Education

• B.S. Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2007.
• M.S. Biological Sciences. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2010.
• Ph.D. Biological Sciences. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2015
• Post-doctoral fellow. University of Toronto. 2016.

Current research

• Agrobiodiversity for Ecological and Cultural Sustainability.

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Using landscape genomics to assess local adaptation in wild papaya (Carica papaya) populations in its center of origin. (Ciencia Básica CONACYT)

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2011. First place, Master’s thesis. III Congreso de la Sociedad Científica Mexicana de Ecología.
• 2014. Third place, graduate students. National Scientific Journalism and Promotion Prize. CONACyT. Project: Genes in the wind.
• 2017. Level Candidate. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
• 2020. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

B.S.
• Characterization of morphological differences between wild and cultivated plants of domesticated species.
• Differences in ecological interactions (pollination, dispersal, antagonisms) between wild and domesticated varieties.
• Genetic diversity between wild relatives and domesticated species.
Graduate:
• Gene flow between wild populations and crops of domesticated species.
• Detection of genomic regions associated with domesticated characters.
• Local adaptation of wild populations of domesticated species.