Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomic Engineering with an Emphasis in Animal Science (University of Costa Rica, UCR, Costa Rica), 2008

Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Breeding (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza, CIHEAM, Zaragoza, Spain), 2010

Postgraduate Diploma in Andrology (University of Murcia, UM, Murcia, Spain), 2011

Master’s Degree in Animal Breeding and Reproductive Biotechnology (Autonomous University of Barcelona, UAB, Barcelona; Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV, Valencia, Spain), 2011

Master of Science, Animal Breeding and Reproduction Biotechnology, The International Centre for Advanced Mediterrean Agronomic Studies, CIHEAM. 2011

PhD in Biological Sciences, Biodiversity, and Evolutionary Biology (University of Valencia, UV, Valencia, Spain), 2018

Master’s Degree in Bioethics (National University, UNA, Heredia; University of Costa Rica, UCR, San José, Costa Rica), 2024

His research focuses on the biology of animal reproduction:

• Bovine and swine reproduction through artificial insemination
• Computer-assisted semen analysis
• Sperm quality
• Nutrition-reproduction interaction
• Cryopreservation of male gametes
• Conservation of genetic resources
• Sperm characterization in wild species
• Sperm subpopulations and ejaculate characterization

Currently, through the Costa Rican Bioethics Network, his interests are oriented towards:

• Animal welfare ethics in agricultural sciences
• Human-animal bond
• Ethical aspects of animal biobanks
• Animal ethics

Anthony Valverde is an Agronomist and Zootechnician Engineer from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). He holds a Master’s degree Cum Laude in Animal Genetic Improvement and Reproductive Biotechnology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), and a Doctorate Cum Laude in Biological Sciences, Biodiversity, and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Valencia (Spain). He has been a professor at the School of Agronomy of the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) since 2008.

In 2014, he founded the Animal Reproduction Laboratory (AndroTEC), focused on semen analysis using CASA technology—technology that had not been introduced in the country until then—with the goal of promoting technological development and research capacity in semen evaluation by applying objective analytical criteria to breeding animals in the national livestock sector.

He has over 10 years of research experience, concentrating on the study of animal reproductive biology. In 2024, he completed a Master’s degree Summa Cum Laude in Bioethics at the National University and the University of Costa Rica. In the field of bioethics, his research revolves around promoting ethics and animal welfare in the professional practice of agronomic sciences and in scientific ethics committees, with publications addressing the human–animal bond.

Since 2023, he has been a Full Professor and Level-2 Consolidated Researcher under the Vice-Rector’s Office for Research and Extension (VIE) at TEC. He has published more than 85 scientific articles in indexed journals, holds an H-index of 25, and has amassed over 1,400 citations.