Curriculum vitae

Edgar Eduardo Becerril García
January, 1991 (Mexico)
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EDUCATION

2018-2022. PhD in Marine Sciences. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR-IPN)

2017. Master's degree in Marine Resources Management, CICIMAR-IPN

2015. Marine biologist, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), La Paz, Mexico

SKILLS

I - Leadership and team player skills in research projects and scientific dissemination activities

II -. Communication of science through oral, written, and graphic means

III - Writing of scientific texts for publication in JCR journals and other high-impact media

IV - Organization of scientific meetings

V - Ability to manage the successful international export and import of biological samples for scientific research purposes

VI - Communication and linkage within relevant sectors in the study, management, and conservation of wildlife

VII -Photographer for the study and conservation of wildlife

I.   T E A C H I N G    A N D   J O B    E X P E R I E N C E

2021-2023. Director of Bachelor thesis: "Economic value of diving tourism in Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico". UABCS

2016-2019. Tutor for Marine Biology students on conservation issues related to sharks and rays. UABCS

2019. Instructor. "Collection of samples for scientific analysis from marine megafauna strandings"

2018-2019. President. First Latin American Conference of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras and VIII National Symposium of sharks and rays. Playa del Carmen, Mexico

II.  A C A D E M I C     E X P E R I E N C E

2021. Invited researcher. Analysis of trace elements in fish tissues. Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Calabria

2020. Course. "The Endocrine System: Global Perspectives on Testing Methods and Evaluation of Endocrine Activity", SETAC North America 41ST Annual Meeting

2020. Course. "How to lead scientific teams". South Californian Council of Science and Technology. November 09-17, 2020

2020. Course. "Essential Elements of Leadership for Scientific Researchers in Times of COVID 19". South Californian Council of Science and Technology

2019. Course. "Behavioural ecology", Anglia Ruskin University and CICIMAR-IPN

2018, 2020. Courses. Safety awareness; Lab safety; Biological safety; Hazard Communication; Bloodborne pathogens. Texas Tech University

2018. Research Internship. Endocrinology and ecotoxicology of endangered species. The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (Texas Tech University), under the advisory of PhD Céline A. Godard-Codding

2018. Workshop. "First forum of dialogue about the sharks of the Gulf of California"

2017. Course. "Model for the distribution of species", CICIMAR-IPN

2017. Research Internship. Ethology of elasmobranchs. University of Calabria, Italy, under the advisory of PhD Emilio Sperone

2016. Course. "Helminths in sharks", Sociedad Mexicana de Peces Cartilaginosos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM)

2015. Course. "Comparative Anatomy of Batoid fishes", CICIMAR-IPN

2013. Course. "Integral lessons of elasmobranchs in Mexico", Sociedad Mexicana de Peces Cartilaginosos, UNAM

2013.Assistance during tagging sessions of bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in the Mexican Caribbean and assistance in marine megafauna monitoring of Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico

2012. Photo-ID technician. "Biological Monitoring Program on the Biosphere Reserve of Guadalupe Island- 2012", Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas

III. LIST   OF   P U B L I C A T I O N S

II.1 Scientific publications

Polanco-Vásquez F, Hacohen-Domené A, Becerril-García EE, Hernández S. New record and range extension of the roughskin spurdog Cirrhigaleus asper in the Caribbean Sea. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. In press.

Romana-Reinero F, Becerril-García EE, Elorriaga-Verplancken FR, Melo-Barrera FN, Toraldo-Serra ML, Giglio G, Micarelli S, Galván-Magaña F, Tripepi S, Galván-Magaña F, Sperone E (2023) Stable isotopes provide evidence of a trophic shift in the lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula from the Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.27391 

Becerril-García, E. E., Arauz, R., Arellano-Martínez, M., Bonfil, R., Ayala-Bocos, A., Castillo-Géniz, J. L., ... & Godard-Codding, C. A. (2022). Research priorities for the conservation of chondrichthyans in Latin America. Biological Conservation, 269, 109535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109535

Santana‐Morales, O., Zertuche‐Chanes, R., Hoyos‐Padilla, E. M., Sepúlveda, C., Becerril‐García, E. E., Gallo‐Reynoso, J. P., ... & Beas‐Luna, R. (2021). An exploration of the population characteristics and behaviours of the white shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico (2014-2019): Observational data from cage diving vessels. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

Bessudo, S., Ladino, F., Becerril‐García, E. E., Shepard, C. M., Salinas‐De‐León, P., & Hoyos‐Padilla, E. M. (2021). The elasmobranchs of Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia. Journal of Fish Biology.

