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Pedro Luis Valverde
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Pedro Luis Valverde obtained his bachelor’s degree in 1990 from the Metropolitan
Autonomous University, Campus Iztapalapa (UAMI), in Mexico City. Since 1992
he is a faculty member of the Department of Biology of the UAMI. In 1994, Dr.
Valverde obtained his Master of Science in Ecology at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM). In 2001, he received his Doctorate in Ecology from
the Institute of Ecology (UNAM). From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Valverde conducted a
research on natural selection on resistance to herbivores in native and introduced
range at the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) with Professor Juan Arroyo. His research
interest has been focused mainly to the study of plant-animal interactions and evolutionary ecology of plant defences against herbivorous insects, as well as reproductive biology and ecology of Cactaceae. Dr. Valverde was the President of the
Ecological Society of Mexico (SCME), 2018–2020.