Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene

About

Dr. Fernando Alvarez is an aquatic invertebrate biologist with a special interest in crustaceans. He obtained a B.Sc. degree from Facultad de Ciencias UNAM; a Master's from Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana; and a PhD from the University of Maryland College Park Maryland in the USA. He is a full Professor and Curator of the National Crustacean Collection at Instituto de Biología UNAM. He has been Editor in Chief of Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad since 2011 and has been recognized with the level 3 at the National Researchers System of CONACYT Mexico. He has authored 186 scientific publications including 133 journal articles 35 book chapters 10 books and 8 contributions for the general public.Dr. Robert W. Jones is an entomologist with interest in systematics tropical ecology and subsistence agriculture. He graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters and PhD from Texas A&M University. He has conducted research in Honduras and worked in various regions of Mexico. For the past 24 years has been a professor researcher and zoology collection curator at the Autonomous University of Querétaro in central Mexico. Since 1996 he has been a member of the National Researchers System of CONACYT Mexico presently at level 2. He has over 65 journal articles 21 book chapters and several publications for the general public.Dr. Patricia Ornelas García is an ichthyologist whose research is focused on the evolutionary biology of freshwater fishes. She obtained a B.Sc. degree from Facultad de Ciencias Naturales at Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and her Ph.D. from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain. She is a Full Professor at Instituto de Biología UNAM. She has authored 38 scientific publications including 23 journal articles 6 book chapters 3 books and 6 contributions for the general public. She has been recognized with level 1 at the National Researchers System of CONACYT México. Dr. Rubén Pineda-López is a Biologist and Master of Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Ph. D. from Universidad de Alicante Spain. He is a full-time professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Currently it is focused on the study of the patterns of bird diversity especially how birds are affected in aquatic and urban environments. Author of 28 scientific articles six books and eight book chapters. He has been recognized with level 1 at the National Researchers System of CONACYT México.