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Fausto Mendez-de la Cruz
Summary
Fausto R. Méndez - de la Cruz is a full profesor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in México City. He got his PhD in 1989 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and did a posdoctoral at the University of Florida, USA, and a sabbatical at Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA. His research is focused on the evolution of reproductive systems in reptiles, mainly in the evolution of viviparity and parthenogenesis, and more recently in the vulnerability of amphibians and reptiles to climate change. His scientific publications are more than 100. He graduated 10 PhD, 25 Master and 17 Bachelor students. He was president from the Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana, The Sociedad Latinoamericana de Herpetología and at present time is the president of the Asociación para la Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles.