Luis Rodrigo Arce Valdés

Current Activity

2023 - 2025 Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow. Concordia University. Supervisor: Rassim Khelifa. Project: Sustainable solutions for aquatic insects conservation: Uncovering biodiversity processes that promote ecosystem resilience against multiple stressors.

Education

Academic Trajectory

2019 - 2023 Instituto de Ecología A.C. PhD. Supervisor: Rosa Ana Sánchez Guillén. Thesis: The evolution of reproductive isolation in sympatric insect populations with emphasis on a damselfly hybrid zone.

2016 - 2018 Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada. M. S. Environmental Biology. Co-Supervisors: Luis Manuel Enríquez Paredes, Alicia Abadía Cardoso & María Clara Arteaga Uribe. Thesis: Estado de conservación e historia demográfica de Cynoscion othonopterus a través de la estimación de su tamaño efectivo poblacional.

2011 - 2016 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. B. S. Biology. Degree earned by academic performance. Highest grade average of the generation 2011-2016.

2008-2011 The International Baccalaureate (IB). The IB Diploma.

Courses & Workshops

2021 Nodo Nacional de Bioinformática UNAM & Comunidad de Desarrolladores de Software en Bioinformática. Assembly and Annotation of Genomes and Metagenomes .

2020 Physalia-courses & the Free University of Berlin. Adaptation Genomics.

2018 American Fisheries Society. A Life Cycle of Scientific Communication: Presenting, Writing, Reviewing, and Using Social Media for a Variety of Audiences.

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellowships

2023-2025 Concordia University. Supervisor: Rassim Khelifa. Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship. Sustainable solutions for aquatic insects conservation: Uncovering biodiversity processes that promote ecosystem resilience against multiple stressors.

Research Assistance

2020 - 2023 Instituto de Ecología A. C. Host: Mario Enrique Favila Castillo. Molecular systematics of Canthon cyanellus using microsatellites.

Visits

2018 University of California Santa Cruz - NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Host: John Carlos Garza. Technological innovations for the conservation and reproduction of marine fish species with emphasis on Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi).

2015 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Host: Luis Manuel Enríquez Paredes. Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) genetic traceability in captivity and in the wild population.

2014 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Host: Pablo Octavio Aguilar. Genetic flow between Dichromanthus aurantiacus patches in El Chico national park, Hidalgo.

Peer reviewing

2024 Journal of Insect Conservation - 2.

2023 Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria - 1.

Scientific Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

Under Review Arce-Valdés, L. R., Mahdjoub, H., Bianco, L., Vilanova, J., Hafezi Bafti, N., Moncivais-Gómez, A. K. & Khelifa, R. Testing an insect-plant circular system based on black soldier fly and duckweed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.

Mahdjoub, H., Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Khelifa, R. Black soldier fly as feed for aquatic insects. Scientific Reports.

Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Swaegers, J., Chauhan, P., Chávez-Rios, J. R., Wellenreuther, M. & Hansson, B. Variable genomic patterns of hybridization in two independent hybrid zones of damselflies. Heredity. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.168259144.47256890/v1

2024 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V., Rivas-Torres, A., Chávez-Ríos, J. R., Wellenreuther, M., Hansson, B. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A.(2024). Testing the predictions of reinforcement: long-term empirical data from a damselfly mottled hybrid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae124

2023 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Abadía-Cardoso, A., Arteaga, M. C., Peñaranda-Gonzalez, L. V., Ruiz-Campos, G. & Enríquez-Paredes, L. M. (2023). No effects of fishery collpase on the genetic diversity of the Gulf of California Corvina, Cynoscion othonopterus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae). Fisheries Research, 261, 106608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106608

2022 Armada-Tapia, S., Castillo-Geniz, J. L., Victoria-Cota, N., Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Enríquez-Paredes, L. M. (2022). First evidence of multiple paternity in the blue shark (Prionace glauca). Journal of Fish Biology, 102(2), 528-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15272

Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2022). The evolutionary outcomes of climate-change-induced hybridization in insect populations. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 54, 100966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.100966

2021 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Nolasco-Soto, J., & Favila, M. E. (2021). Next-generation sequencing, isolation and characterization of 14 microsatellite loci of Canthon cyanellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Molecular Biology Reports, 48(11), 7433–7441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06761-8

