Ivan De La Cruz Arguello

Short presentation

I use plant-herbivore interactions as model systems to answer questions on evolutionary ecology, coevolution, local adaptation, quantitative genetics, evolution of plant defense to herbivory, chemical ecology, genome assembly and genome evolution, comparative genomics.

I have worked with Datura stramonium (devil weed), Arabidopsis, Quercus and the woodland strawberry. Earlier days, I investigated the ecology of small mammals.

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Keywords

• local adaptation
• plant genomics
• natural selection

Biography

Research Experience

• 2024-Present Posdoctoral researcher, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University. Jon Ågren group
• 2021-2024 Posdoctoral researcher, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Johan A. Stenberg group
• 2020-2021 Posdoctoral researcher, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores (ENES) Campus Morelia, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. Group: Prof. Ken Oyama
• 2016-2020 PhD in Philosophy (Suma Cum Laude), Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Juan Núñez-Farfán group
• 2012-2015 Master in Biology (Suma Cum Laude), Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico (UAM)
• 2007-2011 Bachelor in Biology, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico (UAM)

Other Research Experience

• Oct 2020-June 2021 Research fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Institute for Research on Ecosystems and Sustainability, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Ken Oyama Nakagawa group
• 2020 (January-July) Visiting Scientist fellow, University of Helsinki, Ecological Genetics Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Finland. Host: Juha Merilä
• 2018 (April-July) Visiting Graduate Student fellow, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. Department of Molecular Ecology. Host: Ian T. Baldwin

Research

I am a biologist specializing in eco-evo multi-omics sciences. I am interested in the genetic and eco-evo basis of how plants cope with biotic and abiotic factors, including the evolution of plant–insect interactions, as well as the effects of changing environments on plant fitness at both multi-omics and phenotypic levels. My research integrates and synthesizes insights from holistic experimental approaches in both controlled and natural environments with insights from the natural history of populations. By combining tools from the “Omics” sciences, classic quantitative genetics, bioinformatics (including machine learning and AI), chemical ecology, and evolutionary ecology, I aim to uncover the fundamental mechanisms driving plant adaptation in a rapidly changing world, to inform nature-based solutions.