I study volcano sounds using specialized microphones.

My primary field site is El Reventador volcano in Ecuador. I have been studying El Reventador eruptions since 2015.

Work experience

  • April 2017 - present

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Assistant Professor


  • September 2019 - September 2024

Universidad of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate Student Researcher


  • August 2014 - August 2016

Boise State University

Graduate Student Researcher


  • January 2011 - July 2014

Instituto Geofísico - Escuela Politécnica Nacional

Seismologist

Education

  • September 2019 - September 2024

PhD Geophysics - University of California, Santa Barbara


  • August 2014 - August 2016

MSc Geophysics - Boise State University


  • July 2007 - July 2012

Bs Physics - Escuela Politécnica Nacional

Grants & Awards

  • Research projects, PUCE-2018: Caracterización y estadistica de señales volcanicas. (Feb 2018- Feb 2020)

  • IPGH - Technical Assistance Project 2019, PAT: Caracterización y estadística de señales volcánicas de los Andes, casos de estudio volcanes Reventador Y Cotopaxi. (Feb 2019- Feb 2020)

  • Travel grant to participate in the 4th techincal meeting of the geophysics group at IPGH. (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 2019)

  • Masters Scholarship under the project "Volcano acoustics: from vent to receiver". Grant given by the National Science Fundation. (Aug 2014 - Aug 2016)

  • Seismological Society of America, international travel grant recipient. (Alaska, USA - 2014)

  • Grant to attend and participate in the International Training Course at the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes. University of Hawai'i & USGS. ( Hawai'i, Washington, USA - 2013)