Editorial Team

Editors-in-Chief

Eva O.L. Lantsoght, College of Sciences and Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador & Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, elantsoght@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0003-4548-7644

Mateo Dávila Játiva, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, mdavilajativa@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0002-6025-9394

Associate Editors

Associate Editors are responsible for the academic quality of the manuscripts assigned to them and the integrity of the peer review process. They verify that submissions align with the journal’s aims and scope, oversee the editorial workflow, including the selection of qualified expert reviewers and obtaining peer review reports, within established timelines, in accordance with the ethical and scientific standards defined in the journal’s editorial policies.

Elisa Bonaccorso, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, ebonaccorso@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0002-7262-9356

Oscar Camacho, College of Sciences and Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador; ocamacho@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0001-8827-5938

Dennis Cazar Ramírez, College of Sciences and Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, dcazar@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0001-7587-8596

Edgar Carrera Jarrín, College of Sciences and Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, ecarrera@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0002-0857-8507

Sebastián Ponce, College of Sciences and Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador sponce@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0003-0057-5106

Patricio Rojas Silva, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, projas1@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0002-9611-3661

Gabriel Trueba Piedrahita, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, gtrueba@usfq.edu.ec, 0000-0003-2617-9021

Jordi Aguiló  Gisbert, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU, Spain jordi.aguilo@uchceu.es, 0000-0002-2162-9495

Laura Céspedes Arias, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, United States, lcespedesarias@uchicago.edu, 0000-0002-5619-5340 

Associate Editors are responsible for the academic quality of the manuscripts assigned to them and the integrity of the peer review process. They verify that submissions align with the journal’s aims and scope, oversee the editorial workflow, including the selection of qualified expert reviewers and obtaining peer review reports, within established timelines, in accordance with the ethical and scientific standards defined in the journal’s editorial policies.

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board contributes to the strengthening and updating of the journal’s editorial policies. It provides specialized academic advice and serves as a reference body for the journal. Its members offer strategic recommendations and guide the academic development of the publication.

Nikolay Aguirre, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador, 0000-0002-3473-2977

Daniela Almeida Streitwieser, Reutlingen University, Germany, 0000-0001-7024-421X

César Iván Álvarez-Mendoza, Universität Augsburg, Germany, 0000-0001-5629-0893

John Blake, University of Florida, United States, 0000-0003-4668-2636

Rebeca García García, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 0000-0002-4320-8368

Salvador Godoy, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, 0000-0002-4280-5152

Juan Manuel Guayasamín,  Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, 0000-0003-0098-978X

Johannio Marulanda Casas, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 0000-0001-9901-6229

Oswaldo Morales Nápoles, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 0000-0002-6764-4674

Yenisel Plasencia-Calaña, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, 0000-0001-5173-0394

Luis Rincón, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador 0000-0003-4273-1787

Santiago Ron, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador, 0000-0001-6300-9350

María de Lourdes Torres, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, 0000-0001-7207-4568

Carlos Ventura, The University of British Columbia, Canada, 0000-0002-5616-1554

International Scientific Committee

The International Scientific Committee acts as the journal’s global academic link. Its members participate as expert reviewers in their respective fields of expertise and may also recommend qualified reviewers, thereby strengthening the journal’s quality, international projection, and global positioning.

Nicole Acosta-Vásconez, University of Hamburg, 0000-0003-2207-7319

Rafael Angarita, Institut Superieure d'electronique de Paris (ISEP), France, 0000-0002-2025-2489

Carlos Jaime Barrios, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia, 0000-0002-3227-8651

José António Baptista Machado, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador, 0000-0002-5089-8723

Bertrand Berche, Université de Lorraine, France, 0000-0002-4254-807X

Daniel Cardoso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Río de Janeiro, Brazil, 0000-0002-8171-7956

Sebastián Castellanos Toro, Universidad del Quindío, Colombia, 0000-0002-8794-9440

José Cerca, Universidad de Oslo, Norway, 0000-0001-7788-4367

Rolando Chacón, UPC BarcelonaTECH, Spain,  0000-0002-7259-5635

Patricia Conde Cespedes, ISEP - école d'ingénieurs du numérique, France, 0000-0002-6208-3046

Livio Conti, Università Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno, Italy, 0000-0003-2966-2000

Alex Micael Dantas De Sousa, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, 0000-0003-0424-4080

Rafael Fierro, University of New Mexico, United States, 0000-0002-5574-7246

Andrés Flórez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 0000-0002-3222-0249

Paula Folino, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 0000-0001-5508-0755

Claudia A. Garrido, DWI – Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien, 0000-0003-4780-413X

Esteban Garzón,  Università della Calabria, Italy, 0000-0002-5862-2246

Gabriela Guevara, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, 0000-0003-0944-5180

Isidoro Gitler, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV), Mexico, 0000-0003-1241-5943

Jaime Gonzalez-Libreros, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Sweden, 0000-0003-3548-6082

Carlos Graciano, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, 0000-0003-0659-7963

Eloisa Hasing, University of Alberta, Canada, 0000-0002-4047-4476

Jorge Humberto Heredia, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Ecuador, 0000-0001-7620-9140

Cristina Ana Mantilla Suarez, University of Virginia, United States, 0000-0002-0177-5903

Oliver Merchiers, Institut national des sciences appliquées (INSA), France, 0000-0001-7208-1442

Victor Murray, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, United States, 0000-0002-6000-3380

Francisco Javier Morales Yánez, Université de Liège, Belgium, 0000-0002-2297-1479

Santiago Paredes, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom and CERN, Switzerland, 0000-0001-8487-9603

Tiziano Perea, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico, 0000-0001-7834-862X

Horacio Pérez-Sánchez, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain, 0000-0003-4468-7898

Francisco Rossomando, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina, 0000-0002-7792-8101

Jose David Ruiz Alvarez, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, 0000-0002-3306-0363

Monica Santamaría-Ariza, University of Minho, Portugal, 0000-0002-8456-7738