Professor Juan B. Climént Bonilla is a graduate in veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM (1969-1974). On January 20, 1976, he was awarded the University Merit Medal "Gabino Barreda", for having obtained the highest average of the 1970-1974 generation of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Zootechnics of the UNAM. He studied for a Master's degree in Extension and Rural Development at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, (1978-1979), and obtained a Ph.D. (1987-1990), in the Department of Education, College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A., with the dissertation: "An Analysis of Models Related to Extension Education for Agricultural and Rural Development".

Since 1986, he has been a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Animal Production, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Xochimilco Campus, Mexico City. He is the author of six books and 21 refereed research articles in specialized national and international journals.

In the field of education he has published the following books: Extensionism for rural and community development. Editorial LIMUSA, S.A. Mexico, D.F., 1987, pp 230. Introduction to Ideography. Un estudio de representaciones ideográficas vinculadas a la extensión educativa. UAM Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico, D.F., 1993, pp 118. From theory to practice. Case study: "Los Coyotes" Park Project. Division of Biological and Health Sciences. UAM-Xochimilco Campus, 1995, pp 265. Formación por competencias. Thesaurus of terms, concepts and instruments. Trillas, Mexico, 2011, pp 438.

His research work has been particularly directed to problems and issues related to the development of competencies in the training of individuals and groups. Some of the research articles published by Dr. Climént in specialized journals are listed below: Reflexiones sobre educación basada en competencias. Revista Complutense de Educación, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2010, pp.91-106. Evaluation of competencies in children: An error of appreciation and perspective. Actualidades Investigativas en Educación, Vol. 10, No. 3, December 15, 2010, pp. 1-25. The meaning of values in individual and collective competencies. Revista Mexicana de Agronegocios (Agribusiness Review for Mexico and Latin America), Vol. XVI, No. 31, July-December 2012, pp. 31-41. Basic assumptions of the competency approach in higher education. Veterinary education as a framework for analysis. Electronic Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2014, pp. 71-90. Origin, development and decline of individual competencies in times of uncertainty. Education and Educators Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2014, pp. 149-168.

Throughout his academic and professional career, he has participated as a speaker in various national and international courses and events, especially on topics related to competency-based education (standardized and non-standardized).