Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of Drylands and Deserts (ePub)

David Ramiro Aguillón-Gutiérrez, PhD, graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 2003. He earnedhis Specialist degree in Occupational Health from the Autonomous University of Noreste (Mexico), MSc degree in Biological Sciences (Specialist in Embryology) from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, in 2009, and his PhD in Biological Sciences (Specialist in Embryology and Zoology) also from the same University in 2012. From 2013 to 2014 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Currently he is a full-time research-professor at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico and a member of the National System of Researches (Mexico). He has published 25 peer-reviewed papers, five book chapters and three books (two as author and one as editor).

Cristian Torres-León, PhD, is Professor, Research Center and Ethnobiological Garden, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. Cristian Torres-León completed a degree in Agroindustrial Engineering (2013) from the National University of Colombia before earning his Master's (2016) and PhD (2019) in Food Science and Technology, both from the Autonomous University of Coahuila in Mexico. In addition, he completed a PhD (2019) in Biotechnology at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Dr. Torres-León worked as a Young Researcher at the Colombian Ministry of Science between 2013 and 2014 and has undertaken a research stay at the University of Minho in Portugal (2016). Dr. Torres-León has evaluated projects for government organizations, and his activities and accomplishments include conferences, seminars, workshops, and the publication of 26 scientific papers in indexed journals and 16 book chapters. He is now a full professor at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, and mainly works in the Food Science and Technology