Hugo Oswaldo Toledo Alvarado

(vetmexicooa@fmvz.unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Genetics), PhD (Animal Sciences)

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Research area: Genetics, genomics, statistics, phenotyping, dairy cattle and milk, swine.

Full-time Professor in the Department of Genetics and Biostatistics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. His research is focused on genetic improvement in production animals and phenotyping of complex characteristics. He is a DVM, with a Master’s Degree in Animal Production Sciences (with honors) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He earned a PhD in Animal and Agri-Food Sciences focused on Genetics at the University of Padova in Italy, and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the same university. He has conducted research visits at the University of Florida, USA, and at Michigan State University, USA. He is a Level 1 National Researcher in Mexico by Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías.

Research area: Genetics, genomics, statistics, phenotipification, dairy catle and milk, swine.

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ResearcherID: AAD-8202-2020

SNI: Level 1

Ariadne Hernández-Pérez

(ahernandez@fmvz.unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Aquaculture), PhD (Marine Sciences)

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Member of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies. Her research area involves the Immunity of aquatic organisms and disease interaction, with a focus on crustaceans' cell-mediated immunity.

Research area: Aquacultural healthcare, aquatic organisms immunology, aquacultural production systems, omic-sciences.

Researcher identifier: ORCID

SNI: Level 1

Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez

(evargasb@uach.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Ruminant Nutrition), PhD (Ruminant Nutrition).

Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and he holds MSc (McGill University, Canada) and PhD (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) degrees. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in México and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. He has been an Associate Professor for Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the University of Copenhagen, and the University of Reading. His research line is on the interface between ruminant nutrition and product quality.

Research area: Ruminant Nutrition, Dairy Products Quality, Artificial Intelligence, Gas Chromatography.

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SNI: Level 1

Elein Hernández

(elein_ht@comunidad.unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), PhD (Veterinary Sciences).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán.

Veterinary Doctor from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. PhD and postdoctorate at the University of Guelph, Canada, where she specialized in animal welfare in aviculture. Specialist in animal welfare and member of the European College of Animal Welfare and Animal Behaviour Medicine, and a certified auditor in good practices in avian, swine, and abattoir welfare by the Professional Animal Auditing Certification Organization. She is a National Researcher in Mexico by Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías.

Research area: Animal welfare, aviculture.

Researcher identifier: ORCID

SNI: Level 1

Ernesto Orozco Lucero

(ernesto.orozco@uacj.mx)

Biologist. MSc (Animal Production), PhD (Animal Sciences)

Departamento de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

PhD in Animal Science (Reproduction and Genomics) from Laval University. He has been a full-time professor at the Departamento de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, since 2018. He teaches graduate and post-graduate courses in Animal Reproduction, Applied Reproductive Technologies, Biochemistry, and Molecular and Cellular Biology. His current research interests are: mammalian reproduction and developmental biology, reproductive biotechnology, gamete and preimplantation embryo biology, heat stress, cellular stress, endoplasmic reticulum stress, reproductive toxicology, and lately bee stress biology, conservation, and productive and biomedical use.

Research area: Embryology, reproductive biotechnology, genomics, transcriptomics, reproductive toxicology, molecular biology.

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SNI: Level 1

José Ángel Gutiérrez Pabello

(jagp@unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Veterinary Microbiology), PhD (Veterinary Microbiology).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Veterinary Doctor by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia (with honors); MSc in Veterinary Microbiology by the School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, United Kingdom; and PhD in Veterinary Microbiology by Texas A&M University, USA. Postdoctorate in the School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA.

Research area: Immunology, bacteriology, infectious diseases.

Researcher identifier: ORCID

SNI: Level 1

María Salud Rubio Lozano

(msalud65@gmail.com)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), Sp. (Food Technology), PhD (Animal Sciences), Sp. (Meat Science).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. She completed her veterinary studies in Córdoba, Spain, and later earned her PhD in Meat Science at Texas A&M University, USA. She has served as an advisor to numerous companies within her field. Her commitment to sustainability led her to a research stance with Dr. Mark Post in the Netherlands, the first scientist to produce a lab-grown burger.

