Education

• B.S. Biochemistry. Universidad de la Habana, Cuba. 1989.
• Ph.D. Plant Science and Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 2002.

Current research

• Plant-Environment Interaction

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Analysis of metabolomics during Capsicum chinense fruit development in different soil types. (SEP-CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Rocio Meneses-Lazo, Rene Garruña, Ileana Echevarría-Machado, Carlos Alvarado-López, Eduardo Villanueva-Couch, José Q. García-Maldonado, Jairo Cristobal-Alejo. Growth, chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange of pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) plants in response to uptake and partitioning of nutrients... Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research, 80: 585-597, (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-58392020000400585.
• Eduardo J. Burgos-Valencia, Ileana Echevarría-Machado, José A. Narváez-Zapata, Manuel Martínez-Estévez. Gene expression related to the capsaicinoids biosynthesis in the Capsicum genus: molecular and transcriptomic studies. Brazilian Journal of Botany, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-019-00575-6.
• Angélica Anahí Serralta-Interian, María de Lourdes Miranda-Ham, Ileana Echevarría-Machado. Stimulation of root growth and enhanced nitrogenous metabolite content in habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq) treated with a D-amino acid mixture. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40626-020-00165-y..
• Marta G. Lizama-Gasca, Georgina Estrada-Tapia, Camilo A. Escalante-Magaña, Manuel Martínez-Estévez, Isaac Zepeda-Lazo, Fátima Medina-Lara, Ileana Echevarría-Machado. Cloning and molecular characterization of CcNRT2.1/CcNAR2, a putative inducible high affinity nitrate transport system in Capsicum chinense Jacq. roots. Tropical Plant Biology, 13: 73-90, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-019-09248-w.
• Fátima Medina-Lara, Ramón Souza-Perera, Manuel Martínez-Estévez, Manuel O. Ramírez-Sucre, Ingrid M. Rodríguez-Buenfil, Ileana Echevarría-Machado. Red and brown soils increase the development and content of nutrients in habanero pepper subjected to irrigation water with high electrical conductivity. HortScience, 54: 2039-2049, (2019). https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI14157-19..

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2000. First Place, Doctorate-level Posters, VI Student Congress. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán.
• 2002. Best Poster Award, Congress of the Phytochemical Society of North America. Phytochemical Society of North America.