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My research focuses on population and evolutionary genomics. I conduct transdisciplinary research in marine and terrestrial environments at the intersection of academia, local communities, and government and civil society organizations. The common thread in all my research projects is the application of genetic and genomic tools to understand, manage, and conserve biodiversity. My work merges genomic data across different disciplines, including physical oceanography, marine ecology, metapopulation dynamics, landscape genomics, historical demography, molecular evolution, metagenomics of Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes, design of networks of marine reserves, socioecological systems, small-scale fisheries, seafood traceability, and conservation biology in general. I received my B.S. and M.S degrees in Marine Biology at Baja California Sur, Mexico from UABCS in 2000 and from CIBNOR in 2003, respectively, and my PhD in 2011 from the University of Arizona.Show Less
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Grants
- Collaborative Research: Testing Evolutionary Pseudocongruence Along the Baja California Peninsula Through Integration of Geologic and Genomic Data
Co-Investigator (COI)
2019
$590.8K
Active - CAZMEX: Linking Biodiversity , Ecosystem Services and Social Benefit in Coastal Communities of the Gulf of California
Principal Investigator (PI)
2019
$46.4K
Active - Development of an Environmental DNA (eDNA) Monitoring Program for Tracking Changes in Commercial & Threatened Species, & Changes in Biodiversity Within the Network of Marine Reserves in the Gulf of CA
Co-Investigator (COI)
2013
$59.7K
Publications (87)
Recent
- Genetic connectivity in Twospot flounder (Bothus robinsi) across the Gulf of Mexico, inferred with single nucleotide polymorphisms from larvae and adults
2023
- Integrating Earth–life systems: A geogenomic approach
2022
- DNA barcoding reveals global and local influences on patterns of mislabeling and substitution in the trade of fish in Mexico
2022
- Implications of barrier ephemerality in geogenomic research
2022
- Tracking the desert's edge with a Pleistocene relict
2022
- Social-ecological networks and connectivity within and between two communities of small-scale fishers in Mexico
2022
- Towards transboundary networks of climate-smart marine reserves in the Southern California Bight
2022
- Multiple-scale processes shape the population genetics of Tehuelche scallop, Aequipecten tehuelchus, in Northern Patagonia
2021
- Genetic divergence and ephemeral barriers: Reconciling genetic and geological timescales within geogenomics
2021
- New microsatellite loci for estimating genetic diversity and structure in Octopus hubbsorum from Nayarit, México
2021
- Integrating eDNA metabarcoding and simultaneous underwater visual surveys to describe complex fish communities in a marine biodiversity hotspot
2021
- Drivers of Speciation Using Genomic Analyses of Two Desert Brittlebush Species, Encelia farinosa and Encelia californica
2021
- Multiple drivers behind mislabeling of fish from artisanal fisheries in La Paz, Mexico
2021
- Drivers for genetic structure at different geographic scales for Pacific red snapper (Lutjanus peru) and yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) in the tropical …
2021
- Integrating Biophysical, Socio-Economic and Governance Principles Into Marine Reserve Design and Management in Mexico: From Theory to Practice
2021
- Southward decrease in the protection of persistent giant kelp forests in the northeast Pacific
2021
- Carry‐over effects of environmental stochasticity of the California Current on body condition and wing length of breeding Black‐vented Shearwaters (Puffinus opisthomelas)
2021
- Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: Consolidating stewardship, property rights, and enforcement for ecosystem-based fisheries management
2020
- Uneven protection of persistent giant kelp forest in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
2020
- Intestinal Microbiota Analyses of Litopenaeus vannamei During a Case of Atypical Massive Mortality in Northwestern Mexico
2020
- Yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) connectivity in the Southern Gulf of California
2020
- Use of museum specimens to refine historical pronghorn subspecies boundaries
2020
- Genomic and ecological signatures of landscape change: a geologically-constrained, simulation-based case study in the Baja California Peninsula
2020
- Can we use causal theory to understand how Earth processes shape life? Examples from the Baja GeoGenomics consortium
2020
- Fisheries management tools to support coastal and marine spatial planning: A case study from the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico
2020
- Conectividad biológica de la vieira tehuelche, Aequipecten tehuelchus en el mar argentino y sus implicancias para el manejo pesquero.