Research area: Animal welfare, carcass evaluation, meat quality, antimicrobial resistance, food safety.

Researcher identifier: ORCID

SNI: Level 2

Daniel Díaz

(ddiaz@ciencias.unam.mx)

Biologist. MSc (Sciences), PhD (Sciences).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias.

Professor in undergraduate and graduate courses in biostatistics, experimental design, and multivariate analysis, as well as training courses in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. His line of research focuses on public health, epidemiology, non-communicable diseases, the description of the epidemiological panorama of different types of cancer, and national priority health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity, among others.

Research area: Public health, global health, zoonosis, biostatistics, epidemiology, infectious diseases.

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Noé Orlando Juárez López

(noeorlando@fmvz.unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Animal Health and Production), Sp. (Applied Statistics).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Adjunct Professor. Head of the Department of Genetics and Biostatistics. Specialist in Applied Statistics at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Master in Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

Research area: Data visualization, experimental design, linear regression, multivariate analysis, survival analysis, mixed models, GLM and GAM models.

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Anaid Ireri Hernández García

(anaidhdez@fmvz.unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Animal Health and Production)

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Over 16 years as a professor in undergraduate courses, chiefly in Investigation Methodologies and Statistics. Participated in the Pre-Clinic unit and in the Facultad de Química, UNAM, in research projects, helping with study design and statistical analysis.

Research area: Study design, clinical studies, preclinical studies, statistical analysis.

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Iván Adrián García Galicia

(igarciag@unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Animal Production), PhD (Food Safety).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. He was also a full-time professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH) for more than 13 years. MSc at the UACH with emphasis on Animal Nutrition–Meat Science, and PhD from the University of Bristol, England, in Food Safety. He performed a sabbatical research stay at Sul Ross State University, USA, working in Meat Science in 2017–2018. Member of the Mexican Food Science Association (AMECA), the European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS), and the Association of Veterinarians Specialized in Bovines of Veracruz, Mexico. Additionally, he is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNII, CONAHCyT), Level II.

Research area: Meat quality, meat production, native breeds, green methodologies.

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SNI: Level 2

Cintli Martínez Ortiz De Montellano

(cintli@unam.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Animal Health), PhD (Pathology, Nutrition, Parasitology).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

DVM by the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), Mexico. MSc in Animal Health by the National School of Veterinary of Toulouse and by the Center for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development in Montpellier, France. PhD by the Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France, and by the UADY, Mexico. Full-time professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Active member of the Mexican Association of Veterinary Parasitology (AMPAVE), the Mexican Association of Veterinary Specialists in Equines (AMVEE), and the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. Certified by CONCERVET and member of the Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías. Research topics include: bioactive components in plants and their use in animal parasitosis, integral management of parasites in grazing animals, and macrobiota–microbiota interactions in animals.

Research area: Antiparasitic diseases, DNA extraction, PCR, alternative measures for parasite control, integral parasite management.

Researcher identifier: ORCID

SNI: Level 1

Adriana García Ruiz

(garcia.adriana@inifap.gob.mx)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), MSc (Genetic Improvement), PhD (Genetics and Genomics)

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP)

Veterinarian from the Autonomous University of Querétaro, with a Master's and Doctorate degree in Animal Production and Health Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has published more than 100 abstracts in national and international conferences, 19 scientific papers, and has directed undergraduate and master's theses, being responsible and collaborator of numerous research projects.

Research area: Genetic improvement, genomics, dairy cattle production.

Researcher identifier: ORCID

SNI: Level 2

Edubiel Arturo Alpizar-Sosa

(alpisteasea@hotmail.co.uk)

Veterinary Doctor (DVM), M.Res. (Molecular Parasitology), PhD (Molecular Parasitology and Multi-Omics Approaches) Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava.

