Research Interests
Professional Skills
Research Experience
Revision of larval and adult morphological characters to develop identification keys and integrate them into artificial intelligence for use in integrated pest management (IPM), systematics, and evolutionary biology.
Curation and identification of Neotropical Moths especially those in the superfamily Noctuoidea
Curation of the Noctuoidea collection at McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.
Reclassification of the superfamily Noctuoidea, along with the description of several new genera and species. Additionally, I discovered a new continental pest in South Florida.
Discovery of a group of moths, which I named "Jaguar moths," endemic to Latin America, along with the decoding of their evolutionary and biological histories.
Worked on the first comprehensive checklist of butterflies from the semi-deciduous tropical forests of southern Yucatán.
Identification of native green lacewings (Chrysopidae) in the green spaces of Mérida City for use in biological control, aimed at reducing reliance on non-native species.
Work ExperienceConducted micro-propagation of banana, plantain, and orchid plants, and isolated black sigatoka fungi from their mycelia as part of an eradication program.
Contributed to the greening eradication program, focusing on the detection of the disease vector Diaphorina citri.
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