2014 - Ph.D., Conservation Medicine (Summa Cum Laude), Universidad Andres Bello, Chile (Ecology and Biogeography of Bat-borne Rabies)
2012 - M.Sc., Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
2011 - M.Sc., Wildlife Management, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala (Community Ecology of Fleas)
2009 - D.V.M., Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala (Avian Influenza and New Castle Virus in Wild Birds)
About me
I'm particularly interested in disease ecology, biogeography, invasion biology, spatial ecology, and ecosystem health.
Research
My research focuses on the distribution of biodiversity in space and time from ecological and biogeographic perspectives, including anthropogenic drivers, biotic interactions, and climate change. I use biogeography and macroecology for the understanding of the distribution of biodiversity, including parasites, under diverse global change conditions.
Current Projects
I'm currently involved in projects focused on assessing biodiversity distributions accounting by the complexities of host-parasite interactions. My active projects include drivers of virus diversification among hosts and geograhies, evolutionary signals of viral transmission from wildlife to livestock and humans, genetic structure of hosts and likely paths of disease spread, and spatiotemporal explicit ecological niche modeling.
My Network
I collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines and institutions. I'm always interested in new collaborations. I have lived in different countries, including Guatemala, Chile, the United States, Mexico, China, and Barcelona, and have conducted field expeditions for specimen collection across diverse landscapes in the United States, Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, and Senegal.
