Education

• B.Sc. Biochemical Engineer. ITC. 1997.
• Ph.D. Science and Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 2003.
• Post-Doctorate. Queen Mary University of London and Kew Garden, Jodrell. 2006.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Support for high-value agrifood chains to increase their competitiveness and contribute to development of their socio-economic impact in the South Pacific region in Mexico. (FORDECYT, CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Kelly M. Monja‑Mio, Diego Olvera‑Casanova, Miguel Á. Herrera‑Alamillo, L. Felipe Sánchez‑Teyer, Manuel L. Robert. Comparison of conventional and temporary immersion systems on micropropagation (multiplication phase) of Agave angustifolia Haw. ‘Bacanora’. 3Biotech, 11: 1-8, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02604-8.
• De la Torre Espinosa, Z., De Dios, E.Á., Sánchez-Teyer, L.F., Castaño Enrique. AteqTERT expression and specific tissue activity in a 2-year-old complete plant in Agave tequilana in field conditions. Braz. J. Bot, 43: 869-881, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-020-00642-3.
• Zamaria Yoselin De la Torre-Espinosa, Felipe Barredo-Pool, Enrique Castaño de la Serna, Lorenzo Felipe Sánchez-Teyer. Active telomerase during leaf growth and increase of age in plants from Agave tequilana var. Azul. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 26: 639-647, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-020-00781-7.
• Kelly Maribel Monja Mio, Ph.D.; Diego Olvera-Casanova; Gastón Herrera-Herrera; Miguel Ángel Herrera-Alamillo; Lorenzo Felipe Sánchez-Teyer; Manuel L. Robert. Improving of rooting and ex vitro acclimatization phase of Agave tequilana by temporary immersion system (BioMINTTM). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, 56: 662-669, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-020-10109-5.
• Rescalvo Morales Antonio; Monja Mio Kelly Maribel; Robert-Díaz, M.; Sánchez-Teyer, L. Felipe. Telomere length in Agave tequilana Weber plants during the in vitro to ex vitro transition. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 136: 133-140, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-018-1499-1.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2020. Level II, Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACYT
• 2008. ISHS Medal. International Society for Horticultural Science.
• 2005. Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany. Kew Latin America Research Fellowships Committee (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).