Malpica‐Cruz, L., Abadía‐Cardoso, A., Aquino‐Baleytó, M., Beas‐Luna, R., Becerril‐García, E. E., Castillo‐Géniz, J. L., ... & Zepeda‐Domínguez, J. A. (2021). Empowering fishers for Great White Shark stewardship: Reply to Madigan et al. 2021. Conservation Letters, 14(4).

Becerril-García E.E., Pancaldi F., Cruz-Villacorta A.A., Rivera-Camacho A.R., Aguilar-Cruz C.A., Whitehead D.A., González-Armas R., Arellano-Martínez M., Galván-Magaña F. General descriptions of the dermis structure of a juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus from the Gulf of California. Journal of Fish Biology. In press. https://doi.org/1010.1111/jfb.14827

Santana-Morales O., Hoyos-Padilla E. M., Medellín-Ortíz A., Sepulveda C., Beas-Luna R., Aquino-Baleytó M., Becerril-García E.E., Arellano-Millán D., Malpica-Cruz L., Lorda J., Castillo-Géniz J. L. (2021). How much is too much? A carrying capacity study of white shark cage diving in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine Policy, 131, 104588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104588

Pancaldi F., Páez-Osuna F., Soto-Jiménez M.F., Whitehead D., González-Armas R., Vázquez-Haikin A., Becerril-García E.E., Galván-Magaña F. (2021). Concentrations of Silver, Chrome, Manganese and Nickel in Two Stranded Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) from the Gulf of California. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03244-1

Pancaldi F., Marmolejo-Rodríguez A., Soto-Jiménez M., Murillo-Cisneros D., Becerril-García E. E., Whitehead D., González-Armas R., Galván-Magaña F., Páez-Osuna, F. (2021). Trace elements in the whale shark Rhincodon typus liver: an indicator of the health status of the ecosystem base (plankton). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 49(2), 359-364. https://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol49-issue2-fulltext-2535

Bevacqua Laura, Francesca R. Reinero, Becerril-García, Edgar E., Elorriaga-Verplancken F., Juaristi-Videgaray D., Micarelli Primo, Galván-Magaña Felipe, Curiel-Godoy P., Giglio Gianni, Tripepi Sandro, Barca Donatella, Sperone Emilio. Trace elements and isotopes analyses on historical samples of white sharks from the Mediterranean Sea. The European Zoological Journal. https://10.1080/24750263.2020.185326

Becerril-García Edgar E., Martínez-Rincón Raúl O.,Galván-Magaña Felipe, Santana-Morales Omar, Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M. 2020. Statistical modelling reveals spatial, temporal, and environmental preferences for white sharks at an oceanic aggregation site. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 655: 171-183. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13528

Gaël Le Croizier, Anne Lorrain, Jeroen E. Sonke, E. Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Omar Santana-Morales, Marc Aquino-Baleytó, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Gádor Muntaner-López, James Ketchum, Barbara Block, Aaron Carlisle, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Lucien Besnard, Armelle Jung, Gauthier Schaal, David Point. 2020. The Twilight Zone as a Major Foraging Habitat and Mercury Source for the Great White Shark. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/ 10.1021/acs.est.0c05621

Becerril-García, Edgar E., Bernot-Simon, D., Arellano-Martínez, M., Galván-Magaña, F., Santana-Morales, O., & Hoyos-Padilla, E. M. (2020). Evidence of interactions between white sharks and large squids in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74294-4

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Santana-Morales Omar, Gutiérrez-Ortiz Miguel A., Ayala-Bocos A., Galván-Magaña Felipe. 2020. An estimate of the number of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias

interacting with ecotourism in Guadalupe Island. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14540

Petatán-Ramírez David, Whitehead Darren A., Guerrero-Izquierdo Triana, Ojeda-Ruiz M. A., Becerril-García Edgar E. 2020. Habitat suitability of Rhincodon typus in three localities of the Gulf of California: Environmental drivers of seasonal aggregations. Journal of Fish Biology. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14496

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Henning Brad., Salinas-De León Pelayo. 2020. Sharks, rays, and chimaeras of the Revillagigedo National Park: An update of new and confirmed records. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14457

Becerril-García Edgar E., Arellano-Martínez Marcial., Bernot-Simon Daniela, Hoyos-Padilla Mauricio, Galván-Magaña Felipe, Godard-Codding Céline. 2020. Steroid hormones and chondrichthyan reproduction: physiological functions, scientific research, and implications for conservation. PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.9686

Becerril‐García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla M., Micarelli P., Galván-Magaña F., Sperone E. Behavioural responses of white sharks to specific baits during cage diving ecotourism. Scientific Reports. 10 (1152). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67947-x

