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 5 years. After this, In January 2005, I went back to Mexico and performed a Postdoc for 2 years at the 'Instituto de Ecología A.C' (INECOL) (Laboratory of Dr. Martín Aluja). Since 2007, I work at the 'Universidad de Guadalajara, México' (UdG), first as Associate Professor and later as a Full Professor. I have performed short 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 invited to perform an academic visit to the Tianjin Institute of Plant Protection, in the City of Tianjin, China. Since 2005, I have coauthored 28 papers for international journals (ISI®) (cited in more than 500 international publications [ISI®], excluding self-citations, h-index=13 [according with ISI® WoS]), 4 popular articles (with more than 6,500 views in the site of Academia.edu) and 2 book chapters. I taught at the UDLA-P (undergraduate level) and the UdG (undergraduate and graduate level). I have participated in the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students. As reviewer, I have done 84 reviews for 22 international journals (ISI®) (excluding reviews as Associate Editor), reviewed research proposals for the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT, funding programs 'bilateral funds', 'mixed funds', 'retentions-repatriation' and 'basic science') and for 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 
28) Xiao D, Jaworski CC, Xu Q, Ramirez-Romero R, Guo X, Wang S and Desneux N. 2019. Optimizing spatial distribution of companion plants and synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles to promote conservation biological control in orchards. Journal of Applied Ecology. Accepted [5.742 & Q1]

27) Ramirez-Romero R., Garibay-Benítez D., Joyce A.L., Vargas-Ponce O. and Bernal J.S. 2019. Do assortative mating and immigrant inviability help maintain population genetic structuring of an herbivore on a crop and a wild relative? Insect Science. In press [IF=2.091 & Q1]

26) Romano D., Benelli G., Stefanini C., Desneux N., Ramirez-Romero R., Canale A. and Lucchi A. 2018. Behavioral asymmetries in the mealybug parasitoid Anagyrus sp. near pseudococci: does lateralized antennal tapping predict male mating success? Journal of Pest Science. 91: 341-349 [IF=4.402 & Q1]

25) Velasco-Hernández M.C., Desneux N., Ramírez-Martínez M.M., Cicero L. and Ramirez-Romero R. 2017. Host species suitability and instar preference of Aphidius ervi and Aphelinus abdominalis. Entomologia Generalis. 36: 347-367 [IF=1.933 & 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.

Associate Editor for Entomologia Generalis
(2017 to date)