2019
- Tracking reveals behavioural coordination driven by environmental constraints in the Black‐vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
2019
- Beyond traditional biodiversity fish monitoring: environmental DNA metabarcoding and simultaneous underwater visual census detect different sets of a complex fish community at …
2019
- Genetic diversity and metapopulation structure of the brown swimming crab (Callinectes bellicosus) along the coast of Sonora, Mexico: Implications for fisheries management
2019
- Larval distribution and connectivity of the endemic Sciaenidae species in the Upper Gulf of California
2018
- Isolation and characterization of 21 novel microsatellite loci in sailfish Istiophorus platypterus Shaw 1792 from a shotgun genomic library
2018
- Ecological guidelines for designing networks of marine reserves in the unique biophysical environment of the Gulf of California
2018
- Characterization by next-generation sequencing of 24 new microsatellite loci for the barred sand-bass, Paralabrax nebulifer (Girard, 1854), from the Baja California Peninsula …
2018
- Occurrence of Glaucus atlanticus in the Midriff Islands Region, Gulf of California, Mexico
2018
- Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming
2018
- MarXiv Summary
2018
- Characterisation of 30 microsatellite loci for the Tehuelche scallop, Aequipecten tehuelchus (d’Orbigny, 1842) and their use for estimating demographic parameters …
2018
- Anisotropic larval connectivity and metapopulation structure driven by directional oceanic currents in a marine fish targeted by small-scale fisheries
2018
- Life histories predict genetic diversity and population structure within three species of octopus targeted by small-scale fisheries in Northwest Mexico
2018
- Functional-biogeography of the reef fishes of the islands of the Gulf of California: integrating functional divergence into marine conservation
2018
- Characterization of 32 microsatellite loci for the Pacific red snapper, Lutjanus peru, through next generation sequencing
2017
- The complete mitochondrial genome of Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 from the Gulf of California
2016
- Between control and complexity: opportunities and challenges for marine mesocosms
2016
- Spondylids of eastern pacific ocean
2016
- Marine reserves help preserve genetic diversity after impacts derived from climate variability: Lessons from the pink abalone in Baja California
2015
- Development and characterization of 24 novel tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in green abalone Haliotis fulgens
2015
- LARVAL DISPERSAL OF PANOPEA GLOBOSA FOLLOWS CLOCKWISE CURRENTS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
2015
- Assessing the geological and climatic forcing of biodiversity and evolution surrounding the Gulf of California
2015
- Genetic structure of the Cortes geoduck Panopea globosa Dall, 1898, from the Mexican Northwest
2015
- Incorporating historical and ecological genetic data for leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) into marine reserve design in the Gulf of California
2015
- Concentración de clorofila a en colonias de Pocillopora verrucosa (Sderactina) durante un blanqueamiento coralino en el Golfo de California, México (1997)
2015
- PANGAS: an interdisciplinary ecosystem-based research framework for small-scale fisheries in the Northern Gulf of California
2015
- Genetic diversity and demography of two endangered captive pronghorn subspecies from the Sonoran Desert
2014
- Development of 24 tetra-nucleotide microsatellite markers in Cortes Geoduck Panopea globosa by next-generation sequencing
2014
- Ecosystem-based fisheries management of a biological corridor along the northern Sonora coastline (NE Gulf of California)
2014
- Dynamic connectivity patterns from an insular marine protected area in the Gulf of California
2014
- Isolation and characterization of fifteen microsatellite loci in Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) via 454 pyrosequencing
2014
- Asymmetric connectivity of spawning aggregations of a commercially important marine fish using a multidisciplinary approach
2014
- Pronghorn management guides
2014
- Characterization of microsatellite loci from two-spotted octopus Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883 from pyrosequencing reads
2014
- Red de reservas marinas para la Región de las Grandes Islas, Golfo de California: protocolo del proyecto de planeación y reporte de los talleres del equipo de planeación …
2013
- New microsatellite loci isolated via next-generation sequencing for two endangered pronghorn from the Sonoran Desert
2013
- Localized extinction of an arboreal desert lizard caused by habitat fragmentation
2013
- Isolation of 18 microsatellite loci in the desert mistletoe Phoradendron californicum (Santalaceae) via 454 pyrosequencing
2013
- Further Readings in Geomicrobiology
2013
- Novel primers for complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequencing in mammals
2012
- Erratum to: New tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) isolated via 454 pyrosequencing
2012
- Linking bio-oceanography and population genetics to assess larval connectivity
2012
- Abiotic factors shape microbial diversity in Sonoran Desert soils
2012
- Isolation of microsatellite loci from the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
2011
- Spatial and temporal interactions of sympatric mountain lions in Arizona
2011
- Microsatellite loci for assessing genetic diversity and population structure of the endemic Belding’s yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi from the Baja California …
2011
- Habitat fragmentation in small vertebrates from the Sonoran Desert in Baja California
2011
- Pervasive Deep Phylogeographic Breaks in the Baja California Peninsula's Biota
2011
- Novel microsatellite loci for the burrowing owl Athene cunicularia
2010
- Microsatellite loci for the blue swimming crab (Callinectes bellicosus) (Crustacea: Portunidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico
2010
- Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the rock scallop (Spondylus calcifer) (Bivalvia: Spondylidae) from the Northern Gulf California, Mexico
2010
- Eleven new microsatellite loci for the tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris)
2009
- Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the sand pocket mouse Chaetodipus arenarius, an endemic from the Baja California Peninsula
2009
- Ten new microsatellite loci for the striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
2009
- Development of nine new microsatellite loci for the American beaver, Castor canadensis (Rodentia: Castoridae), and cross‐species amplification in the European beaver, Castor fiber
2009
- Variations of the mitochondrial control region sequence in whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) from the Gulf of California, Mexico
2007
- Genetic drift vs. natural selection in a long‐term small isolated population: Major histocompatibility complex class II variation in the Gulf of California endemic porpoise …
2007
- Characterization of 10 microsatellite loci in the spiny‐tailed iguana Ctenosaura hemilopha
2006
- Estudio del complejo principal de histocompatibilidad en la historia evolutiva y demográfica de la vaquita Phocoena sinus
2002
- Concentration of chlorophyll a in Pocillopora verrucosa colonies (Scleractina) during the 1997 Gulf of California, Mexico, coral bleaching (SPA)
1999
- Concentración de clorofila a en colonias de Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractina) durante un blanqueamiento coralino en el Golfo de California, México (1997)
1999