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Pilar Angélica Gómez Ruiz

CURRENT POSITION
Associate Researcher C
DIVISION
Natural Resources
SNI LEVEL
I
TELEPHONE
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Education

  • Bachelor’s in biology. 2006. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
  • Magister in Biological Sciences. 2012. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
  • PhD in Sciences. 2016. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Current research

  • Ecological restoration of tropical ecosystems

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Evans, K., Meli, P., Zamora-Cristales, R., Schweizer, D., Méndez-Toribio, M., Gómez-Ruiz, P.A. & M. Guariguata. 2022. Drivers of success in collaborative monitoring in forest landscape restoration: An indicative assessment from Latin America. Restoration Ecology 31(4): e13803 (1-9). DOI: 10.1111/rec.13803
  • Guzmán-Hernández, V., P. del Monte-Luna, M. C. López-Castro, A. Uribe-Martínez, P. Huerta-Rodríguez, S. A. Gallegos-Fernández, J. Azanza-Ricardo, R. C. Martínez-Portugal, A. K. Barragán-Zepeda, G. P. Quintana Pali, Y. F. Martin-Viaña, P.A. Gómez-Ruíz, H. H. Acosta-Sánchez, M. López-Hernández, D. G. Castañeda-Ramírez & E. Cuevas. 2022. Recuperación de poblaciones de tortuga verde y sus interacciones con la duna costera como línea base para una restauración ecológica integral. Acta Botanica Mexicana 129: e1954 (1-36). DOI: 10.21829/abm129.2022.1954
  • Hess, M., Gómez-Ruiz, P.A., Mollerato, P. & E. Buisson. 2022. Phenological patterns of herbaceous Mediterranean plant communities in spring: is there a difference between native and formerly-cultivated grasslands?. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155(2): 207-220. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.86335
  • Gómez-Ruiz, P.A., Betancourth-Buitrago, R.A., Arteaga-Cote, M., Carbajal-Borges, J.P., Teutli-Hernández, C. & S. Laffon-Leal. 2022. Fostering a participatory process for ecological restoration of mangroves in Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve (Tabasco, Mexico). Ecosystems and People 18:1, 112-118. DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2022.2032358
  • Cuevas, E., Uribe-Martínez, A., Morales-Ojeda, S., Gómez-Ruíz, P.A., Núñez-Lara, E., Teutli-Hernández, C. & J. Herrera-Silveira. 2021. Spatial configuration of seagrass community attributes in a stressed coastal lagoon, southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Regional Studies in Marine Science Vol 48, 102049. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102049

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Source: Pilar Gómez Ruiz
Last Updated: 26 june 2023

José Luis Andrade Torres

CURRENT POSITION
Researcher
DIVISION
Natural Resources
SNI LEVEL
III
TELEPHONE
(52) 999 942 83 30, EXT.: 368
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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

Luz María del Carmen Calvo-Irabien

Luz María del Carmen Calvo Irabien

CURRENT POSITION
Researcher
DIVISION
Natural Resources
SNI LEVEL
II
TELEPHONE
(52) 999 942 83 30, EXT.: 370
E-MAIL
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Education

  • Ph.D. Ecology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1997.
  • Sabbatical. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 2004-2005.
  • Sabbatical. INP Agro-Industrial Chemistry Lab, Toulouse, France. 2016-2017.

Current research

  • I am interested in building the scientific basis for the development, implementation and conservation strategies for aromatic plants of the Yucatan Peninsula.
  • The focus of my research is multidisciplinary, collaborating with researchers in the areas of natural products, chemical ecology, microbiology, ethnobotany, systematic, genetics and ecophysiology, in order to advance the understanding of the effects that genetic, physiological, ecological and management practices have on the quantity and quality of the essential oil produced in native aromatic plants. This knowledge is indispensable to define the most pertinent applications (health, agriculture, cosmetics, food) of the studied essential oils.

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Aromatic Plants and Essential Oils: Chemical Ecology, Use, Management and Conservation.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Llamas-Torres, I., Grijalva-Arango, R., Porter-Bolland, L., & Calvo-Irabien, L. M. (2022). Impact of the in situ-ex situ management of Mexican oregano (Lippia origanoides Kunth) in northwestern Yucatan. Botanical Sciences, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.2994
  • Canché-Collí C, Estrella-Maldonado H, Medina-Medina LA, Moo-Valle H, Calvo-Irabien LM, Chan-Vivas E, Rodríguez R, Canto A. 2021. Effect of yeast and essential oil-enriched diets on critical determinants of health and immune function in Africanized Apis mellifera. PeerJ 9:e12164 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12164
  • Sáenz Pedroza Irving; Feldman, Richard Evan; Reyes-García, Cassandra; Meave, J.A.; Calvo-Irabién, Luz María; May-Pat, Filogonio; Dupuy-Rada, Juan Manuel. 2020. Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest. PeerJ 8e9636 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9636
  • Herrera-López, M.G.; Rubio Hernandez Evelyn Itzel; Richomme Pascal; Schinkovitz, Andreas; Calvo-Irabién, Luz María; Peña Rodriguez Luis Manuel. 2020. Resorcinolic lipids from Yucatecan propolis. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 31(1)1:186-192 http://dx.doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20190156
  • *Barbieri, N., Sanchez-Contreras, A., Canto A., Cauich-Rodriguez J., Vargas-Coronado, R., Calvo-Irabien L.M. 2018. Effect of cyclodextrin and Mexican oregano chemotype (Lippia graveolens Kunth) chemotypes on the microencapsulation of essential oil. Industrial Crops and Products 121(1):114-123 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.04.081

