Fernando Lozano is a principal investigator of the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research (CRIM) of the UNAM, where he coordinates the Area of Studies on Migrations and Social Transformations and the CONACYT Chair on qualified migration. He has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas, Austin (1999), and a Master in Demography from the College of Mexico (1993). During the last twenty years he has worked on issues related to US-Mexico migration, economic and social impact of migrant remittances, debates on the link between migration and development, skilled migration in Latin America and the Caribbean, and returning migration. He has published more than seventy essays on these topics. His most outstanding books are: "Return in the migratory processes of Latin America: concepts, debates, evidences" (2015), "Working conditions in times of crisis: an analysis of the qualified migration of Latin America and the Caribbean in the United States" (2015) "Spatial analysis of remittances, return migration and regional growth in Mexico" (2014), "The Practice of Research on Migration and Mobilities" (2014), "Remittances and tax collection in Mexico" (2011), "Qualified Migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean ¿Wasted Capacities?" (2010), "Bringing It Back Home. Remittances to Mexico from Migrant Workers in the United States "(1993). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Network of Migration and Development and of the Academic Technical Committee of the Migration and Mobility Thematic Network (Migrāre). He was president of the Latin American Population Association (2011-2012) and Coordinator of the UNAM Seminar on Migration Studies (2011-2016). It belongs to the National System of Researchers.