina is Associate Professor at the Texas A&M University, in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, and holds three courtesy appointments in Ocean, Petroleum Engineering, and Geography. He leads the Stochastic Geomechanics Laboratory SGL  (2008 –  Present) comprised by eleven students, conducting research in probabilistic applications in engineering, to improve current practices on risk assessment and management, related to natural and antrhopogenic threats, having social, economic and environmental impacts.