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

  • 2022: Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
  • 2017. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
  • 2017. Tierra de Mujeres Award. Yves-Rocher

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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

    B.S.
  • Quantitative and qualitative characterization of essential oils from aromatic native plants of the Yucatan Peninsula.
  • Anatomical and morphological studies of secretory structures (glandular trichomes, resin canals) in native aromatic plants using electron and confocal microscopy.
  • Analysis of biological activity in the essential oils of native aromatic plants of the Yucatan Peninsula.
  • Protocol development for sexual and vegetative propagation of native aromatic plants of the Yucatan Peninsula.
    • Graduate
  • Factors (ethnobotanical, ecological and genetic) responsible for observed variation in essential oils quantity and quality in native aromatic plants.
  • Evaluation of biological activity of essential oils in native aromatic plants of the Yucatan Peninsula.
  • Ecophysiology of native aromatic plants cultivated in the Yucatan Peninsula.
  • The importance of plant smell and taste in the domestication process.
Source: Luz María del Carmen Calvo-Irabien
Last Updated: 22 july 2022

María Azucena Canto-Aguilar

María Azucena Canto Aguilar

CURRENT POSITION
Researcher
DIVISION
Natural Resources
SNI LEVEL
II
TELEPHONE
(52) 999 942 83 30, EXT.: 371
E-MAIL
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Education

  • B.S. Biology. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. 1997.
  • Ph.D. Ecology and Natural Resources Management. Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Mexico. 2004.
  • Post-doctoral fellow. Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions. Estación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla, Spain, 2005.

Current research

  • Environmental Services of Biodiversity

ONGOING RESEARCH

  • Nutrition and health of honeybees and stingless bees in Yucatan.
  • Ecology and evolution of the plant-microorganism-flower visitor interactions.
  • Microorganisms associated with Apis mellifera and stingless bees.
  • Plant resources for native bees and Apis mellifera.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Guillén-Hernández, S., Canto, A., Villegas-Hernández, H., González-Salas, C., Poot-López, G., Espínola-Novelo, J.F., Pérez-España, H. 2023. Spatial variation in helminth parasite communities of the French Grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum (Teleostei: Haemulidae), from the Yucatan península. Journal of Parasitology 109 (2): 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1645/21-103.
  • Pérez-Morfi, A., Canto, A., Feldman, R. E., Medina-Medina, L. A., Estrella-Maldonado, H., Rodríguez, R., Andrade, J. L. 2023. Effect of bee bread on Africanized honey bees infected with spores of Nosema spp. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13286.
  • Jacinto-Castillo, F. D., Canto, A., Medina-Medina, L. A., O´Connor-Sánchez, A. 2022. Living in honey: bacterial and fungal communities in honey of sympatric populations of Apis mellifera and the stingless bee Melipona beecheii in Yucatan, Mexico. Archives of Microbiology 204: 718. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-03319-5.
  • Palma-Cancino, D.Y., Feldman, R. E., De León, L. F., Canto, A. 2022. Relación especie-hábitat del Tordo Sargento (Agelaius phoeniceus) en la península de Yucatán. Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios 9(3): e3413. https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a9n3.3413.
  • Canché-Collí, C., Estrella-Maldonado, H., Medina-Medina, L. A., Moo-Valle, H., Calvo-Irabien, L. M., Chan-Vivas, E., Rodríguez, R., Canto, A. 2021. Effect of yeast and essential oil-enriched diets on critical determinants of health and immune function in Africanized Apis mellifera. PeerJ 9:e12164 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12164.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

    Thesis topics:
  • DNA sequencing of microorganisms from nectar, pollen, and honey.
  • Health and nutrition of Apis mellifera, Melipona beecheii<*em>, and other native bees.
  • Plant resources available for bees.
Source: María Azucena Canto-Aguilar
Last Updated: march 4, 2024

Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira

Mariana Chávez Pesqueira

CURRENT POSITION
Researcher
DIVISION
Natural Resources
SNI LEVEL
I
TELEPHONE
(52) 999 942 83 30, EXT.: 235
E-MAIL
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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.
Source: Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira
Last Updated: 25 August 2021
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