Hugo Guillermo Cerda Perez

I am a Chilean biologist, with a PhD in Biology from Imperial College of the University of London who has worked in 17 different institutions in 11 different countries in America, Europe, and China. I have great interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with students from different cultures and social backgrounds.

I did research and teaching in Biology, Ecology (especially insect-related with agriculture) at Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Universidad Simón Bolívar and Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) (Venezuela), Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Universidad de Chile (Chile), State University of Amazonas, Chimborazo Higher Polytechnic School, National University of Chimborazo (Ecuador), Imperial College of London University (United Kingdom), Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Jagellonian University and Academy of Sciences (Poland), University of Burgundy (France), University of Padua (Italy), Salomé Ureña Higher Institute for Teacher Training (Dominican Republic) and Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, China. In the last 10 years I have taught Biology, Advanced Biology and Botany at the Higher Institute of Teacher Training Salomé Ureña at the Dominican Republic; Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biostatistics at the Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (Ecuador), within the teaching program of Engineering in Environmental Biotechnology and, Biophysics, Environmental Microbiology, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry at National University of Chimborazo Riobamba, Ecuador, being awarded at 2019 with the position of Highly Qualified Teacher in the Dominican Republic and winner of the Excellent Teacher Award of the Faculty of Sciences of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo ESPOCH Ecuador (2017).

The last two years I have been Director of Advanced Education of the Simón de Mucuchíes campus of the Simón Rodríguez National University of Venezuela, a university campus located in the Venezuelan Rural Andean highlands, poor in resources, geographically isolated, in a country with socio-economic problems. As I have demonstrated, excellence in teaching biology can be achieved by collaboratively adding local, national, and international resources. I have managed to create (along with others) two master's degrees, one in Robinsonian Education and the other in Agro-ecology.

Main disciplines: Biology, ecology.

Present Rank: 

Visiting Professor as Jinshan Scholar at Institute of Applied Ecology at Agriculture and Forestry University of Fujian Fuzhou 350002, Republic Popular of China. 

Member of 111 Program in China and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ecological 

Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou 350002, Republic Popular of China. 

Professor Titular (Venezuela): Full Professor, Simón Rodríguez National University (UNESR) Venezuela.

Academic Qualifications: 

2003 PhD (Biology), Imperial College London University; 

2003 Diploma of Imperial College (Entomology); 

1993 M.Sc. (Biology), Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela; 

Academic Qualifications: 

2004 Post PhD University de la Bourgogne Dijon France (Behavioral Biology), France;

2003 PhD (Biology), Imperial College London University, UK; 

2003 Diploma of Imperial College (Entomology), UK; 

1993 M.Sc. (Biology), Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela;