Education

• B.S. Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1994.
• Ph.D. Plant Science and Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 2005.
• Post-doctoral fellow. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados. 2006.

Current research

• Agrobiodiversity for Ecological and Cultural Sustainability.

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Reinforcement of ethnobiological role of the Regional Botanical Garden Roger Orellana-CICY. (FORDECYT-PRONACES, CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Georgina T. Esquivel‑Martínez, Andueza‑Noh R.H., Garruña R., Villanueva‑Couoh E., Martínez‑Castillo J., Díaz‑Mayo J., Ruiz‑Santiago R.F., Camacho‑Pérez E. 2023. Morphological diferentiation and seed quality of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.). Genet Resour Crop Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-023-01708-3.
• Martínez-Castillo, J., Araujo, A.S.F., Chacón-Sánchez, M.I. et al. 2023. International Lima Bean Network: from the origin of the species to modern plant breeding. Genet Resour Crop Evol 70, 1575–1583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-023-01603-x.
• Mauricio Heredia-Pech, Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira, Matilde M. Ortiz-García, Rubén Humberto Andueza-Noh, María Isabel Chacón-Sánchez, Jaime Martínez-Castillo. 2022. Consequences of introgression and gene flow on the genetic structure and diversity of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) in its Mesoamerican diversity área. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13690.
• Jéssica Daniele Lustosa‑Silva, Regina Lucia Ferreira‑Gomes, Jaime Martínez‑Castillo, Leonardo Castelo Branco Carvalho, Leonardo Furtado de Oliveira, Matilde Margarita Ortiz‑García, Alba Gabriela Sánchez‑Sosa, Geice Ribeiro da Silva, Marcones Ferreira Costa, Verônica Brito Silva, Ângela Celis de Almeida Lopes. 2022. Genetic diversity and erosion in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) in Northeast Brazil. Genet Resour Crop Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-022-01402-w.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2005-2007. Best Ph.D. dissertation. Sociedad Botánica de México.
• 2012. Recognition of “Successful Case” for project “Molecular analysis of origin and domestication of the Mesoamerican genetic heritage of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.)”. Ciencia Básica-CONACYT.
• 2013. Award. Outstanding Paper in Plant Genetic Resources. Division C8, Plant Genetic Resources. Crop Science Society of America. “Evolution and domestication of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) in Mexico: evidence from Ribosomal DNA”. Crop Science 52: 1698-1712.
• 2020-2022. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT.