Education

• B.S. Biology. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 1989.
• M.S. Plant Physiology. Institut National Polytechniqhe de Toulouse, France. 1992.
• Ph.D. Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology. Université de Perpignan, France. 1994.

Current research

• Secondary Metabolism and Metabolic Engineering
• Plant Genetics

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Identification of three genes of the bixin biosynthesis pathway in heterologous organisms. (CONACYT: Fronteras de la Ciencia)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Romero-López N, Luna-Martínez F, Gallegos-Brito C, Escobar-Turriza P, Aguilar-Espinosa M, Valdez-Ojeda R, Simpson J, Rivera-Madrid R. An integrated genetic linkage map of Bixa orellana L. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 15: 65, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-019-1371-4.
• Carballo-Uicab V, Cárdenas-Conejo Y, Vallejo-Cardona A, Aguilar-Espinosa M, Serrano Posada H, Narváez Zapata JA, Vazquez-Flota F, Rivera-Madrid R. Isolation and functional characterization of two dioxygenases putatively involved in bixin biosynthesis in annato (Bixa orellana L.). Peer J., (2019). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7064.
• Teixeira da Silva JA, Zeng S, Godoy-Hernández G, Rivera-Madrid R, Dobránszki J. Bixa orellana L. (achiote) tissue culture: a review. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-019-09969-3.
• Teixeira da Silva JA, Dobránszki J, Rivera-Madrid R. The biotechnology (genetic transformation and molecular biology) of Bixa orellana L. (achiote).Planta, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-018-2909-7.
• Calle-Triviño J, Rivera-Madrid R, León-Pech MG, Cortés-Useche C, Sellares-Blasco R, Aguilar-Espinosa M, Arias-González JE. Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic. Peer J., (2020). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8863.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2015. Overseas sabbatical grant. CONACyT.
• 2009. Jubileé Award nominee. International Foundation of Science.
• 1995. Researcher Retention and Repatriation. CONACyT.