Avalos-Castillo Cristopher, Santana-Morales O., Becerril‐García Edgar E., Elisa Areano. 2020. New records and morphometry of the Atlantic sixgill shark Hexanchus vitulus in the Caribbean coast of Guatemala. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 48 (3), 488-491. https://doi.org/10.3856/vol48-issue3-fulltext-2436

Petatán-Ramírez David, Hernández Luis, Becerril-García Edgar E., Berúmen-Solórzano P., Auliz-Ortiz D., Reyes-Bonilla H. 2020. Potential distribution of the tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon (Decapoda:Penaeidae), an invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean. Revista de Biología Tropical. 68 (1), 156-166. https://doi.org/10.15517/RBT.V68I1.37719

Aldana‐Moreno Alejandro. Hoyos‐Padilla Edgar M., González‐Armas Rogelio, Galván‐Magaña Felipe, Hearn Alex, Klimley Peter, Winram William, Becerril‐García Edgar E., Ketchum James T. Residency and diel movement patterns of the endangered scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the Revillagigedo National Park. Journal of Fish Biology. 46 (2), 543-548. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14239

Becerril-García Edgar E., Gutiérrez Ortiz Miguel A., Preciado-González Paul A., Ayala-Bocos Arturo. 2019. Presence of Remora remora on Mobula birostris in Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico. Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF19089

Whitehead Darren A., Galván-Magaña Felipe, Katherin Soto-López, Diego Juaristi-Videgaray, Fabián Cervantes-Gutiérrez, Becerril-García Edgar E. 2019. First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark in Bahia de La Paz, Mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 47(3), 575-579. https://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol47-issue3-fulltext-19

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Micarelli Primo, Galván-Magaña Felipe, Sperone Emilio. The surface behaviour of white sharks under ecotourism: A baseline for monitoring this threatened species in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Fresh Water Ecosystems, (29) 5, 773-782. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3057

Becerril-García Edgar E., Rosales-Nanduca H., Paniagua-Mendoza A., Robles-Hernández R., Elorriaga-Verplancken F. 2019. Records of whalesuckers Remora australis on Short-beaked Common Dolphins Delphinus delphis in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Aquatic Mammals, (45) 3, 299-302. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.3.2019.299

Oñate-González Erick C., Díaz-Sánchez América W., Méndez Óscar, Becerril-García Edgar E. (Eds). 2019. Memorias del Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Tiburones, Rayas y Quimeras y VIII Simposium Nacional de Tiburones y Rayas. SOMEPEC, 216 pp.

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Petatán-Ramírez David y Galván-Magaña Felipe. 2019. Southernmost record of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) in the Mexican Pacific. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research,47 (1), 190-193 pp. DOI: 10.3856/vol47-issue1-fulltext-22

Whitehead Darren A., Becerril-García Edgar E., Petatán-Ramírez David, Vázquez-Haikin Abraham, González-Armas Rogelio y Galván-Magaña Felipe. 2019. Whale shark strandings in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13845

Huveneers Charlie, Apps Karin, Becerril-García Edgar E., Bruce Barry, Butcher Paul A., Carlisle Aaron, Chapple Taylor K., ... et al. Future research directions on the 'elusive' white shark. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00455

Becerril-García Edgar E., Petatán-Ramírez David, Ortiz-Aguirre Ismael & Ayala-Bocos Arturo. 2017. First record of the Pacific seahorse Hippocampus ingens in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (4), 1207-1210.

Becerril-García Edgar E., Cota-Lucero Tania Cecilia & Galván-Magaña Felipe. 2017. Northernmost record of Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 18, 833-835. https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v18_6_10.

Becerril-García Edgar E., Aguilar-Cruz Carlos Augusto, Jiménez-Pérez Alexis Alejandro & Galván-Magaña Felipe. 2017. New record and morphometry of the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchidae) in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 45(4), 833-836.

Becerril-García Edgar E., Tamburin Elena, González-Armas Rogelio & Galván-Magaña Felipe. 2017. First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 47(2), 201-204.

Becerril-García Edgar E. 2017. Effect of the type of bait on the presence and behavior of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in Isla Guadalupe, Mexico (in Spanish). Masters thesis. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas. La Paz, Mexico.

Becerril-García Edgar E. 2015. Presence of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias related to environmental factors in Isla Guadalupe, Mexico (in Spanish). Bachelor thesis. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. La Paz, Mexico.

II.2 Book chapters

Becerril-García Edgar E., Salomón-Aguilar Carlos A., Serrano-Gómez Francisco J., Jiménez-Pérez Alexis A, & Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M. 2020. Sharks and rays: Species richness, research and explotation in La Paz Bay (in Spanish).In: Riosmena-Rodríguez (Ed). La Bahía de La Paz: Biodiversidad, Procesos Ecológicos y Sociales. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur.

Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Ayala-Bocos, A., Berdeja-Zavala, O., & Becerril-García, Edgar E. 2019. Shark ecotourism in Mexico: scientific research, conservation, and contribution to a Blue Economy. In Larson, S., & Lowry, D. (Eds), Conservation of Mexican Shark, Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2019.08.003

III. C O N F E R E N C E S     A N D     S Y M P O S I A

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Christiana Wittmaack, Daniela Bernot-Simon, Lauren Soliz, Caleshia Summers, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Omar Santana-Morales, Fernando Elorriaga-Verplancken, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Seenivasan Subbiah, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Céline Godard-Codding.Tainted chords: A reproductive health assessment of guitarfish in highly polluted environments. POSTER. "European Elasmobranch Association Annual Conference". 11/03-05/2021

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Céline Godard-Codding, Carlos A. Aguilar-Cruz, Daniela Bernot-Simon, Fernando Elorriaga-Verplancken, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Emilio Sperone. Tainted chords: A reproductive health assessment of guitarfish in highly polluted environments. ORAL PRESENTATION. "European Elasmobranch Association Annual Conference". 11/03-05/2021

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Daniela Bernot-Simon, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Omar Santana-Morales, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla. Titan encounters: Interactions between white sharks and squids in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. POSTER. "European Elasmobranch Association Annual Conference". 11/03-05/2021

Daniela Bernot-Simon, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Felipe Galván Magaña, Céline Godard-Codding. Steroid hormones and chondrichthyan reproduction: What do we know?. POSTER. "European Elasmobranch Association Annual Conference". 11/03-05/2021

David Petatán-Ramírez, Miguel Á. Ojeda-Ruiz, Laura Sánchez-Velasco, Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna, Christian Salvadeo, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Triana Guerrero-Izquierdo, Darren Whitehead, Gabriela Cruz-Piñón, Héctor Reyes-Bonilla, Andrés Cota-Durán. Effects of climate variability and climate change on the distribution of small pelagic, shrimp and whale shark species in the Gulf of California. ORAL PRESENTATION. "International Web Conference Resilience of the Gulf of California". 18-20/11/2020

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Daniela Bernot-Simon, Edgar M. Hoyos-Padilla, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Céline Godard-Codding. A Review on Steroid Hormones and the Reproduction of Chondrichthyans. POSTER. "SETAC North America 41st Annual Meeting". 15-19/11/2020

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Raúl Martínez-Rincón, Felipe Galván-Magaña. The occurrence of white sharks during the ecotourism season in Guadalupe Island: General observations related to environmental factors. ORAL PRESENTATION. "23rd European Elasmobranch Association Scientific Meeting". Rende, Italy. 10/16-18/2019

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Ortiz, Paul A. Preciado-González, Arturo Ayala-Bocos. The presence of Remora remora on Mobula birostris in the largest Marine Protected Area of North America. POSTER. "23rd European Elasmobranch Association Scientific Meeting". 10/16-18/2019

Cristopher Avalos-Castillo, Omar Santana-Morales Elisa Areano, Edgar E. Becerril-García. Deepsea sharks of Guatemala: New records of the Atlantic sixgill shark H. vitulus. POSTER. "23rd European Elasmobranch Association Scientific Meeting". 10/16-18/2019

Laura Bevacqua, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Fernando Elorriaga-Verplancken, Diego Juaristi-Videgaray, Francesca Romana Reinero, Primo Micarelli, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Gianni Giglio, Donatella Barca, Sandro Tripepi, Emilio Sperone. Trace elements and isotopes analysis on historical samples of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from central Mediterranean Sea. POSTER. "23rd European Elasmobranch Association Scientific Meeting". 10/16-18/2019

Edgar E. Becerril-García. Steroid hormones in elasmobranchs: An alternative for its measure in muscle and skin. "19 Semana de Posgrado en Baja California Sur". PÓSTER. La Paz, BCS, México. [In Spanish]. 8-12/04/2019

Olimpia Berdeja Zavala, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Edgar M. Hoyos-Padilla, Emilio Sperone, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor. Ecoturismo con tiburones pelágicos en Cabo San Lucas, BCS: comportamiento y derrama económica. ORAL PRESENTATION. "First Latin American Conference of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras and VIII National Symposium of sharks and rays. Playa del Carmen, Mexico. 03/25-29/2019". Playa del Carmen, México. 25-29/03/19

Francesca Romana-Reinero, Emilio Sperone, Primo Micarelli, Gianni Giglio, Cristian Marchio, Sandro Tripepi, Giuseppe Rijllo, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Donatella Barca. Trace elements concentration in vertebrae of lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) from Central Mediterranean Sea (Italy). ORAL PRESENTATION. "European Elasmobranch Association 22nd annual conference". Peniche, Portugal. 13/10/18

