Education

• B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. 1978.
• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry. University of Alberta. 1985.
• Post-Doctorate. Fungal Metabolites. North Carolina State University. 1985-1988
• Post-Doctorate. Fungal Metabolites. University of New Brunswick. 1992-1993

Current research

• Natural Products Biotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• New natural product-based drugs against bacterial respiratory tract infections (2017-2021). (University of Lund)
• Evaluation of vegetal, natural and renewable resources of the Yucatan Peninsula (2017-2021). (SEP-CONACYT-ANUIES-ECOS NORD)
• Study of the biosynthetic origin of terpenoids from campechane skeleton produced by Pentalinon andrieuxii (Apocynaceae) (2014-2021). (SEP-CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Hiebert-Giesbrecht, M.R., E. Avilés-Berzunza, G. Godoy-Hernández, L.M. Peña-Rodríguez. GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE TROPICAL VINE PENTALINON ANDRIEUXII (APOCYNACEAE) VIA AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES PRODUCES PLANTS WITH AN INCREASED CAPACITY OF TERPENOID PRODUCTION. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 57: 21-29, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-020-10101-z.
• Peña-González M.C., N. Muñoz-Cázares, L.M. Peña-Rodríguez. NATURAL INHIBITORS OF QUORUM-SENSING FACTORS. A NOVEL STRATEGY TO CONTROL PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 30: 743-755, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43450-020-00112-7.
• Ruiz-Vargas J.A., D.L. Morales-Ferra, G. Ramírez-Ávila, A. Zamilpa-Álvarez, E. Negrete-León, J.J. Acevedo-Fernández, L.M. Peña-Rodríguez. ΑLFA-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AND IN VIVO ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC EFFECT OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM THE LEAF INFUSION OF OCIMUM CAMPECHIANUM MILL. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 243: 112081, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112081.
• Hernández-Bolio G.I., J.A. Ruiz-Vargas, L.M. Peña-Rodríguez. NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM THE YUCATECAN FLORA. STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY. Journal of Natural Products, 82: 647-656, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00959.
• Hernández-Bolio G.I., E. Kutzner, W. Eisenreich, J.F.J. Torres-Acosta, L.M. Peña-Rodríguez. THE USE OF 1H-NMR-METABOLOMICS TO OPTIMIZE THE EXTRACTION AND PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF ANTHELMINTIC PRODUCTS FROM THE LEAVES OF LYSILOMA LATISILIQUUM. Phytochemical Analysis, 29: 4113-4120, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/pca.2724.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2000. Member. Academia Mexicana de Ciencias.
• 2008. Scientific Adviser. International Foundation for Science.
• 2016. Level III. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)