Jesús Alvarado-Ortega
Departamento de Paleontología
Instituto de Geología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Circuito de la Investigación S/N
Ciudad Universitaria
Delegación Coyoacán, Distrito Federal código postal 04510
México

Jesús Alvarado-Ortega. In 1998, I got the Bachelors degree (Biology) in the Sciences Faculty at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). In 2005, I got my Doctoral degree in the Geological Institute (IGM), UNAM. During 2005-2007, I had a Posdoctoral position in the Biological Institute at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Always I worked on Mexican fossil fishes under my advisor and friend Dr. Shelton P. Applegate. Since 2007, I´m in charge of the Tlayúa project as full-time Researcher at IGM, UNAM. The main interest of my work is focused on the taxonomical characterization of Mexican fossil fishes and the understood of phylogenetic and biogeographic patterns and process outlined on these fossils.