Edgar E. Becerril-García, Darren A. Whitehead, Katherin Soto-López, Diego Juaristi-Videgaray, Fabián Cervantes-Gutiérrez, Felipe Galván-Magaña. General observations from a deceased whale shark: Defining protocols during stranding events. ORAL PRESENTATION. "European Elasmobranch Association 22nd annual conference". Peniche, Portugal. 13/10/18

Olimpia Berdeja-Zavala, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Edgar Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Emilio Sperone, Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor. Shark ecotourism in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Ethology and economic revenue. POSTER. "European Elasmobranch Association 22nd annual conference". Peniche, Portugal. 12-14/10/18

Claudia Yacuta-Castillo, Edgar E. Becerril-García, Edgar Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Emilio Sperone. Drone technology to determine the behavior of Carcharodon carcharias in Dyer Island, South Africa and Guadalupe Island, Mexico. POSTER. "European Elasmobranch Association 22nd annual conference". Peniche, Portugal. 12-14/10/18

Giglio Gianni, Whitehead Darren A., Edgar E. Becerril-García, Sperone Emilio, Petatán-Ramírez David, Vázquez-Haikin Abraham, González-Armas Rogelio y Galván-Magaña Felipe. First report of whale sharks strandings in the Gulf of California, Mexico. POSTER. "Sharks International Conference". João Pessoa, Brasil. 3-8/06/18

Becerril-García Edgar E. Social impact of the study of elasmobranchs: the case of the white sharks in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. ORAL PRESENTATION. "II Congreso estudiantil de Biología". Ciudad de México, México. 8-10/11/17

Becerril-García Edgar E., Tamburin Elena, González-Armas Rogelio & Galván-Magaña Felipe. First record of albinism in Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. POSTER. "I Simposio Peruano de tiburones, rayas y especies afines". Lima, Perú. 26-27/10/17

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Micarelli Primo, Galván-Magaña Felipe & Sperone Emilio. The Ethology in the ecoturism management: the case of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias in Guadalupe Island, México. ORAL PRESENTATION. "I Simposio Peruano de tiburones, rayas y especies afines". Lima, Perú. 26-27/10/17

Becerril-García Edgar E.,Aguilar-Cruz Carlos A., Jiménez-Pérez Alexis A. & Galván-Magaña Felipe. New record and morphometry of the sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchidae) in Baja California Sur, Mexico. POSTER. "Reunión Internacional sobre uso y conservación de recursos pesqueros". La Paz, México. 18-20/10/17

Reinero Francesca R., Micarelli, Barca D., Milazzo C., Giglio Gianni, Becerril-García Edgar E., Marchio C., Minervino M., Toraldo Serra M.L., Tripepi Sandro & Sperone Emilio. A pilot project for reconstructing life history traits of a population of Scyliorhinus canicula. POSTER. "2017 European Elasmobranch Association Scientific Conference". Ámsterdam, Países Bajos. 12-14/10/17

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Micarelli Primo, Galván-Magaña Felipe & Sperone Emilio. "Surface behavior of white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, related to legal and illegal baists in Guadalupe Island, México. ORAL PRESENTATION. "2017 European Elasmobranch Association Scientific Conference". Ámsterdam, Países Bajos. 12-14/10/17

Becerril-García Edgar E. Effect of the type of baits on the presence and behavior of the white sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. ORAL PRESENTATION. "XVII Semana de Posgrado en Baja California Sur". La Paz, Mexico. 09/06/17

Petatán-Ramírez D., Reyes-Bonilla H., Berumen-Solórzano P., Becerril-García Edgar E. y Olán-González M. P Projection of susceptible areas to the development of invasive species in the Western Atlantic reefs using maximum entropy algorithms. ORAL PRESENTATION. "IX Congreso Mexicano de Arrecifes Coralinos". Chetumal, México. 14-16/07/17

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M. y Galván-Magaña Felipe. White shark's presence and behavior related to the ecotourism at Guadalupe Island, México. ORAL PRESENTATION. "20th European Elasmobranch Association Conference 2016". Bristol, United Kingdom. 29/10/16

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Reyes-Bonilla Héctor, Martínez-Rincón Raúl, Roldán-Wong Nefertiti T, López-Calderón Jorge M. y Galván-Magaña Felipe. The presence of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias related to environmental factors in Guadalupe Island, México. POSTER. "20th European Elasmobranch Association Conference 2016". Bristol, United Kingdom. 28-30/10/16

