Full-time professor at the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Sciences School, UNAM. I lead the Socio-environmental Analysis Working Group. I have a BSc degree in biology, M.Sc. Degree in Ecology and Natural Resources and a Ph.D. in Sciences. My posdoctral research was developed at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research of Sciences and Humanities (UNAM). My main research interests are the sociopolitical processes involved in biodiversity conservation and environmental degradation in rural and peri-urban contexts. I belong to the Network of Social Studies on the Environment (RESMA) and co-coordinate the Permanent Seminar on Political Ecology and Socio-environmental Studies (UNAM).