Book chapters

In Press Enríquez-Paredes, L. M., Victoria-Cota, N. L., Abadía-Cardoso, A., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Burnham-Curtis, M. & Garza, J. C. (2023). Estado Actual de Conservación del Recurso Genético T. macdonaldi. In L. M. Enríquez-Paredes & N. L. Victoria-Cota (Coords.), Manejo Genético de la Producción de Totoaba macdonaldi en Cautiverio con Fines Comerciales y de Conservación,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

Enríquez-Paredes, L. M., Abadía-Cardoso, A., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Victoria-Cota N. L., Burnham-Curtis, M. Garza, J. C., Valenzuela-Quiñones, F., García de León, F. J. & De Anda-Montañez, J. A. (2023). Protocolos Para la Caracterización Genética en T. macdonaldi. In L. M. Enríquez-Paredes & N. L. Victoria-Cota (Coords.), Manejo Genético de la Producción de Totoaba macdonaldi en Cautiverio con Fines Comerciales y de Conservación,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

2024

Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V., Ordaz-Morales, J. & Stand-Pérez M. (2024). Interspecific hybridization in insects in times of climate change. In D. González-Tokman & W. Dáttilo (Eds.), Effects of climate change on insects, Oxford University Press.https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192864161.003.0008

Presentations

2024 Ordaz-Morales, J. E., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V., Chávez-Ríos, J. R., Sanmartin, I., Cordero-Rivera, A. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2024). Cambios en la frecuencia de los morfotipos de color femenino a partir de un proceso de hibridación. IX Congreso Mexicano de Ecología. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur - Sociedad Científica Mexicana de Ecología-

Arce-Valdés, L. R., Swaegers, J., Chávez-Ríos, J. R., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C., Ibarra-Laclette, E., Hansson, B. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2024). Divergent genomic patterns of introgression across regions in a complex mottled hybrid zone of damselflies.. 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. American Society of Naturalists - European Society for Evolutionary Biology - Society of Systematic Biologists - Society for the Study of Evolution. Video.

Arce-Valdés, L. R. (2024). The evolution of reproductive isolation in sympatric insect populations. Biosciences seminar series. Concordia University - Department of Biology.

2023 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V., Rivas-Torres, A., Chávez-Ríos, J. R., Wellenreuther, M., Hansson, B. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2023). Testing the predictions of reinforcement: long-term empirical data from a damselfly mosaic hybrid zone. EVOLUTION 2023. Society of Systematic Biologists - Society for the Study of Evolution - American Society of Naturalists. Video.

Arce-Valdés, L. R., Swaegers, J., Chauhan, P., Chávez-Ríos, J. R., Wellenreuther, M., Hansson, B. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2023). Patrones genómicos variables de hibridación entre dos zonas híbridas independientes de caballitos del diablo. EVOLUTION 2023 - VIRTUAL. Society of Systematic Biologists - Society for the Study of Evolution - American Society of Naturalists. Video.

Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2023). Patrones genómicos variables en dos zonas híbridas independientes de caballitos del diablo. 1er Coloquio de Biología y Ecología Computacional. Instituto de Ecología A.C. Video.

2022 Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2022). The evolutionary outcomes of climate-change-induced hybridization in insects: testing predictions. Climate change genomics: vulnerabilities, adaptations and applications. British Ecological Society.

2020 Soto-González, M. E., Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Enríquez-Paredes, L. M. (2020). Genetic assessment on the conservation status of the Gulf Corvina in the face of the U.S. embargo to all gill-net fisheries in the Upper Gulf of California. Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society 2020.

2018 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Arteaga-Uribe, M. C., Abadía-Cardoso, A. & Enríquez-Paredes, L. M. (2018). Genetic Diversity and Effective Population Size of the Gulf Corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus) Highlights Its Vulnerable Conservation Status. 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society.

2014 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Islas-Tello, L. A. & Octavio-Aguilar, P. (2014). Flujo génico entre manchones poblacionales de Dichromanthus aurantiacus en el parque nacional El Chico, Hidalgo. Congreso Nacional del XIX Verano de la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Pacífico.

Posters

2021 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2021). Reforzamiento rápido del aislamiento reproductivo precigótico en una región híbrida de caballitos del diablo. 1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución. CLEVOL

Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Swaegers, J., Wellenreuther, M. & Hansson, B. (2021). Testing the consistency of hybridization outcomes between two damselflies in Spain. Student Conference on Conservation Science. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.

