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Professor Luis Alfonso Berruecos Villalobos was an ethnologist, a master in anthropology and arts, with postgraduate studies in history and psychoanalysis. He was a founding member of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), where he taught for 50 years, in addition to having served as a professor at various national and international universities. He was a member of several academic institutions and received numerous accolades throughout his career.

Born in Mexico City, his extensive academic background included a Bachelor’s degree in Ethnology, a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, a Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology, a Ph.D. in the History of Mexico, as well as studies in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

He worked as a collaborator, professor, researcher, and advisor at various institutions and universities, including Michigan State University, the National School of Anthropology, the Mexican Center for Studies on Drug Dependence, the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutes, the Mexican Institute of Hearing and Language, the Foundation for Social Research, the Ministry of Public Education, the National Council Against Addictions, and the National Museum of Anthropology. He participated in 457 conferences and presentations in Mexico, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East.

Before his retirement, he was a Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco Campus; an Advisor and Tutor Professor at the Faculty of Accounting and Administration at UNAM; a Researcher at the Center for Studies on Alcohol and Alcoholism; a Member of the Evaluation Committee at the National Council of Science and Technology; an Associate Professional at the University of London, and a Professor and Academic Coordinator at the “Ama la Vida” Foundation.

His work significantly contributed to social and cultural research on alcohol consumption and alcoholism in Mexico.