Dr. Jorge Contreras Garduño
& Sexual Selection
Eco-Immunology
Our investigation focuses on Sexual Selection and Eco-Immunology.
We study those species with biological characteristics that allow us to test different hypotheses. For example, we have studied butterflies, moths, beetles, scorpions, nematodes and humans.
Professional experience
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2015 to date. Professor at the ENES, Morelia, UNAM
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2010-2015. Associate professor at the University of Guanajuato
Education
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2010 Postdoctoral Associate, Halifax University, Canada.
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Advisor: Shelley Adamo
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2008-2010 Postdoctoral Associate, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico.
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Advisor: Humberto Lanz
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2007 PhD., Institute of Ecology, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Science, UNAM, Mexico.
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Advisor: Alejandro Córdoba-Aguilar
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2002 B.S. in Biology, Autonomous University of Mexico State
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Advisor: José Luis Osorno
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Societies:
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Mexican Society of Immunology
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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 (ENES, Morelia, UNAM)
Biodiversity I: Origin & Evolution
Functional Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Graduate level (ENES, Morelia, 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)