People

Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez, PhD

Lab Principal Investigator

Laboratory Associates

Carlos I. García-Jiménez, PhD

HPC guru. Supporting high performance computing strategies, statistical analyses. University of Guadalajara-CUCEA, Mexico.

Graduate Students

Iván Faez

Master of Science thesis on Herbarium databases.

Claudio Gael Rodríguez

Master of Science thesis on mobile app development for Ethnobotanical Gardens.

Undergraduate Students

Emily Tadeo 

Undergraduate thesis on Agave propagation and conservation (thesis defense 2023). Research supported by Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Botanical Garden Project).

Andrea Hernández

Undergraduate thesis on Pinus ex situ conservation (thesis defense 2025). Research supported by Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Botanical Garden Project).

Iliana Morán

Undergraduate thesis on ethnobotany for western Jalisco. Research supported by Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Botanical Garden Project).

Eduwiges Huerta

Undergraduate thesis on environmental education and species richness and uses of Agave. Research supported by Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Botanical Garden Project).

Summer interns

Osmar Tun

Summer Research Program (2023), supported by Programa Interinstitucional para el Fortalecimiento de la Investigación y el Posgrado del Pacífico (Programa Delfín).

Arturo Jara

Summer Research Program (2021), supported by Programa Interinstitucional para el Fortalecimiento de la Investigación y el Posgrado del Pacífico (Programa Delfín).

Luis Isaías

Summer Research Program (2021), supported by Programa Interinstitucional para el Fortalecimiento de la Investigación y el Posgrado del Pacífico (Programa Delfín).

Saraí Morales

Summer Research Program (2020), supported by the Mexican Academy of Sciences.