In the Neotropics we experience astonishing biodiversity but natural history, habitat use, and species distribution still represents unsolved questions for many taxa. I am primarily interested in behavioral ecology of data deficient and critically endangered species in Panama specially amphibians and reptiles. The integration of these areas and conservation biology are also important in orienting my research. To do so I have been collaborating with researchers in Panama, Germany, USA, UK, France.
Working experience
2021-at present: Coiba Scientific Station (Coiba AIP)
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2015-at present: National Researcher - Category I. SENACYT.
2015-2021: Adjunct Faculty INDICASAT-AIP
2013-2016: Postdoctoral visiting research fellow. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Under supervision of Rachel Page, Gamboa Research Station.
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2013: National consultant (PSA.NAT). Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations (FAO). Integrator/Editor, booklets on best agricultural practices for irrigation.
2011: Faculty staff for the Biodiversity in the Tropics study abroad program, based in Panama. SIT study abroad - a program of World Leaning.
2008-2009: Technical officer for CREHO (Ramsar Center for Training and Research in the Western Hemisphere).
2008: Consultant for the Wetlands inventory project in Panama. AVINA Foundation, ANAM, CREHO, RAMSAR.
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2007-2009: Research coordinator for the project: Importance of the vegetation and the water fluxes in the ecohydrological processes in the tropical mountain forest in Panama”. CATHALAC & the Institute for Tropical Silviculture at the University of Goettingen, Germany.
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2007-2008: Research director / Experimental stations coordinator, Directorate of R+D, Authority for the Aquatic Resources of Panama (ARAP).
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