Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr. Luis Enrique Chavarín GómezKyke obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology in our lab, with the financial support of a SECIHTI scholarship. Subsequently, in september 2016 he was accepted in the MSc program (BIMARENA-UdG) and got his degree in the summer 2018. After this, he Immediately applied for a position in the Doctoral program BEMARENA-UdG and got a place. He finished his degree in 2023. In 2024, he prepared his application to compete for a postdoctoral fellowship from SECIHTI. He was successfully awarded the fellowship and began his postdoctoral position in our group in January 2025. So far, he has three publications in JCR-indexed journals (Pest Management Science [IF=4.1 & Q1]; Insects [IF=3.0 & Q1] and Entomologia Generalis [IF=5.625 & Q1]).
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Graduate Students
Pedro Torres EncisoPhD Candidate
Pit is interested in studying insect predators. He joined our group as a volunteer student. In July 2022, he obtained his undergraduate degree studying the behavior of G. punctipes' males. The results of his undergraduate thesis were included in a research article published in the international scientific journal CABI-Agriculture and Bioscience [IF=2.4 & Q1]. In august 2022 he was accepted at the BEMARENA-UdG doctoral program. He will study the potential of native predators as biological control agents. Based on his contributions to our research group, he is also a co-author of two international publications: one in PLoS ONE [IF=3.7 & Q2] and the other in Pest Management Science [IF=4.1 & Q1].
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Betsabé Montserrat Hernández GonzálezMSc. CandidateSupervisor: Dra. Paola Andrea Palmeros-Suárez
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Gabriel Reinoso FranchinoExternal-Lab PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Dr. Pablo Schliserman (CITCA, Argentina) Adviser: Dr. Ricardo Ramirez-Romero Gabriel is studying the interactions between herbivores of Prosopis and their parasitoids under a conservative biological control perspective.
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Cintia Pérez SerranoPhD Candidate
As a biologist, Cintia graduated from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Puebla, Mexico. She began her PhD in our research group in the fall of 2024 in the BEMARENA-UdG program. Her PhD aims to test some assumptions and paradigms regarding the predatory behavior of an omnivorous hemipteran at different trophic levels.
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Undergraduate Students
María Fernanda Ledezma GutiérrezFer is an undergraduate Agronomy student at our university (UDG) and recently began her thesis research in our group, focusing on the predatory capacity of mirid bugs on whiteflies.
Angel Rodrigo Ramírez MartínezRodri is an undergraduate Agronomy student who has joined our group to conduct his thesis research. His study aims to determine whether synergistic or antagonistic interactions occur among native predator species.
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Kevin Alejandro Rodríguez ReynagaKevin is an agronomy student who started volunteering in our laboratory. He is now conducting his undergraduate thesis observations, studying the abilities of native predators.
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Former students
Michel Andrea Saavedra LastraMichel obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Sonora (UniSon, Mexico). She started participating with our group in February 2021. In September 2021, she was awarded an MSc scholarship from CONACyT to perform her master's degree in the BIMARENA program with our research group. Andrea completed her master’s degree in 2023, and the article with the results of her thesis is being prepared.
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Hilda Esperanza Casillas OchoaHilda was a volunteer undergraduate student that participated with our group on the FAW project.
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María Fernanda Vela TorresFernanda is a biologist from the UdG (CuCosta, Puerto Vallarta). She is particularly interested in biological control and performed an academic stay in our lab in 2021.
Paulina Camorlinga CortésPau started her undergraduate research expertise in our group. She tested other factors influencing predator's decisions for choosing a prey. She obtained her undergraduate degree on February 2019. A manuscript reporting her results has been published in Entomologia Generalis (IF=5.625 & Q1).
