The laboratory has its facilities at the Cinvestav, Saltillo. However, the fieldwork is developed in several sites from the southeast region of Coahuila, Mexico, and even in other states within the Chihuahuense desert.

It comprises a group of undergrad, Master's, Ph.D. students, and postdoctoral researchers under the direction of Dr. Dulce Flores.

The team's interests focus on the study of practices that encourage soil sustainability through their recharge, the conservation of species, cacti, slower species regeneration, arachnids; But also the study of the water balance, being the limiting factor in the desert.