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)