Carlos René Green Ruiz has a degree in Marine Geology from the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur and a master's and a doctorate in Marine Sciences and Limnology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He also did a one-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Diego and a sabbatical year at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Currently, he is doing a sabbatical year at the Autonomous University of Barcelona with the Environmental Radioactivity Research Group at Barcelona (GRAB). He is also involved in science communication and environmental education, participating in events such as the Regional Children's Meetings for the Conservation of the Gulf of California and for the Protection of Sea Turtles.