I completed my Ph.D in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Universidad de Chile, under the supervision of Mario Penna and the co-supervision of Claudio Soto Azat and Marco A. Méndez. Previously, I obtained a Master's degree in Ecology supervised by Gonzalo Halffter at Institute of Ecology A.C. To graduate, I did an investigation supervised by Cesar Berlanga-Robles. But it was during undergraduate attending an international course about Amphibians Conservation organized by Virginia Graue-Wiechers ✝ in UAM Xochimilco, that I became interested in the reproductive ecology of amphibians and its conservation. 

2021 - 2023: Postdoc in Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México.

2019 - 2021:  Postdoc in Animal Communication Lab, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile.

​2013 - 2019: Ph.D in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

2006 - 2009: M.Sc in Ecology, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Veracruz, México.

2001- 2005: B.Sc in Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco, Cd. de México, México.

2020:  Course-workshop: Bioacoustics: an integrative tool facing ecological-evolutionary and conservation problems, ENES Mérida, Yucatán, México.

2014 - 2017: Ad honorem profesor, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

2011 - 2012: Associate professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco, Cd. de México, México.

2010 - 2012: Assistant professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. de México, México.

2022 - to date: Associate editor of Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología.

2022 - to date: Associate editor of Herpetological Journal.

• Building leadership capacity for conservation. Wildlife Conservation Society & Conservation Leadership Programme. Centro Tierra Cierra Gorda, Jalpan de Serra, Quéretaro. México. December 2017.

• Species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy context. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. October 2017.

• Conservation biology: Opportunities and challenges for genetics conservation. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile. October 2017.

• Animal social structures: an introduction to social network analysis. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. March 2017.

• Social Network Analysis,  Max-Planck Institute for Ornithologie, Möggingen, Germany. January 2017.

• Complex systems modeling. Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad, Santiago Chile. September – November 2016.

• Biological adaptation: Theoretical and practical approaches. Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia Chile. November 2014.

• Experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Xochimilco, México. January - March 2012.

• Topics in quantitative ecology - Generalized linear models and dynamics of structured populations. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. March 2012.

• Neotropical Herpetology. Organization for Tropical Studies, La Selva, Costa Rica. May 2008. 

• Tropical ecology and conservation (08-2) Organization for Tropical Studies, Universidad de Costa Rica. Costa Rica. January - February 2008.

Collective Conduct Laboratory, Max Planck Institute of Ornitology. During this internship I explored the use of statistical and graphic packages for the analysis of social networks in animals. Möeggingen, Konstanz, Germany. January - February 2017.

Sensory and cognitive ecology lab. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Stanley Rand Fellowship to carry out the project “Does the sound moving water signal appropriate calling and oviposition sites to leaf breeding anurans?” Under the guidance of Rachel Page, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, June - August 2010.

Environmental Management Lab, CIAD A.C. Research Fellowship of the Mexican Academy of Sciences to develop the project "Analysis of the distribution of amphibians in Sinaloa". Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to determine the distribution of species. Under the mentorship of César A. Berlanga Robles. August 2005 - May 2006.

Reproduction Biology Lab. Faculty of Sciences, UNAM. Research Fellowship of the Mexican Academy of Sciences to develop the research: "Retention of sperm in the viviparous lizard Scelopuros mucronatus (Reptilia: Phrynosomatidae)" Histological procedures in reproductive organs. Under the supervision of Maricela Villagrán Santa Cruz. June - August 2004.