Dr. Martín Emilio Pereda Solís

Dr. Martín Emilio Pereda Solís is a Veterinarian and Full-Time Professor-Researcher at the Juárez University of the State of Durango (UJED). He holds a Masters and a Doctorate in Science from the Postgraduate College and is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNII Level I). His academic work focuses on the ecology and conservation of wildlife, animal health, and the analysis of ecological systems applied to natural resource management. He has conducted research on grassland birds, ecotoxicology, and population dynamics, integrating modeling and simulation tools to understand the interaction between species, habitat, and environmental factors. As a professor and researcher, he has taught courses in scientific methodology, systems analysis, and ecological modeling in undergraduate and graduate programs. His experience combines fieldwork with the use of analytical tools for decision-making in the management and conservation of wildlife. In this course, Dr. Pereda shares his experience in using systems analysis and simulation as tools to understand the complexity of ecological systems and to support the planning and sustainable management of wildlife populations.

Dr. Octavio César Rosas Rosas

Dr. Octavio César Rosas Rosas is originally from Tecamachalco, Puebla. He graduated with a degree in Biology from the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in 1996. He earned his Masters degree in Wildlife Science and his PhD in Wildlife Ecology from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA (1999-2005). Dr. Octavio is a Full Professor and Researcher at the Postgraduate College (CP), San Luis Potosí Campus, where he has worked for 21 years. He served as Director of Sustainable Wildlife Management for the government of the state of San Luis Potosí (2007-2009). Since 2012, he has been on a research stay at the CPs Puebla Campus, working on the national project The Jaguar in the Sierra Madre Oriental Ecological Corridor and the opening of a new postgraduate program. Dr. Rosas Rosas has 100 scientific publications in indexed national and international journals and 1,675 citations to his work. He has participated in the training of 42 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students as a thesis advisor and consultant.

Dr. Fernando Noel González Saldívar

Dr. Fernando González is a biologist, graduated from the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in 1982. He earned his Masters degree in Natural Resource Management from the Institute of Wildlife and Hunting Knowledge at the Faculty of Forest Sciences of Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany (1983-1985). He received his PhD in Wildlife Management from the Faculty of Biology at Ludwig-Maximilian University (1987-1990). Dr. González is a Full Professor and Researcher (Level C) at the Faculty of Forest Sciences of the UANL in Linares, Nuevo León. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at CIBNOR-BCS, conducting research on bighorn sheep in the Sierra La Giganta and pronghorn in the Vizcaíno Desert in Baja California Sur (1998-2000). He collaborated with the federal government as Director of Management, Monitoring, and Projects at the Wildlife Directorate of SEMARNAT (2001-2002). In 2004, he participated in a project to assess bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations using helicopter monitoring in the states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, in collaboration with AGADES-Sonora and the DGVS-SEMARNAT. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) at Level I. Dr. González has over 70 national and international scientific publications. He has mentored and advised more than 80 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students.