2019 Soto-González, M. E., Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Enríquez-Paredes, L. M. (2019). Low mitochondrial genetic diversity in the Gulf Corvina and its implications on fishery management. 100th Annual Western Society of Naturalists Meeting.

Supervised theses

PhD theses

Under supervision Pulido-Rios, L. El papel de la hibridación en la especiación del género Ischnura (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). PhD. Instituto de Ecología A. C.

Master’s theses

2021 Soto-González, E. M. (2021). Diversidad genética mitocondrial de la curvina golfina y sus implicaciones en el manejo de la pesquería. M. S. Coastal Oceanography. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

Teaching

Graduate courses

2022 Instituto de Ecología A. C. M.S. & PhD. Speciation and Evolutionary Consequences of the Hybridization.

2020 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. M. S. Coastal Ocenography. Directed Research: Bioinformatic tools for population analyses using mitochondrial haplotypes.

Undergraduate courses

2018 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. B. S. Biotechnology in aquaculture. Aquaculture Genetics.

High school courses

2016 Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. XXV National Biology Olympics. Genetics.

2015 Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. XXIV National Biology Olympics. Virus and Bacteria.

Scholarships and Funding

Fellowships

2023 - 2025 Concordia University. Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowships. Postdoc Fellowship. CAD 100,000.

Scholarships

2019 - 2023 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. CONACyT national graduate studies scholarship. PhD scholarship. MXN 806,412.

2016 - 2018 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. CONACyT national graduate studies scholarship. Masters scholarship. MXN 249,241.

Grants

2024 Concordia University. Conference and exposition allowance. CAD 500.

2023 Instituto de Ecología A. C. . INECOL 2023-1 supplement for student mobility. MXN 20,000.

2015 Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. Travel grant. 25th Summer of Scientific Research of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias A.C. MXN 9,000.

2014 Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. Travel grant. 24th Summer of Scientific Research of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias A.C. MXN 7,000.

Science Communication

Articles

2023 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2023). La teoría del reforzamiento: ¿Pueden originarse nuevas especies habitando juntas?. Eco-Lógico. 4 (3): 60-67.

2022 Stand-Pérez, M. A., Aguirre-Pérez, I. A., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ayala-Sánchez, D., Ballén-Guapacha, A. V., Ordaz-Morales, J. E., Pulido-Ríos, L., Ríos-Olaya, K. J. & Sánchez-Guillén, R. A. (2022). Hibridación: como estudiar la evolución a través de la reproducción. CRÓNICA.

2021 Arce-Valdés, L. R., Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Nolasco-Soto, J. & Favila, M. E. (2021). Microsatélites: secretos evolutivos del ADN. Portal. Comunicación Veracruzana.

2019 Arce-Valdés, L. R. & Enríquez-Paredes, L. M. (2019) Monitoreo de la diversidad genética como indicador de la sustentabilidad pesquera de la curvina golfina. Espíritu Científico en Acción. 15 (29): 3-13.

Other

2020 Ballén-Guapacha, A. V., Sánchez-Guillén, R. A., Nolasco-Soto, J., Arce-Valdés, L. R., Ordaz-Morales, J. E. & Stand-Pérez, M. A. (2020) Conociendo a las libélulas. Instituto de Ecología, A. C..

Awards

2021 American Museum of Natural History. Student Conference on Conservation Science. Best Poster: Best Use of Quantitative Methods in Conservation Research: Testing the consistency of hybridization outcomes between two damselflies in Spain.

2011 Microsoft. Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office Excel 2007), San Diego 2011. 3rd place in Mexico’s national competition.

Microsoft. Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office Excel 2007), San Diego 2011. 1st place in the State of Mexico state competition.

2010 Microsoft. Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office Word 2007), Utah 2010. 2nd place in the State of Mexico state competition.

Banco de México.Prize Contact Banxico. 1st National Place. MXN 100,000. Video

Universidad Iberoamericana. 6° National Contest on pre-university assay: Contemporary ethical dilemmas. Honorific mention.

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. XX Biology Olympics of the State of Mexico. 2nd place.

2009 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. XIX Biology Olympics of the State of Mexico. 1st place.

Memberships

Fauna & Flora International - Oryx. 5759530.

Society for the Study of Evolution.

Red Mexicana de Biología Evolutiva.