Dr. Jorge Contreras Garduño
& Sexual Selection
Eco-Immunology
Professional experience
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2015 to date Professor at the ENES, UNAM
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2010-2015 Associate professor at the University of Guanajuato
Education
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2010 Postdoctoral Associate at Halifax University,
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Canada (advisor: Shelley Adamo)
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2008-2010 Postdoctoral Associate at the National Institute of
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Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico (advisor:
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Humberto Lanz)
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2007 PhD obtained at the Institute of Ecology,
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Program in Biomedical Science,
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UNAM (advisor: Alejandro Córdoba-Aguilar)
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2002 BS degree received in Biology at the Autonomous
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University of Mexico State (advisor: José Luis Osorno)
Societies:
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American Society of Parasitology
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European Society for Evolutionary Biology
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International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Teaching experience:
Undergraduate level (at the ENES, Morelia campus, UNAM)
Biodiversity I: Origin & Evolution
Functional Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Graduate level (at the ENES, Morelia campus, UNAM)
Evolutionary Immunology, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences and Posgrade in Biological Science, UNAM.
I am a regular collaborator for teaching in the course “Ecophysiology of Animal Behavior” (doctoral program in Biomedical Sciences)
Our investigation focuses on Sexual Selection and Eco-Immunology.
The species chosen as subjects are those with biological characteristics that allow us to test different hypotheses. For example, we have studied butterflies, moths, beetles, scorpions, nematodes and humans.