Ma. Concepción Velasco-HernándezMaría got her MSc. degree in our group (with honors), by studying the behavior of parasitoids under the risk of predation. With results obtained, two papers were published in international journals (PLoS One [IF=2.776 & Q2] and Pest Management Science [FI=3.255 & Q1]). In addition, during her master, she performed a short research stay (3 months) in France, in the laboratory of Dr. Nicolas Desneux (INRA, Sophia Antipolis).
After her master degree, in the summer of 2013, Conchita started her PhD in our group to test two paradigms on behavior of parasitoids. In 2015, she performed a one-year research stay in the Lab of Dr. Desneux (INRA, Sophia Antipolis, France). In 2016, she coauthored a Review manuscript published in the Journal of Pest Science (IF=5.133 & Q1). A first manuscript reporting part of the PhD results was published in 2017 in Entomologia Generalis (IF=5.625 & Q1). She got her PhD degree in October 2017. A second PhD paper is under revision. 
Walter Ernesto Printzen-CruzWalter had a CONACyT scholarship to develop his undergraduate research in our group. He investigated how a generalist predator chooses its prey. He obtained his undergraduate degree on February 2017. The results of his undergraduate thesis were included in a research article published in the international scientific journal CABI-Agriculture and Bioscience [IF=2.4 & Q1].
Ester KornigEster, an student from the Université d'Avignon, performed a short stay in our lab (2016), she studied the influence that some seaweed extracts (reported as inductors of resistance genes in plants) have on the oviposition preference of whiteflies.
Yeirha Patricia Vega GuerreroYeirha is a student of the Bachelor of Biology at CUCBA-UdG, Jalisco, Mexico. She performed her "servicio social" (2020-2021) in a project that aims to automate the behavioral observations of a parasitoid wasp, under the supervision of Dr. Ricardo Ramirez-Romero and Dr. Fernando Wario's collaboration, Dr. Michel Dávalos Biotes, and Dr. Felipe Sención Echauri.
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Lourdes Bao-FundoraLulu got her MSc degree in our group with honors. She studied how intra-guild predation modifies pest control under natural conditions. With results obtained, two manuscript have been published, one in Pest Management Science (IF=4.845 & Q1) and the other in Biological Control (IF=2.754 & Q1).
Delia Garibay Benítez
Delia obtained her master degree in our group. During her stay within our group, she collaborated on a project that led to an international publication (Journal of Insect Behavior [IF=0.933 & Q3]). In addition, during her master, she performed a short research stay (3 months) in the USA, in the laboratory of Dr. Andrea Joyce (University of California, Merced). Results obtained were published in the journal Insect Science (IF=2.71 & Q1). 
Daniela Teresa Pérez Ascencio
Dany obtained her undergraduate degree in our group and with the results obtained, one paper was published in the Journal of Insect Behavior [IF=0.933 & Q3]. After her undergraduate degree, Dany obtained her MSc degree in our group. She has coauthored a publication published in Insects [IF=3.0 & Q1]. 
Dra. Ornella Barreto Barriga obtained her Ph.D. at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad (iiES) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico. Her research expertise relies on the study of biology and the ecology of herbivores and parasitoids. She was awarded by CONACyT with a postdoctoral fellow (2020-2021) to study the population divergence of a maize herbivore with our research group and collaborating with Dr. Andrea Joyce of the University of California at Merced, USA. Ornella has co-authored an article recently published in Insects [IF=3.0 & Q1] and a paper regarding her postdoctoral stay is being prepared.
Bruno Bladimir Chávez GuerreroBruno is a student of the Bachelor of Agronomy at CUCBA-UdG, Jalisco, Mexico. He is interested in biological control, insect ecology, natural enemies' biology, and pest control. He participated in a research stay under the supervision of Dra. Ornella Barreto in a project aiming to study the acoustic communication of the maize pest Dalbulus maidis.
Juan Arturo Palomar CebreroJuan finished his Bachelor's degree in Agronomy at CUCBA-UDG, Jalisco, Mexico. He performed his "servicio social" (2022-2023) and was interested in studying cannibalism among predators.
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