FACULTY PROFILES

Alejandra Martinez Blancas

Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences

Office Building: Biology Building
Office Room: 317
Phone:
Email: amartinezblan@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2023)
MS in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2014)
BS in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2011)

Publications

The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038 (2026), Andrew MacDougal, Bruce VanZant, John Sulik, Alejandra Martinez Blancas.
Plant–soil feedbacks contribute to coexistence when considering multispecies assemblages over a soil depth gradient Ecology 106 (2025), Carlos Martorell, Alejandra Martinez Blancas.
EcoEvoApps: Interactive apps for theoretical models in ecology and evolutionary biology Ecology and Evolution 12 (2022), Rosa M. McGuire, Kenji T. Hayashi, Yan Xinyi, Damla Cinoglu, Madeline Cohen, Alejandra Martinez Blancas, Lauren L. Sullivan, Sheila Vazquez-Morales, Gaurav S. Kandlikar.
Species alliances and hidden niche dimensions drive species clustering along a hydric gradient in a semiarid grassland Ecology Letters 25 (2022), Alejandra Martinez Blancas, Ian X. Belastegui, Carlos Martorell.
Pastizales de la región Chocholteca: un despreciado récord mundial de diversidad vegetal. CONABIO (2022), Carlos Martorell, Diego García-Meza, Alejandra Martinez-Blancas, Carmen Vázquez, Verónica Zepeda.
Environmental cues and maternal age influence embryonic diapause in a North American annual killifish. Developmental Dynamics 251 (2022), Omar Dominguez-Castanedo, S Valdez-Carbajal, Alejandra Martinez Blancas, Tessy Muñoz Campos.
Plant soil feedbacks depend on drought stress, functional group and evolutionary relatedness in a semiarid grassland Ecology 102 (2021), Carlos Martorell, Alejandra Martinez Blancas, Diego García-Meza.

Presentations

No info available.

Grants

Mechanisms of shrub encroachment: The role of seed dispersal in grassland restoration (02/01/2026 - 12/31/2026) - Native Plant Society of New Mexico (NPSNM)

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2026	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	18148
Fall 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15550

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2026	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	18148
Fall 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15550
Spring 2026	BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	27000	Syllabus
Spring 2026	BIOL 6321 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	27001	Syllabus
Spring 2026	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	28658	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

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Bio

No info available.

Ph D in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2023)
MS in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2014)
BS in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2011)

Publications

The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038 (2026), Andrew MacDougal, Bruce VanZant, John Sulik, Alejandra Martinez Blancas.
Plant–soil feedbacks contribute to coexistence when considering multispecies assemblages over a soil depth gradient Ecology 106 (2025), Carlos Martorell, Alejandra Martinez Blancas.
EcoEvoApps: Interactive apps for theoretical models in ecology and evolutionary biology Ecology and Evolution 12 (2022), Rosa M. McGuire, Kenji T. Hayashi, Yan Xinyi, Damla Cinoglu, Madeline Cohen, Alejandra Martinez Blancas, Lauren L. Sullivan, Sheila Vazquez-Morales, Gaurav S. Kandlikar.
Species alliances and hidden niche dimensions drive species clustering along a hydric gradient in a semiarid grassland Ecology Letters 25 (2022), Alejandra Martinez Blancas, Ian X. Belastegui, Carlos Martorell.
Pastizales de la región Chocholteca: un despreciado récord mundial de diversidad vegetal. CONABIO (2022), Carlos Martorell, Diego García-Meza, Alejandra Martinez-Blancas, Carmen Vázquez, Verónica Zepeda.

Presentations

No info available.

Mechanisms of shrub encroachment: The role of seed dispersal in grassland restoration (02/01/2026 - 12/31/2026) Native Plant Society of New Mexico (NPSNM)

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

18148

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15550

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2026

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

18148

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15550

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

Section

27000

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

BIOL 6321 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

Section

27001

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

28658

Syllabus

No info available.

Alejandra Martinez Blancas

Bio

Education

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Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations