Researchers

Early career researcher at DICTUS, Universidad de Sonora. My research has mostly focused on understanding the physiology of desert plants and whole ecosystems within the Sonoran Desert. More recently I expanded my research to plants and ecosystems from all other major biomes and up to the whole world. Some of my science findings to highlight: 1) Sonoran Desert plants are super powerful photosynthetic machines (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.04.006), 2) Sonoran Desert ecosystems can be significant carbon sinks most of the years (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.01.030), 3) leaf traits may hold the key to better understand, estimate and predict carbon sink potential at large scales (https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091405), 4) leaves have changed in the last few decades, with potential substantial consequences to the global carbon cycle and climate (coming soon).

Currently, my major science interests are:
– Develop novel methods to reveal the broad implications of plant biodiversity for the carbon, water and climate of the world
– Apply such science to inform and improve the sustainability of natural and managed ecosystems, including, deserts, forests, crops, cities
– Spread the word about current environmental catastrophes, and potential actions to fight this problem