Education

• B.Sc. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 1981.
• M.S. University of Queensland, Australia. 1987.
• Ph.D. Lancaster University, UK. 1995
• Post-Doctorate. Laval University, Quebec, Canada. 2006.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Transcriptomic and proteomic studies on the response of papaya (Carica papaya L.) plants to water deficit stress; identification of candidate genes to improve its water use efficiency. (CONACYT, Ciencia Basica).
• Establishment of a massive sequencing platform to undertake transcriptomic studies in tropical crops of commercial interest in the south of Mexico. (CONACyT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Estrella-Maldonado Humberto, Girón Ramírez Amaranta, Fuentes Ortiz Gabriela, Peraza-Echeverría Santy, Martínez-de la Vega Octavio, Góngora-Castillo Elsa, Jorge M. Santamaría. Transcriptomic analysis reveals key transcription factors associated to drought tolerance in a wild papaya (Carica papaya) genotype. Plos One, 16: e0245855, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245855.
• Amaranta Girón Ramírez, Luis M. Peña-Rodríguez, Fabiola Escalante-Erosa, Gabriela Fuentes, Jorge M. Santamaría. Identification of the SHINE clade of AP2/ERF Domain Transcription Factors genes in Carica papaya; their gene expression and their possible role in wax accumulation and water deficit stress tolerance in wild and commercial papaya genotypes. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 183: 104346, (2021). https://doi.org//10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104341.
• Tathiana F Sá-Antunes, Marlonni Maurastoni, L. Johana Madroñero, Gabriela Fuentes, Jorge M. Santamaria, José Aires Ventura, Emanuel F. Abreu, A. Alberto R. Fernandes, Patricia M. B. Fernandes. Battle of three: The curious case of papaya sticky disease. Plant Disease, 104: 2754-2763, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-19-2622-FE.
• Cabañas-Mendoza María, Santamaría Jorge, Sauri-Duch Enrique, Escobedo-Gracia Medrano Rosa María, Andrade José Luis. Salinity affects pH and lead availability in two mangrove plant species. Environmental Research Communication, 2: 061004, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab9992.
• Leal Daniel, Estrella Humberto, Saenz Luis, Ramírez Jorge H, Zapata Omar, Jorge M. Santamaria. Genes coding for transporters showed a rapid and sharp increase in their expression in response to lead, in the aquatic fern (Salvinia minima Baker). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. , 147: 1056-1064, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.09.046.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• JM Santamaria, Talavera C, Estrella H, Espadas F, Contreras F, Coello J. Large scale process to generate and to obtain homogeneous planting material of Carica papaya. IMPI. MX/E/2012/091670. Mexico. (2012).
• Espadas F, Contreras F, Talavera C, Santamaria JM. . Registration of a new papaya variety Chakput, National Catalogue of Plant Varieties (CNVV) SNICS. PAY-003-200912. Mexico. (2012).
• Espadas F, Contreras F, Talavera C, Santamaria JM. . Registration of a new papaya variety Kanput at the National Catalogue of Plant Varieties (CNVV) SNICS. PAY-004-200912. Mexico. (2012).

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2004. ISHS Medal. International Society of Horticultural Sciences.
• 2017. ISHS MEDAL. International Society of Horticultural Sciences.
• 2018. Chair, Papaya Group. International Society of Horticultural Sciences.

RECOMMENDED SITES

• Academia Mexicana de las Ciencias. https://amc.edu.mx/amc/
• Sociedad Mexicana de la Biotecnología y la Bioingeniería. https://smbb.mx/
• Full CV, JM Santamaria. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Santamaria-6