Education

• Bachelor’s Agricultural Biologist Chemist. Faculty of Chemistry, UADY. 1988
• Master’s Chemical Science (Organic Chemistry). Faculty of Chemistry, UADY. 1993
• Doctorate Chemical Science (Organic Chemistry). Faculty of Chemistry, UNAM. 2000

Current research

• Natural Products Biotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Genetic resources of the peninsular biota applied in the control of phytopathogens and phytoparasites, promoting their sustainable use in the communities. Fiscal Secihti
• Biotechnological applications in pharmacy and agriculture of natural products obtained from the native flora of the Yucatan peninsula promoting their propagation, conservation, and sustainable use. CONACYT-National Problems

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Arely A. Vargas-Díaz, Daisy Pérez-Brito, Beatriz Hernández-Carlos, Jairo Cristóbal-Alejo, Silvia Andrade-Canto, Marcela Gamboa-Angulo Acalypha gaumeri: Antifungal activity of three populations under edaphic and seasonal variations and ex-situ propagation Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botan. 94. 2839-2853. 2025. https://www.techscience.com/phyton/online/detail/23771
• Ana L. Ruiz-Jiménez, Gabriela Heredia, Karla Peraza-Jiménez, Felicia Amalia Moo-Koh, Francisca Vicente, Mercedes de la Cruz, Nuria de Pedro, Jesús Martín, Fernando Reyes, Marcela Gamboa-Angulo Beltraniella portoricensis strain MRH42, a saprophytic fungus from Mexico, produces antimicrobial and cytotoxic hymenopsins Letters in Applied Microbiology. 78. 1-7 ovaf023. 2025. https://academic.oup.com/lambio/article-abstract/78/3/ovaf023/8064625?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• Monserrat Concepción Esquivel Chi, Rubén Humberto Andueza-Noh*, Esaú Ruiz-Sánchez, Marcela Gamboa-Angulo, Daniel Potter, Emmanuel Hernández-Núñez, René Garruñ, Gabriel Rolando Dzib Structure and genetic diversity of wild populations of Malpighia glabra L. From Yucatan, Mexic Molecular Biology Reports. 53. 38(1-111). 2025. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11033-025-11214-7
• Christian Lucelly Pérez-Chable, Daisy Pérez-Brito, Anuar Magaña-Alvarez, Jairo Cristobal-Alejo, Irma L. Medina-Baizabal, Marcela Gamboa-Angulo*. olecular fingerprinting of three ex-situ cultivated populations of Acalypha gaumeri Pax & K. Hoffm (female and male) and evaluation of their antifungal activity against phytopathogens. Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany. 95. 1-19. 2026. https://www.techscience.com/phyton/v95n2/66467
• Sandy Esther Celis-Perera, Jairo Cristóbal-Alejo, Irma Leticia Medina-Baizabal, Marcela Gamboa-Angulo* Extractos y metabolitos antifúngicos de Trichoderma asperellum Samuels, Lieckf. & Nirenberg con potencial aplicación en el control de fitopatógenos agrícolas. Terra Latinoamericana. 44. 1-18. 2026.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• María Marcela Gamboa Angulo, Angel Emmanuel Cruz Estrada, Esau Ruíz Sánchez, Azucena González Coloma, María Fé Andrés Yeves, Irma Leticia Medina Baizabal, Jairo Cristóbal Alejo, Paulino Simá Polanco, Eduardo Balam Uc Extractos y compuestos de Eugenia winzerlingii, método de obtención y su uso en el control de plagas agrícolas. MX 381977 B. México. 2021
• María Marcela Gamboa Angulo, Jairo Cristóbal Alejo, Esaú Ruíz Sánchez, Monserrat Esquivel chi, María Fé Andrés yeves, Azucena González Coloma, Irma L. Medina Baizabal, Jesús Áviles Gómez, José Luis Tapia Muñoz, Germán Carnevali Fernández-Concha Extractos botánicos de Alseis yucatanensis y su uso en el control de plagas agrícolas. MX 432406 B. México. 2026

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2025. Nacional Researcher level III. National System of Researchers, Secihti
• 2008. Sabbatical Research Grant at ICA, CSIC, Spain. Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECID)
• 2002. Research Stay at the University of Iowa, USA. Mexican Academy of Sciences-United States-Mexico Foundation for Science and the American Chemical Society

RECOMMENDED SITES

• Amipronat.HTML Format
• Fundación MEDINA. HTML Format
• Sociedad Mexicana de Micología/. HTML Format