Education

• B.S. Biology. Autonomous University of Yucatan. 1997.
• Ph.D. Ecology and Natural Resources Management. Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Mexico. 2004.
• Postdoctoral fellow. Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions. Doñana Biological Station, Seville, Spain, 2005.

Current research

• • Ecology of plant-animal interactions: pollen-microorganisms-bees

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Nutrition and health of honeybees and stingless bees in Yucatan.
• Diversity of microorganisms of flower-pollinator environments.
• Plant resources for bees.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Ramírez-Arriaga E, Rodríguez-Reyes A, Prámparo MB, Canto A, Gómez-Lizárraga LE, López-Caballero GI, Valiente-Banuet A. 2026. Cactaceae fossil pollen grains recovered from 15.6-Ma evaporites in south-central Mexico. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 344: 105463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105463
• Pérez-Morfi A, Ramírez-Arriaga E, Canto A. 2025. Comparative analysis of Melipona beecheii pollen foraging preferences in deciduous, semi-deciduous, and semi-evergreen tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula. Apidologie 56, 72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-025-01202-y
• Julio-Catarino L, Ramírez-Arriaga E, Canto A, Sotuyo S, Gómez-Lizárraga LE, González-Rodríguez, A. 2025. Pollen morphology of Mexican Dalbergia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae) species and their systematic implications. Palynology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2025.2530062
• Pérez-Morfi A, Dorantes-Euan A, Rodríguez R, Ramírez-Arriaga, E, Dupuy-Rada JM, Canto A. 2024. Diversity, structure, and composition of melliferous and non-melliferous vegetation surrounding meliponaries of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Botanical Science 102(4): 1109-1128. https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.3497
• Bacab-Pérez AI, Ramírez-Arriaga E, Canto A. 2024. Melissopalynology of pot-pollen and pot-honey of the Mayan Stingless bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Apidae, Meliponini) in Yucatan, Mexico. Apidologie 55(2): 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01060-0

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Thesis topics:
• Ecology of flower-microorganisms-pollinator interactions.
• Health and nutrition of bees.
• Plant-pollen diversity for bees.