Becerril-García Edgar E. Effect of the type of baits on the presence and behavior of the white sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. POSTER. "XVI Semana de Posgrado en Baja California Sur". La Paz, Mexico. 17-20/05/16

Becerril-García Edgar E., Hoyos-Padilla Edgar M., Reyes-Bonilla Héctor, Roldán-Wong Nefertiti T, López-Calderón Jorge M. y Galván-Magaña Felipe. Seasonal presence of the white sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) related to the environmental factors at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. ORAL PRESENTATION. "VII Simposio Nacional de Tiburones y Rayas" of the Sociedad Mexicana de Peces Cartilaginosos. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 18-22/04/16

Becerril-García Edgar E., Salomón-Aguilar Carlos A., Serrano-Gómez Francisco J., y Jiménez-Pérez Alexis A. Shaks and rays: Species richness, research and explotation in La Paz Bay.POSTER.VII Simposio Nacional de Tiburones y Rayas" of the Sociedad Mexicana de Peces Cartilaginosos. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 18-22/04/16

Becerril-García Edgar E., Aguilar-Cruz Carlos A. y Jaime-Rivera M. Micro anatomy of the male reproductive organs of the lollipop cat shark Cephalurus cephalus (Gilbert, 1982). POSTER. "VII Simposio Nacional de Tiburones y Rayas" of the Sociedad Mexicana de Peces Cartilaginosos. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 18-22/04/16

Carlos A. Aguilar Cruz, Edgar Eduardo Becerril García, Pérez Jiménez and Alexis Alejandro. Observations on the histology of the skin, liver, muscle and gills of the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788 (CHONDRICHTHYES: Hexanchiformes)". ORAL PRESENTATION. "XXVII National Congress of Histology 2014", of the Mexican Society of Histology, A.C. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 29-31/10/2014.

Mora-García Leonardo, Jiménez-Pérez Alexis A., Becerril-García Edgar E. y Aguilar-Cruz Carlos A. Histology of the olfactory bulbs of the Cortez round stingray Urobatis maculatus (Garman, 1913). POSTER. "XXXVII Congreso Nacional de Histología 2014", de la Sociedad Mexicana de Histología, A.C. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 29-31/10/2014.

Becerril-García Edgar E., Ramírez-Mendoza Zurisaday, Rodríguez-Siordia Iván, Lizárraga-Lozoya Alan y Aguilar-Cruz Carlos A. Histology of the Cortés round ray Urobatis maculatus, Garman 1913. POSTER. "XXVI National Congress of Histology 2013", of the Mexican Society of Histology, A.C. 16/10/2013.

Becerril García Edgar E. Assessing the impact of ecotourism by the use of organic attractants in the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Guadalupe Island, Mexico". ORAL PRESENTATION. "I° Academic Journals" of the Marine Biology Department of the University UABCS. La Paz, Mexico. 30/11/2012.

V.   S C I E N C E   C O M M U N I C A T I O N

V.1 Popular science articles and videos

Becerril-García EE. 2022. En tinta de color guinda: una perspectiva del futuro para la innovación educativa en México. Docencia Politécnica, 8. https://www.ipn.mx/assets/files/innovacion/docs/docencia-politecnica/docencia-politecnica-8/Docencia-Politecnica-No-8.pdf

Becerril-García Edgar E. 10 datos nuevos del tiburón blanco. Video. Conversus TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEKiUqlvnzs

Becerril-García Edgar E. & Bocos-Ayala A. The white shark in Mexico. Article. Squalo Divers Magazine. 05/2017

Becerril-García Edgar E. White shark ecotourism at Guadalupe Island, México: a recent perspective. Article. SharkFocus. 12/2016

Becerril-García Edgar E., Salomón-Aguilar Carlos A., Serrano-Gómez Francisco J. & Jiménez-Pérez Alexis A. 2015. Sharks and rays: A gift from the Sea of Cortez (in Spanish). Article. El Sudcaliforniano. 19/07/2015

Becerril-García Edgar E. 2014.White shark! Studying its behavior at Guadalupe Island (in Spanish). Article. El Sudcaliforniano. No. 5. La Paz, Mexico.

