Researchers

I’m Assistant Professor in Palaeogenomics and Junior Research Group Leader at the Center for Genomic Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM-Campus Morelos). I’m also affiliated to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History as a Research Associate. My research focuses on studying the relationship between humans and agaves in the last 10,000 years through the generation of ancient DNA genomic data from agave archaeobotanical remains recovered from important archaeological sites related to agave use and management throughout the American Southwest, Mexico and Central America. I have been working in the fields of Genomics and Palaeogenomics – the study of ancient genomes – for over 10 years and would love to share my Agave research, my expertise and my passion with the N-Gen Community, and I’m looking forward to building new collaborations while getting inspired by other projects, fields of study and ideas.