DVM, MRes, and PhD; a researcher specializing in evolutionary biology, molecular parasitology, and multi-omics approaches, with a focus on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and drug discovery. Currently a Scientific Researcher at the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. As an invited researcher and former Research Associate at the University of Durham, he led drug screening and target validation projects using multi-omics techniques. He also leads collaborative projects in Mexico with Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, and Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, focusing on genomics, epidemiology, and drug resistance in endemic areas. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. He has taught courses on pathogen genomics, drug resistance, and bioinformatics.

Research area: Multi-omics, bioinformatics, infectious diseases, public health, microbiology.

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Enrique Jesús Delgado Suárez

(ejds@fmvz.unam.mx)

Lic. Alim. (Universidad de la Havana), MSc (Production and Animal Health), PhD (Production and Animal Health).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Research line in bacterial comparative genomics with a focus on virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. He has conducted two projects as PI in the last five years: 1) Environmental surface water sampling and microbial analysis for the detection and isolation of Salmonella spp. isolates, funded by JIFSAN-UMD, 2019–2025 (PI); and 2) Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. isolated from foods of animal origin, funded by CONAHCYT, 2021–2024 (co-PI). He has published 18 papers in JCR journals since 2018, including Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias, Veterinaria México OA, Scientific Reports, Journal of Microbiology, PLOS One, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Microorganisms, mBio, and Microbiology Spectrum. He has reviewed 29 manuscripts for indexed journals such as Scientific Reports, Nature Communications Biology, Microbial Genomics, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Food Control, PLOS One, and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, among others.

Research area: Food quality and safety, microbiology, genomics.

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SNI: Level 1

Carlos Arturo Rodríguez Alarcón

(carrodri@uacj.mx)

MVZ, Sp. (Canine Medicine and Surgery), PhD (Veterinary Medicine) Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.

Veterinarian with an undergraduate degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (1988), a specialization in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery from UNAM (1992), and a Doctorate in Canine and Feline Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad de Extremadura, Spain (2010). He has been a full-time professor at UACJ since 1998, teaching courses in veterinary surgery. He has supervised 5 master’s theses, 24 specialty theses, and 21 bachelor’s theses. Dr. Rodríguez Alarcón has 30 publications in indexed journals and has presented at over 50 national and international congresses. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI), Level I, and holds the PRODEP Profile recognition. He has also participated in various research projects on vector-borne diseases, veterinary surgery, and public health.

Research area: Surgery, small animals, endoscopy, transmission vectors.

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SNI: Level 1

Claudia Cecilia Márquez Mota

Food Chemist, MC (Biochemistry), PhD (Biochemistry) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.

Food chemist with a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate in Biochemical Sciences. Full-time Professor at the Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia (FMVZ), UNAM. Level I SNI member. Teaching experience in undergraduate and graduate courses; has directed 13 undergraduate and 5 graduate theses, besides tutoring and supervising social service. Head of the Department of Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry, FMVZ. Has participated in 7 research projects and authored 23 papers in indexed journals, as well as an ISBN-holding book. Has hosted 19 conferences, coordinated 29 academic events, and produced 13 scientific posters.

Research area: Nutrigenomics, biochemistry, microbiome, Western Blot, qPCR, feed nutrient composition analysis, metabolite analysis.

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SNI: Level 1

Maria Eduviges Burrola Barraza

(mburrola1@uach.mx)

B.S. (Chemist, Bacteriologist, and Parasitologist), M.S. (Experimental Pathology), PhD (Reproduction and Animal Genetics).

Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.

Research professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI), Level I, with a Scopus h-index of 8. Has 15 years of research experience in developmental and reproductive biology and 22 years of teaching experience in cellular and molecular biology, embryogenesis, and microbiology. Her work centers on bidirectional communication within the bovine cumulus–oocyte complex and its effect on oocyte competence and embryo development. Her publications address topics such as folliculogenesis, paracrine factors such as IMD/ADM2 and TIMP1, and embryo culture systems. She has secured competitive grants from the Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación (SECIHTI) and regularly participates as an ad hoc peer reviewer for international journals.

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SNI: Level 1