Nacionality: Venezuelan

Studies: 

Biologist at Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida- Venezuela.

Doctoral studies in Science (Systematic), Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa 91000, Veracruz, México.

I am a botanist that work principally with Bromeliaceae family. 

I am interesting in:

• Systematics, principally with a phylogenetic point of view
• Evolution of characters, morphological and molecular variation
• Evolution of allometry and gigantism
  
• Pollination studies with emphazises in nectar and reproductive system

My work is principally focus in Flora studies, Systemactics, Phylogeny,  Nectar and Allometry aspects in plants, with particular interest in serveral genus of Bromeliaceae.

I was studing plants at fieldwork in Venezuela, Peru, Chile, México and some localities in Colombia. The work is complemented to visit local and international herbariums.

Actual Institucional Adress:

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas,

 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, A.P. 69-1, Plaza Juarez, Centro
Pachuca- México

Tel.: 771 71 72000, Ext. 6655
Fax: 771 71 72000, Ext. 6642