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José Luis Andrade Torres

CURRENT POSITION
Researcher
DIVISION
Natural Resources
SNI LEVEL
III
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Education


  • B.S. Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1981.
  • Ph.D. Biology. University of California, Los Angeles, USA. 1995.
  • Post-doctorate. Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (USA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama), 1995-1999.

Current research


  • Environmental Services of Biodiversity.

ONGOING RESEARCH


  • Water Use and Photosynthesis of Tropical Forest Trees and Mangrove Forests on the Yucatan Peninsula.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS


  • Cabañas-Mendoza, M. R., Santamaría, J.M., Sauri-Duch, E., Escobedo-GraciaMedrano, R. M. & Andrade, J. L. 2020. Salinity affects pH and lead availability in two mangrove plant species. Environmental Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab9992 .
  • Hernández-Robinson, S., Graham, E. A., Hernández-González, O. Us-Santamaría, R., Simá, J. L., Arellano-Martín, F., Andrade, J. L. 2020. Hot but not dry: Modest changes in water relations for an epiphytic bromeliad in a tropical dry deciduous forest. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (9): 945-954. https://doi.org/10.1086/710487
  • Briones, O., Reyes-García, C., Díaz-Álvarez, E. A., Tinoco-Ojanguren, C., Castellanos, A. E., de la Barrera, E., Andrade, J. L. 2020. A few islands of preliminary research among a sea of unknow: Moving plant ecophysiology forward in megadiverse countries. Botanical Sciences 98(1): 205-209. http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/bs/v98n1/2007-4476-bs-98-01-205.pdf .
  • Chávez-Sahagún, E., J. L. Andrade, G. Zotz, C. Reyes-García. 2019. Dew can prolong photosynthesis and water status during drought in some epiphytic bromeliads from a seasonally dry tropical forest. Tropical Conservation Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082919870054.
  • Andrade-Gómez, L., M. Rebolledo-Vieyra, J. L. Andrade, P. Z. López, J. Estrada-Contreras. 2019. Karstic aquifer structure from geoelectrical modeling in the Ring of Sinkholes, Mexico. Hydrogeology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-019-02016-w.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS


  • 2007. Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
  • 2008. Member. Academia Mexicana de Ciencias.
  • 2020. Level III. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES


  • Physiology of rainforest trees and mangrove forests.
  • Communicating science on environmental and biodiversity aspects.
Source: José Luis Andrade-Torres
Last Updated: 25 August 2020
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