EDUCATION

EDUCATION

• 2001–2005: Ph.D. in Paleobiology, Department of Animal Biology (Universidad de La Laguna), Canary Islands, SPAIN.

• 2001–2003: M.S. in Paleobiology, Department of Animal Biology (Universidad de La Laguna), Canary Islands, SPAIN.

• 1996–2001: B.S. in Biology, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands, SPAIN.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2014–present: Assistant Professor (tenure track) [Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati OH, USA]

• 2013–2014: Research Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) [Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati OH, USA]

• 2010–2013 (36 months): Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher [Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR), Granada, SPAIN]

• 2010-2012: External Postdoctoral fellow II associated with the Huffington Department of Earth Sciences (SMU), Dallas TX, USA

• 2009 (8 months): Postdoctoral Associate [Huffington Department of Earth Sciences (SMU), Dallas TX, USA]

• 2007–2009 (19 months): Postdoctoral Associate [Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (UGA), Aiken SC, USA]

• 2005–2007 (23 months): Postdoctoral Researcher [Department of Geosciences (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg VA, USA]

INVITED SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

• April 2019: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, NC, USA

• February 2019: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, TN, USA

• October 2018: Geology Colloquium, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Ok, USA

• April 2018: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

• January 2018: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geology, The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

• March 2017: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geology, The University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA

• March 2017: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

• October 2016: Geology Colloquium, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

• May 2016: Museo de Arqueología de la Isla de la Palma, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (60 min talk in Spanish)

• November 2015: Invited Guest Lecture, Biology and Environmental Studies Programs, Centre College, Danville, KY, USA (120 min talk in English)

• April 2015: Geology Colloquium, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA (45 min talk in English)

• October 2014: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA (45 min talk in English)

• October 2013: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geology, The Ohio University, Athens OH, USA (45 min talk in English)

• September 2013: Lecture Series, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford OH, USA (45 min talk in English)

• February 2013: Geology Colloquium, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, USA (20 min talk in English)

• February 2013: QUARG group, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, USA (45 min talk in English)

• October 2012: Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Barcelona, Spain (45 min talk in Spanish)

• June 2012: Department of Geography, University of Dresden, Germany (45 min talk in English)

• April 2012: Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, USA (45 min talk in English)

• November 2011: School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK (45 min talk in English)

• July 2011: Museo de Arqueología de la Isla de la Palma, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (60 min talk in Spanish)

• April 2011: Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Tenerife (RSEAPT), La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain (60 minutes talk in Spanish)

• April 2009: Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas TX, USA (45 minutes talk in English)

• November 2008: Department of Geology, University of Georgia (UGA), Athens GA, USA (45 minutes talk in English)

• October 2006: Geosciences Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg VA, USA (45 minutes talk in English)