Dr. Efrén Hernández-Alvarez was born in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in Forestry from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guadalajara; a Master of Science in Forestry and Forest Management from the Postgraduate College of Chapingo; and a Doctor Rerum Naturalium from the University of Freiburg, Germany. His research interests include a) epidometry of natural regeneration of coniferous forests; b) evaluation and monitoring of tropical forests; and c) commercial forest plantations, with the aim of evaluating carbon accumulation and the physical–mechanical properties of wood. He has advised and supervised postgraduate and undergraduate theses. He has published 1 book as sole author, 15 as a co-author, and more than 20 international and national articles, and he is the Vice-President of the Mexican Society of Forest Resources (SOMEREFO). He is currently a Research Professor at the Department of Forest Production at the University of Guadalajara. He collaborates as an external professor in the Doctoral Degree Programme in Ecophysiology and Genetic Resources and as a professor in the Degree Programme in Agricultural Engineering with a Forestry Orientation. He is the head of the Academic Body: UDG-CA-858: "Ecology and Management of Natural and Artificial Forests"; a member of the Academic Sector in the State Technical Committee for Forest Health; and a member of the National System of Researchers (Level I).
Dr. Efrén Hernández-Alvarez was born in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in Forestry from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guadalajara; a Master of Science in Forestry and Forest Management from the Postgraduate College of Chapingo; and a Doctor Rerum Naturalium from the University of Freiburg, Germany. His research interests include a) epidometry of natural regeneration of coniferous forests; b) evaluation and monitoring of tropical forests; and c) commercial forest plantations, with the aim of evaluating carbon accumulation and the physical–mechanical properties of wood. He has advised and supervised postgraduate and undergraduate theses. He has published 1 book as sole author, 15 as a co-author, and more than 20 international and national articles, and he is the Vice-President of the Mexican Society of Forest Resources (SOMEREFO). He is currently a Research Professor at the Department of Forest Production at the University of Guadalajara. He collaborates as an external professor in the Doctoral Degree Programme in Ecophysiology and Genetic Resources and as a professor in the Degree Programme in Agricultural Engineering with a Forestry Orientation. He is the head of the Academic Body: UDG-CA-858: "Ecology and Management of Natural and Artificial Forests"; a member of the Academic Sector in the State Technical Committee for Forest Health; and a member of the National System of Researchers (Level I).