Becerril-García Edgar E. 2014. Video: White shark at Guadalupe Island. Video. Proyecta 2013 de Más Ciencia por Mexico. Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXh8KHq863E

V.2 Conferences for popular science

Becerril-García EE. Understanding the white sharks in Mexico. VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. 5° Conference Cycle: The elasmobranchs, giant fishes of the sea. Sociedad Latinoamericana de Buceo Científico.25/06/2021

Becerril-García Edgar E. Useful tips for the communication of science. VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. First Cultural and Academic Festival UABCS Los Cabos 2021. 26/05/2021

Becerril-García Edgar E. 13 tips for science communication. VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. Biofest de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. 25/01/2021

Becerril-García Edgar E. 13 tips for popularizing science. VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (Campus Los Cabos). 29/11/2020

Becerril-García Edgar E. 13 tips for popularizing science. VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (Campus La Paz). 29/10/2020

Becerril-García Edgar E. The Study of sharks in the Mexican Pacific. DIGITAL CONFERENCE. Econcientízate Peru. 25/09/2020

Becerril-García Edgar E. The white shark and its behaviour in Guadalupe Island. DIGITAL CONFERENCE. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO). 06/08/2020

Becerril-García Edgar E. Scientific research and popular science of the study of sharks. CONFERENCE. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. La Paz, México. 13/12/2018

Becerril-García Edgar E. The ecology of elasmobranchs. CONFERENCE. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. La Paz, México. 14/11/2018

Becerril-García Edgar E. The white shark in Mexican waters. CONFERENCE. SVII Cultural week of Biology. Querétaro, Mexico. 28/08/2017

Becerril-García Edgar E. The scientific research of elasmobranchs. CONFERENCE. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. 31/07/2017

Becerril-García Edgar E. Marine biologist: The scientific research of elasmobranchs. CONFERENCE. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. 20/01/2017

Becerril-García Edgar E. The white shark in Mexico. CONFERENCE. "Shark's school by SOMEPEC". Mexico city, Mexico. 12/01/17

Becerril-García Edgar E. Elasmobranchs and its relationship with the environment. CONFERENCE. "Popular Science Exhibition". La Paz, México. 4-5/11/16

Becerril-García Edgar E. Science and Photo: My experience with NatGeo. CONFERENCE. Photography Forum organized by Focalifornia, La Paz, Mexico. 13/08/16

Becerril-García Edgar E. The study of sharks and rays. CONFERENCE. "Curso de Nivelación" for new students at the Marine Biology carrer in the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Mexico. 10/08/16

Becerril-García Edgar E. The white shark and its research in Mexico. CONFERENCE. "Mes del tiburón" at the planetary Sayab, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. 28/05/16

Becerril-García Edgar E. Sharks and rays: A perspective of its reality. CONFERENCE at the Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR-IPN) for students of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Unidad 03A. La Paz, Mexico. 12/11/2015

Becerril-García Edgar E. Anatomy and Ecology of Elasmobranchs. CONFERENCE. 22° National Week of Science and Techonology organized by the Consejo Sudcaliforniano de Ciencia y Tecnología (COSCYT). La Paz, Mexico. 20-23/10/2015

V3. Interviews and Science consultancy

2022. Radio interview. "Priorities for the conservation of sharks, rays and chimeras". Cycle of interviews "Voices for sustainability". Coordination of University Social Responsibility. UABCS

2021. Radio interview. Invited specialist in the Universo PYME program to address issues related to the study and conservation of sharks in Mexico. March 19, 2021

2021. Radio interview.Knowledge and demystification of sharks and rays in Baja California Sur", Radiante 91.1 FM, February 27, 2021

2021. TV Interview. "IPN studies the white shark in the Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve", Once Noticias, February 2021

2021. Newspaper Interview. "Sharks are running out: Edgar Becerril", The Chronicle of Today. January 2021

2020. Radio interview. "Characteristics of sharks, rays and whales", Radiante 91.1 FM, November 30, 2020

2020. Radio interview. "Study of sharks and rays in Baja California Sur", Radiante 91.1 FM, November 14, 2020

2020. TV Interview. "The ecotourism and study of white sharks in Guadalupe Island", Rhytm TV & Radio, 10/29/2020

2020. TV Interview. "Ecotourism with white sharks in Guadalupe Island", "Rythm TV/Mexicalli", 03 Sep 2020

2020. Radio interview. underwater photography of marine megafauna, "INCUDESU Radio/Sustentabilidad Zen", 03 Sep 2020

2017. Radio interview. Sharks and rays of Mexico, "Adrenalina Radio". 12 May 2017

2017. Museum consultancy. "Elasmobranchs room", Museo de la Ballena y Ciencias del Mar, La Paz, México

2016. Scientific consultant for TV Azteca during July-December 2016

2016. Scientific consultant in the documentary "450 millones de años"

2016. Scientific consultant in the documentary "Living with sharks", Discovery Channel. 2016 Shark week. 3 Sisters Pictures

V4. Scientific and Photo-Art exhibitions

2020-2022. Organizer of the photographic exhibition "SOS: Sharks" at the Oceanogràfic in Valencia, Spain

2020. Organizer of the photographic exhibition "Entre Mares" at the NIM Gallery-Restaurant, La Paz, Mexico

2019. Participation in the "First Encounter for the Environment World Day in Los Cabos, with the "Wildlife Photo exhibition of Cabo San Lucas"

2018. Invited photographer in the exhibition "Our Battles against Extinction" organized by the National Geographic Society and CONABIO; exhibited in Las Rejas de Chapultepec, CDMX, Mexico

2018. Invited photographer in the exhibition "Visions of Nature IV" organized by CONABIO and exhibited in Las Rejas de Chapultepec, CDMX, Mexico.

