Education
Biology department, Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogotá, Colombia. Degree: Biologist. Date: March 2017 Advisor: Jairo Pérez-Torres (Ph.D.). B.Sc. project title: Functional responses of bats associated with extensive livestock systems in Córdoba department (Colombia): implications of the type of management.
Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies, Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogotá, Colombia. Degree: Ecologist. Date: March 2017 Advisor: Jairo Pérez-Torres (Ph.D.). B.Sc. project title: Functional responses of bats associated with extensive livestock systems in Córdoba department (Colombia): implications of the type of management.
Faculty of Natural Sciencies, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. Degree: Doctor in Biological Sciences. Date: 2020- in progress Advisor: Juan Manuel Posada (Ph.D.). PhD. project title: Drivers of leaf-litter decomposition along a successional gradient in the highland Andes: linking environment, functional traits, biodiversity and forest productivity.
Research interests
Functional ecology
Ecosystem ecology
Natural history
Environmental education
Conservation Biology
Teaching experience
2020-II
· Subject: The planet we live on. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
· Subject: DNA and human evolution. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
· Subject: Behavioral Biology I. Universidad del Rosario. School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
2021-I
· Subject: DNA and human evolution. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
· Subject: Behavioral Biology I. Universidad del Rosario. School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
2021-II
· Subject: DNA and human evolution. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
· Subject: Behavioral Biology I. Universidad del Rosario. School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
2022-I
· Subject: The planet we live on. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá Colombia.
· Subject: Biodiversity of Colombia: Following the Footsteps of Nature. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
2022-II
· Subject: The planet we live on. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
Subject: Biodiversity of Colombia: Following the Footsteps of Nature. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá Colombia.
2023-I
· Subject: Biodiversity of Colombia: Following the Footsteps of Nature (Grp 1). Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá Colombia.
Subject: Biodiversity of Colombia: Following the Footsteps of Nature (Grp 7). Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá Colombia.
2023-II
· Subject: The planet we live on. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá, Colombia.
Subject: Advanced Ecology. Universidad del Rosario. Faculty of Natural Sciences. Bogotá Colombia.
Journal referee experience
Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (January 27, 2024).
IForest (January 19, 2024).
Helminthologia (November 10, 2023).
Caldasia (April 26, 2023).
Notas sobre mamíferos sudamericanos (March 5, 2023).
Mastozoologia Neotropical (March 5, 2023).
Botany (January 16, 2023).
Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental UNAD (November 16, 2022)
Scientific Reports (September 9, 2020, July 28, 2022).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (June 26, 2022, July 18, 2023).
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (June 26, 2022).
Ecological Processes (May 27, 2021, May 8, 2022, August 7, 2022)
Acta Chiropterologica- February 19, 2022.
Ecosistemas- October 3, 2021.
Journal of Mammalogy- July 11, 2021.
Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International – June 27, 2021.
Revista de Biología Tropical- June 15, 2021.
Ecological Processes- May 27, 2021.
Mammalogy Notes- May 27, 2021.
UNED Research Journal-March 24, 2021.
Studies of Neotropical Fauna and Environment- October 5, 2020.
Scientific Reports- September 9, 2020.
Journal of Applied Life Science International- May 23, 2020.
Asian Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition - June 16, 2020.
Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International- May 18, 2020.
Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology - July 17, 2020.
Research projects referee experience
Evaluation of Research Projects
Evaluator panel recognized by Minciencias. Vice Rectorate of Research, Extension, and Social Outreach of the University of Atlántico (Colombia). September 28, 2022.
Evaluator panel recognized by Minciencias. Research Project at the University of Tolima (Colombia). January 13, 2023.
Evaluation of Theses and Bachelor's Projects
Reviewer of the thesis proposal by student Geimmy Alejandra Romero Rico in the Master's program in Forest Management, Use, and Conservation, Francisco José de Caldas District University (Colombia). May 31, 2023.
Reviewer of the thesis proposal by the student Juan Martín Ochoa-Espinoza in the University Prize Call 2023 in the bachelor degree of the Engineering Program, Tamauilpas University (México). Sep 28, 2023.
Reviewer of the thesis proposal by the student Ana Maria Gutierrez Romero in the bachelor degree of the Applied Biology program , The New Granada Military University (Colombia). Apr 8, 2024.
Awards and Scholarships
Scolarship “Maria Maria Elena Galiano” registration Latinamerican Congress of Arachnology.
Red de Aracnología Emergente Latina.
April 8, 2024.
Registration grant 58th Annual Meeting of the ATBC July 10-14, 2022, Cartagena, Colombia.
ATBC and Universidad del Rosario.
June 6, 2022.
Winner of the contest "Become a science communicator". Graduate category.
The regeneration of high Andean forests: a possible cure against the disease of climate change
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana – PUJ- Bogota Headquarters
December 23, 2021.
Carol and Jim Patton Award for Outstanding Latin American Graduate Students of Mammalogy
Is Bergmann's rule valid in bats? Contrasting evidence from two neotropical fruit bat species
American Society of Mammalogist - Colombian Society of Mammalogy
November 28, 2021.
Scholarship for Scientific Talent for the Doctorate program in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (Graduate assistance)
Universidad del Rosario
August, 2020.
Honorable Mention for Award Work
Functional responses of bats associated with extensive livestock systems in the department of Córdoba (Colombia): Implications of the type of management.
Pontifical Xavierian University - PUJ - Bogota Headquarters.
November 30, 2017.
Arturo Calle Scholarship
Pontifical Xavierian University - PUJ - Bogota Headquarters.
June 21, 2016.
Languages
English: Intermediate (B2).
Spanish: Native.
Scientific divulgation
Press articles
El cambio climático puede enfrentarse con la regeneración de bosques altoandinos. Published in Pesquisa Javeriana december 23, 2021. Available at: https://www.javeriana.edu.co/pesquisa/el-cambio-climatico-puede-enfrentarse-con-la-regeneracion-de-bosques-altoandinos/
Podcast
La importancia de los bosques. Program broadcast on March 28, 2022. Broadcaster of the Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca.
Las termitas y el rol que pueden estar desempeñando en la emisión de gases efecto invernadero. December 1, 2022. Miradas RCN.Emisora RCN radio- Universidad del Rosario. Disponible en: https://www.spreaker.com/user/urosario/programa-53-primer-bloque-importancia-de?utm_campaign=episode-title&utm_medium=app&utm_source=widget
Societies and Research Groups
· Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (2022-Current)
· American Society of Mammalogists (2021-Current).
· Grupo de Ecología Funcional y Ecosistémica de la Universidad del Rosario (2020-Current).
· Colegio Nacional de Ecólogos (COLNADE) (2017-Current).
· Grupo de Investigaciones Territoriales para el Uso y Conservación de la Biodiversidad (2017-Current).
· Red Colombiana de Limnología (NeoLimnos)(2020- Current).
· Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional (LEF) de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2012-2016).
· Fundación Neotropical (2015-2016).
· Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología (SCmas) (2015- 2019).