I study evolution through phylogenetic approaches. Darwin's metaphorical tree of life has captivated my interest since my early years as a student at the University of Buenos Aires. I use phylogenetic trees to explore the relationship between different species, as routes to map character evolution along lineages, to test for selection in genes, and to understand how co-diversification and cross-species transmission model virus evolution.

My research has been mainly centered on mammalian evolution, especially in rodents, and particularly in South American subterranean tuco-tucos (genus Ctenomys), but during the past years I have also been working in molecular evolution of proteins, bats phylogenies, rabies, and more recently, in coronavirus. 

I am currently working on different projects: population genomics and evolution of Andean grasshoppers of the genus Orotettix, rabies virus and coronavirus whole genome analysis, and bats phylogeography. Through RAD-seq Genotyping-by-sequencing and viral whole genome sequencing, applying phylogenomics and population genomics approaches, we test  hypotheses on molecular adaptation, host shifts, ecological adaptation and genetic structure.