Robert W Jones Author & Editor

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 Master’s 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.