Ricardo Ramirez-Romero

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I'm a Biologist by the 'Universidad de las Américas-Puebla' (UDLA-P). In November 2004, I obtained a doctorate at the 'Université Paris XIII-Paris Nord' (Supervisors: Dr. Minh-Ha Pham-Delegue and Dr. Laure Kaiser), so I had the chance to live in Paris for five years. After this, In January 2005, I went back to Mexico and performed a Postdoc for two years at the 'Instituto de Ecología A.C' (INECOL) (Laboratory of Dr. Martín Aluja). Since 2007, I have worked at the 'Universidad de Guadalajara, México' (UdG), first as Associate Professor and later as a Full Professor. I performed research stays at Texas A & M University (Lab of Dr. Julio Bernal), the USDA in Florida (Lab of Dr. John Sivinski), the INRA at Sophia Antipolis in France (Lab of Dr. Nicolas Desneux), and was invited to perform an academic visit to the Tianjin Institute of Plant Protection, in the City of Tianjin, China. In 2019-2020 I performed a sabbatical stay with Dr. Jorge Contreras Garduño at ENES-UNAM, Morelia, Mexico. Since 2005, I have coauthored 38 papers for international journals (ISI®) (cited in more than 750 international articles [ISI®], excluding self-citations, h-index=17 [according to ISI® WoS]), five popular articles (with more than 14,000 views on the site of Academia.edu) and two book chapters. I taught at the UDLA-P (undergraduate level), and currently, I lecture at the UdG (undergraduate and graduate level). I have participated in the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students. Other of my scientific activities include Executive Editor for Pest Management Science (IF: 4.845, Q1, JCR®2020) and Associate Editor for Entomologia Generalis (IF: 6.608, Q1, JCR®2021) and Biological Control (IF: 3.687, Q1, JCR®2020). Reviewer for 24 international journals (ISI®), for the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT, Mexico), and the AgreenSkills and AgreenSkills + program (France). I have also been part of the advisory board of the 'basic science' funding program of CONACyT. Besides the ecology of insects, I enjoy reading novels, philosophy, and history.

Papers 
38) Meza-Canales IV, Trujillo-Pahua V, Vargas-Ponce O, Ramirez-Romero R, Montero-Vargas JM, Ordaz-Ortiz JJ, Winkler R, Délano-Frier JP, and Sánchez-Hernández CV. 2022. Systemic whitefly-induced metabolic responses in newly developed distal leaves of husk tomato plants (Physalis philadelphica) impairs whiteflies development. Pest Management Science. In press. [4.462 & Q1] DOI: 10.1002/ps.7206

37) Kenis M, Benelli G, Biondi A, Calatayud PA, Day R, Desneux N, Harrison RD, Kriticos D, Rwomushana I, van den Berg J, Verheggen F, Zhang YJ, Agboyi LK, Ahissou RB, Ba MN, Bernal J, de Freitas Bueno A, Carrière Y, Carvalho GA, Chen XX, Cicero L, du Plessis H, Early R, Fallet P, Fiaboe KKM, Firake DM, Goergen G, Groot AT, Guedes RNC, Gupta A, Hu G, Huang FN, Jaber LR, Malo EA, McCarthy CB, Meagher Jr. RL, Mohamed S, Mota Sanchez D, Nagoshi RN, Nègre N, Niassy S, Ota N, Nyamukondiwa C, Omoto C, Reddy Palli S, Pavela R, Ramirez-Romero R, Rojas JC, Subramanian S, Tabashnik BE, Tay WT, Virla EG, Wang S, Williams T, Zang LS, Zhang L, Wu K. 2022. Invasiveness, biology, ecology, and management of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Entomologia Generalis, In press [IF=6.608 & Q1] DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2022/1659
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36) Zhao Y., Zhu L., Ramirez-Romero R., Dai P., Yang X., Ruan C.-C., Desneux N. and Zang L.-S. 2022. Mating status of an autoparasitoid and sex of the secondary host impact the outcome of heteronomous hyperparasitism. Entomologia Generalis. 42: 87-99 [IF=6.608 & Q1] DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2021/1324
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Miscelaneous
Reviewer for Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Oikos, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Journal of Economic Entomology, Journal of Applied Entomology, Bulletin of Entomological Research, Ecotoxicology, Crop Protection, Biocontrol, Biological Control, Biocontrol Science & Technology, Journal of Applied Ecology, International Journal of Biological Sciences, Insects, Journal of Insect Science, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Phytoparasitica, Bulletin of Insectology, Agriculture and Forest Entomology, Journal of Apicultural Science, Entomologia Generalis, Pest Management Science.

​Reviewer for the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT): participation evaluating proposals in the funding programs 'bilateral funds', 'mixed funds', 'retentions-repatriation' and 'basic science'.

​Executive Editor for Pest Management Science, ranked in the top 10 of ISI Web of Science, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 4.462, Q1 (JCR®2021).
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Associate Editor for Entomologia Generalis, ranked in the top 10 of ISI Web of Science, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 6.608, Q1 (JCR®2021).  

Editor for Biological Control, ranked in the top 10 of ISI Web of Science, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 3.857, Q1 (JCR®2021).