Education
  • Ph.D. in Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton , England, United Kingdom
  • M.S. in Sciences (Animal Biology), Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UNAM), Distrito Federal, México
  • B.S. in Biology, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, México

Dr. Solis-Marin is a researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, which is part of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

His research focuses on the molecular systematics and taxonomy of echinoderms.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Solis-Marin has published the following:

Tzompantzi, D., F. Solís-Marín, A. Laguarda-Figueras, M. Abreu-Pérez, and A. Durán-González. 1999. Equinoideos (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) del Caribe Mexicano: Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Avicennia 10/11: 43–72.

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.