Yair Israel Piña López is student at UNAM in Mexico and the youngest student-researcher for NASA.

He was born in Mexico City and he developed an interest and passion in science to which his mother told him: "Prove that you're good enough to study science and I shall permit you," and ever since, his curiosity has blossomed.

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At 15, while a student at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 2 "Erasmo Castellanos Quinto", he was allowed to research nuclear combustions under the Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares program of UNAM along with professor, Julio Herrera.

During this investigation he realized that the human eye is the first to detect particles, specifically to distinguish between radiation and other particles in order to prevent disasters in the health of astronauts while in space.

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Yair is currently in his fifth semester at UNAM studying Physics while also researching for NASA.

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He was named "Project Pilot Manager" during a research project for the Samara State Aerospace University in Russia.

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His current work is focused on the development and characterization of novel devices based on the thermoluminescence properties of solids and CMOS technology as ionizing radiation detectors for radiation safety on space environment.

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In 2015, he was chosen by NASA to participate in the NASA Orion project and wrote his first article in regards to space radiology along with doctor Epifanio Cruz Zaragoza for the Journal of Physics.

^[24]His job is to develop an active detector or sensor for various types of radiation such as natural Uranium and Strontium-90 which vary in alpha, beta, and gama.

The results is to allow astronauts to have a safer passage while in space.

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