Academic History📚
Bachelor’s degree (2008-2013): Thesis name: “Effect of extrafloral nectar from an herbaceous plant on the growth of colonies of the ant Camponotus planatus (Roger, 1863)”. Advisor: Co-direction of Dr. Cecilia Díaz Castelazo (INECOL) and Dr. Jorge E. Valenzuela González (INECOL). Specialty (2015-2016): Thesis name: “Species richness and composition of species and functional groups of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in three habitats of the mountainous region of central Veracruz”. Advisor: Dr. Jorge E. Valenzuela Gonzalez (INECOL) and Dr. Angel Fernando Argüello Ortiz (UV). Master’s degree (2016-2017): Thesis: “Discriminant analysis as a statistical tool for the classification of epigean ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups”. Advisors: Dr. Jorge E. Valenzuela González (INECOL) and Dr. Ángel Fernando Argüello Ortiz (UV). PhD. (2017-2022): Thesis name: “Patterns and modulators associated with taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of leaf-litter ants along the Cofre de Perote, Veracruz, Mexico”. Advisors: Dr. Jorge E. Valenzuela González (INECOL) and Dr. Rogerio Rosas Da Silva (Paraense Emilio Goeldi Museum, Belém, Pará, Brazil).
Scholarships for Preparation 🎓
CONACYT Grant No. 421005 (Specialization Degree in Statistical Methods, Aug 2015 – Jul 2016). CONACYT Grant No. 588540 (PhD in Science, Sep 2017 – Aug 2021).
Academic Distinctions 🏅
- Member of the “Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI)” in the category of level 1. (Validity: Jan 2023-Dec 2007)
👨🎓Student formation
External supervisor in the undergraduate thesis: Title: “Diversidad de hormigas asociadas a plantaciones de chayote y remanentes de selva mediana subcaducifolia en el centro de Veracruz.” Student: Jesús Eduardo Tapia Morales. Degree: Bachelor of Biology (Universidad Veracruzana). Date: April 29, 2022. External supervisor in the bachelor’s thesis: Title: “Diversidad de hormigas asociadas a plantaciones de chayote y remanentes de selva mediana subcaducifolia en el centro de Veracruz.” Student: Naomi Delfín Blanco. Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Biology (Universidad Veracruzana). Date: April 29, 2022. External supervisor in the Ph.D. Thesis: Title: “Respuesta taxonómica, funcional y de forrajeo de las hormigas del suelo y hojarasca en fragmentos complejos de la ciudad de Xalapa, Veracruz.” Student: Juan Carlos Ramírez Ramón. Program: Integrative Biology (Universidad Veracruzana). Status: [In process].
🔄 Training Courses/Workshops
Course/Workshop: “Rarefaction, diversity partitioning and phylogenetic diversity:” Date: October 5, 2018. Location: Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Coordinator: Dr. Lou Jost. Course: “Latin American Course on Multivariate Data Analysis for Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences using PRIMER v7 and PERMANOVA add-on”: Date: [Not specified]. Duration: 80 hours. Location: Graduate Program in Marine Sciences and Limnology, Centro Peninsular de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, UNAM, Mérida, México. Course: “Biodiversity Analysis”: Date: June 9 to 15, 2018. Duration: 60 hours. Location: Universidad Autónoma de Estado Hidalgo. Coordinator: Dr. Claudia Moreno Ortega. Course/Workshop: “Pheidole of Mexico: diversity, taxonomy and identification”: Date: June 26 to 30, 2017. Duration: 40 hours. Location: Centro de Estudios en Zoologia, University of Guadalajara. Coordinator: Dr. John T. Longino. Course: “Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and their use in ecology”: Date: April 23 to 26, [Not specified]. Location: Graduate Biological Sciences, Tlaxcala, Mexico. Coordinator: Physicist Rosario Landgrave Ramirez.