Ricardo

Ricardo Ramirez-Romero

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. To date, my scientific contributions encompass co-authorship on 52 publications, including 50 articles in ISI®-indexed journals with over 1090 citations, excluding self-citations (h-index of 20, according to ISI®-WoS). Additionally, my work includes two articles in non-ISI®-indexed journals, seven outreach publications (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 actively supervised both undergraduate and graduate theses, with many of the students under my guidance contributing as co-authors in publications featured in ISI®-indexed journals. Additionally, I have served or currently serve on thesis committees or as an examiner at my home institution (UdG), the Colegio de Posgraduados (COLPOS-Montecillo, Mexico), the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina), and the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Other of my scientific activities include Executive Editor for Pest Management Science (IF: 4.463, Q1, JCR®2021) and Associate Editor for Entomologia Generalis (IF: 6.608, Q1, JCR®2021) and Biological Control (IF: 3.857, Q1, JCR®2020). Reviewer for 24 international journals (ISI®), for the Mexican Council of Humanities, Science and Technology (CONAHCyT, Mexico), the National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ, Mexico), and the AgreenSkills and AgreenSkills + program (France). Besides the ecology of insects, I enjoy reading novels, philosophy, and history. Now reading Andrei Kurkov, 'Grey Bees'.

Papers

50) Wyckhuys KAG, Akutse KS, Amalin DM, Araj SE, Barrera G, Beltran MJB, Fekih IB, Calatayud PA, Cicero L, Cokola MC, Colmenarez YC, Dessauvages K, Dubois T, Durocher-Granger L, Espinel C, Fernández-Triana JL, Francis F, Gómez J, Haddi K, Harrison RD, Haseeb M, Iwanicki NSA, Jaber LR, Khamis FM, Legaspi JC, Lomeli-Flores RJ, Lopes RB, Lyu B, Montoya-Lerma J, Nguyen TD, Nurkomar I, Perier JD, Pozsgai G, Ramírez-Romero R, Robinson-Baker AS, Sanchez-Garcia FJ, Silveira LC, Simeon L, Solter LF, Santos-Amaya OF, Tavares WS, Trabanino R, Vásquez C, Wang Z, Wengrat APGS, Zang LS, Zhang W, Zimba KJ, Wu K, Elkahky M. 2024. Functional structure of the natural enemy community of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda in the Americas. Biological Control Accepted [IF= 4.2 & Q1]

49) Yao FL, Wu YY, Zhou SJ, Ding XL, Guan ZX, Lu XS, Zheng Y, Ramirez-Romero R, Desneux N, Weng QY and He YX. 2024. Effects of continuous and transgenerational rearing in peanut leaves on the performance and enzyme activity of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology Accepted [IF= 2.2 & Q1]

48) Wang P, Xu YF, Li H, Lin R, Zheng G, Zhang J, Monticelli L, Ramirez-Romero R, Desneux N, Liang C, Wang M, Li Z, Zhang QY and Hu Y. 2024. Performance of Encarsia formosa as a vector of entomopathogenic fungi for controlling Bemisia tabaci MED. Entomologia Generalis Accepted [IF= 6.9 & Q1]

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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 Humanities Science and Technology (CONAHCyT): Participation in evaluating proposals in the funding programs ‘Fondos Bilaterales,’ ‘Fondos Mixtos,’ ‘Retenciones-Repatriaciones,’ ‘Ciencia Básica,’ ‘Investigadores por México,’ and ‘Ciencia de Frontera.’

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).

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).