2017. Participation in the Shark Photo Exhibit during the Gulf of California Shark Conference. 26-27 October.

2017. Organization of the Photographic Exposition of CICIMAR-IPN for the inauguration of the Benito Juarez Park in La Paz, BCS, México. 08 August.

2016. Participation in the I Photographic Exposition of CICIMAR-IPN. 13 December 2016.

IV.   A C H I E V E M E N T S

VI.1 Academic achievements

2018-2022. Scholarship holder of the Institutional Stimulus for the Training of Researchers (BEIFI).

2021-2022. Scholarship holder of the Telmex-Telcel Foundation (202006301).

2021. Winner of the 2021 Educational Innovation Essay Award, postgraduate level, granted by the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).

2019. Top downloaded paper 2018-2019 recognized as one of the most read in Journal of Fish Biology.

2018. Bursary from the Mexican Government in the Grant "Rumbo Joven: Trayectoria Global 2018" from the Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud. 09/07/2018

2017. Honorable mention for the Master thesis: "Effect of the type of bait on the white shark's presence and behavior in Guadalupe Island, Mexico".

2017. Medal of Honour Lázaro Cárdenas provided by the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and the Mexican president as the maximum recognition for academic excellence in the Master's Degree category in the Biological Medical Sciences area.

2016. Student bursaryby Save Our Seas and the European Elasmobranch Association as financial support to assist to the 20th European Elasmobranch Association Conference 2016. Bristol, United Kingdom. 28-30/10/16

2015. Second place in the Category "Bachelor" at the State Thesis Competition, organized by the Consejo Sudcaliforniano de Ciencia y Tecnología (COSCYT).

2015. Honorable mention for the Bachelor thesis: "Presence of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) related to the environmental factors at Guadalupe Island, Mexico".

2014. First place in the Category of "Vertebrates - Oral presentation" in the "XXVII National Congress of Histology 2014", of the Mexican Society of Histology, A.C. 29-31/10/2014.

2014. First place in the Category of "Video" in the National Popular Science Competition "PROYECTA2013" of Más Ciencia por Mexico AC with the short film "White Shark at Guadalupe Island". 03/14/2014

VI.1 Cultural awards

2021. Diploma to Culture granted by the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).

2020, 2022. Winner, Baja California Sur Fauna Scientific Photography Contest, Northwest Biological Research Center (CIBNOR); National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT).

2020. Second place, University Photography Contest: Mexican Biodiversity, IV Congress of Biological Diversity: Biodiversity in times of crisis, Juárez University of the State of Durango and the Council of Science and Technology of Durango.

2020. Finalist in the First University Photography Contest: Mexican Biodiversity, IV Congress of Biological Diversity: Biodiversity in times of crisis, Juárez University of the State of Durango and the Council of Science and Technology of Durango.

2018. Honorable mentions, International Photo Contest "MontPhoto Concurso internacional de fotografia de natura 2018". Lloret de Mar, España. 06/10/18

2018. First Place, Category "Nature and humans", Fourth National Contest of Nature Photography "Mosaico Natura", National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO).

2018. Honorable mention, Photo Contest "Océanos", Mexican Academy of Sciences.

2018. First place, Category "Just one world", Second National Contest of Nature Photography "Mosaico Natura", CONABIO.

2018. Second place, Category "Nature and human being", First National Contest of Nature Photography "Mosaico Natura", CONABIO.

2018. Second place, Category "Scientific Research", National Scientific Photography Contest 2014, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT).

V.   O T H E R S

2020-2022. Scientific reviewer for Scientific Reports (UK), Environmental Biology of Fishes (NL), Journal of Fish Biology (UK), European Zoological Journal (ITA), ICES Journal of Marine Science (UK), Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía (CHI), Arquivos de Ciências do Mar (BRA).

2020-2021. Participant in the update of the Program of Action for the Conservation of Species (PACE) of the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the "Manual of good practices for the observation of white shark through cage diving in the Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve". SEMARNAT, CONANP.

2016-2019. Member of the Mexican Society of Cartilaginous Fishes (SOMEPEC).

2016, 2022. Emergency First Response training.

2016. Rescue diver. Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).