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Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo
Personal details
Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N, Mississauga Ontario, l5l 1C6
Email: yessica.rico@utoronto.ca,yrico@oikos.org.mx
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Education
2005 – 2007 M.Sc Natural Resources and Rural Development (2007). Thesis: Phylogeography and population demographic history of Lepus flavigularis (mammalia: Lagomorpha) based on mitochondrial DNA. El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, SCLC, Chiapas, Mexico.
1998 – 2002 B.Sc (Honours) Biology (first class; 2003) Thesis: Taste and facial reflect development in rats (Rattus norvergicus) affected by malnutrition during the prenatal and neonatal period. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro. México.
Publications
Rico Y., Lorenzo C, González-Cózatl F. X, and Espinoza E. 2008. Phylogeography and population structure of the endangered Tehuantepec jackrabbit Lepus flavigularis: implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics. 9:1467-1477.
Rico Y, Lorenzo C. and López S. 2008. Diferenciación poblacional en la talla corporal de la liebre de Tehuantepec (Lepus flavigularis). Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s). 24(3): 179-189.
Books
Lorenzo-Monterrubio C, Carrillo-Reyes. A. Rico-Mancebo del Castillo Y., Rioja-Paradela T. Historias del pastizal: La liebre de Tehuantepec. In press. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad; Oikos: Conservación y Desarrollo Sustentable A C; El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Mexico. ISBN 978-970-97-12-42-1
Teaching Experience
2010 . Landscape ecology (BIO311). Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Toronto at Mississauga. Mississauga, ON, Canada.
2008-2009 . Biometrics I (BIO360). Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Toronto at Mississauga. Mississauga, ON, Canada.
2008 - Experimental biochemistry. Lecturer, Faculty of Nutrition, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. Chiapas, Mexico.
2008 - Socioeconomic Structure of Mexico. Lecturer, School of Environmental Engineering. Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. Chiapas, Mexico.
2007 - Environmental Pollution. Lecturer, School of Environmental Engineering. Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. Chiapas, Mexico.
Research experience
2001 Collaborator of the project “Ecotourism Assessment in the Localities of La Esperanza and El Doctor in the municipality of Cadereyta de Montes, Querétaro (PRODECTUR)”. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ). Chief: M.Sc. Prof. Joel Quesada Mejorada
2000- 2001 Collaborator of the project “Evaluation of pine and oak plagues in the municipality of San Joaquín, Querétaro”. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ). Chief: Dr. Robert Johns
2001 Collaborator of the project “Population Morphometric Analysis of Heterandria bimaculata from five locali ties in Los Tuxtlas, Ver. Qro”. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ). Chief: Dr. Edmundo Pardo
1999 – Collaborator of the project “Tree rings and environmental factors that shape the radial growth of Taxodium mucronatum in Escolásticas Huimilpan, Qro. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ). Chief: Dr. Humberto Suzan Aspiri
Oral and Poster Presentations
2010. Invited Guest Lecture: Landscape Effects on Dispersal and Gene Flow in Calcareous Grasslands Plants. Landscape Ecology Course (BIO311). University of Toronto at Mississauga. Mississauga.
2010. Habitat fragmentation on the Genetics of two typical Calcareous Grasslands. Society for Conservation Biology ICCB, 2010 Annual Meeting. Poster.
2009. Population genetic structure of the endangered Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis): implications for conservation. 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology ECCB. Poster.
2008Lorenzo-Monterrubio C., Rico-Mancebo del Castillo Y., Cantoral-Trejo G. Poster. Advances is the study of the Tehuantepec Jackrabbit Lepus flavigularis in Mexico. 3rd World Lagomorph Conference. Morelia, Mich, Mexico
2008 Rico Y., Lorenzo C, López S. Poster. Body size population differentiation in the Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis). IX National Congress of Mastozoology. Autlan, Jalisco, México.
2007- Seminar “Phylogeography and population demographic history of Lepus flavigularis (mammalia: Lagomorpha) based on mitochondrial DNA”. Department Conservation of Biodiversity at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas, Mexico.
2006 Rico Y., Lorenzo C., González-Cózatl F., Espinoza E. Talk: Population genetic variation of the Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis). VIII National Congress of Mastozoology. Mexico. Zacatecas, Mexico.
2006 Rico Y., Lorenzo C., Espinoza E., González-Cózatl F., Cervantes F. Poster: Phylogeography of Lepus flavigularis based in mitochondrial DNA. Meeting of Academic Interchange 2006. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Campeche, Mexico.
2003 Rico Y., Torrero C., Regalado M., Salas A. Poster: Development of gustofacial reflexes in the posnatal undernourished rat (rattus norvergicus). XLVI National Congress of Physiological Sciences. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Aguscalientes, Mexico.
Organizer of Meetings and Congress
2009- Collaborative participant of the distributed graduate seminar: “Landscape Genetics: Developing best practices for testing landscape effects on gene flow”. Funded by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). People in charge: Helene H. Wagner, Lisette Waits.
2006- Local organizer of the “X National Genetics Congress-2006”. Mexican Society of Genetics. Chiapas, Mexico.
2001 Organizer of the “X Week of Biological Sciences”. Lic. en Biología.Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.
1999- Local organizer of the “Second Exposition of Fungi from the State of Querétaro”. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Querétaro, Mexico.
Professional activities
2007 –present Co-founder and active member of the Mexican Civil Association “OIKOS: Conservación y Desarrollo Sustentable” (OIKOS: Conservation and Sustainable Development, http://www.oikos.org.mx).
2007- Reviewer of chapters of the book: “Avances en el estudio de los mamíferos de México II” (Advance of the Mammals studies from Mexico II), Edited by the Mexican Association of Mastozoology AMMAC.
2007 - 2009. Co-director of the radio program for the popularization of science: “Con-ciencia colectiva” transmitted by 99.1 FM Frecuencia libre, SCLC, Chiapas Mexico. (www.cienciacolectiva.blogspot.com)
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