Current position
2020 - current Postdoctoral researcher (Juan de La Cierva-Formación fellow) in Brent Emerson´s Lab at
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Academic and professional trajectory
2018 - 2020 Postdoctoral researcher in Anna Papadopoulou's Lab at University of Cyprus (UCY), funded by the
"Island Biodiversity Genomics (iBioGen)" project, an European Union's Horizon 2020 project
2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral researcher - Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain
2013 - 2017 PhD in Evolutionary Biology - Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSIC), Spain
PhD Thesis title: "Understanding the processes of diversification along the speciation continuum in a recent
evolutionary radiation of grasshopper" {pdf}. Co-supervised by Joaquín Ortego and Pedro J. Cordero
[PhD Thesis featured on Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, in French] {pdf}
2011 - 2013 Master (MSc) in Ecology - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Master Thesis title: "Winter habitat selection and partitioning in two simpatric farmland small mammals:
Apodemus sylvaticus and Mus spretus". Published in La Terre et Vie – Revue d’écologie, 70: 70-82. {pdf}
2009 - 2011 Consultant biologist - Proyectos Medio Ambientales ( PROYMASA), Spain
2004 - 2009 Bachelor degree (BSc) in Biology - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Bachelor Thesis title: "Modeling the population dynamics of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in
Doñana: application to the harvesting strategies". Published in Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 13: 1-11. {pdf}
Research internships
2020 Post-doctoral training visit (3 weeks) in Alfried Vogler´s Lab
Natural History Museum (NHM), London, UK
2019 Post-doctoral training visit (3 weeks, more information here) in Alfried Vogler´s Lab
Natural History Museum (NHM), London, UK
2018 Post-doctoral training visit (6 weeks, more information here) in Brent Emerson's Lab
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC)
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
2016 Visiting research scholar (4 months) in Joaquín Ortego's Lab
Department of Integrative Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Sevilla, Spain
2015 Visiting research scholar (3 months) in Lacey Knowles's Lab
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2014 Visiting research scholar (3 months) in Lacey Knowles's Lab
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Teaching experience
2020 Teaching assistant in the "Theory and practice in metabarcoding for biodiversity" workshop (7-13 January, online),
organized by the iBioGen project funded under the Horizon 2020 Twinning scheme
2019 Teaching assistant in the "Analysis of metagenomic data for macroecology" workshop (2-8 October, Nicosia, Cyprus),
organized by the iBioGen project funded under the Horizon 2020 Twinning scheme
Research grant and awards
2019 Postdoctoral "Juan de La Cierva-formación" fellow. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
2018 Postdoctoral FCT contract. Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal - Awarded and declined
2018 Postdoctoral "Juan de La Cierva-formación" fellow. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain -
Awarded and declined
2013 - 2016 FPI predoctoral fellowship. Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain
2020 - current Postdoctoral researcher (Juan de La Cierva-Formación fellow) in Brent Emerson´s Lab at
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Academic and professional trajectory
2018 - 2020 Postdoctoral researcher in Anna Papadopoulou's Lab at University of Cyprus (UCY), funded by the
"Island Biodiversity Genomics (iBioGen)" project, an European Union's Horizon 2020 project
2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral researcher - Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain
2013 - 2017 PhD in Evolutionary Biology - Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSIC), Spain
PhD Thesis title: "Understanding the processes of diversification along the speciation continuum in a recent
evolutionary radiation of grasshopper" {pdf}. Co-supervised by Joaquín Ortego and Pedro J. Cordero
[PhD Thesis featured on Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, in French] {pdf}
2011 - 2013 Master (MSc) in Ecology - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Master Thesis title: "Winter habitat selection and partitioning in two simpatric farmland small mammals:
Apodemus sylvaticus and Mus spretus". Published in La Terre et Vie – Revue d’écologie, 70: 70-82. {pdf}
2009 - 2011 Consultant biologist - Proyectos Medio Ambientales ( PROYMASA), Spain
2004 - 2009 Bachelor degree (BSc) in Biology - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Bachelor Thesis title: "Modeling the population dynamics of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in
Doñana: application to the harvesting strategies". Published in Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 13: 1-11. {pdf}
Research internships
2020 Post-doctoral training visit (3 weeks) in Alfried Vogler´s Lab
Natural History Museum (NHM), London, UK
2019 Post-doctoral training visit (3 weeks, more information here) in Alfried Vogler´s Lab
Natural History Museum (NHM), London, UK
2018 Post-doctoral training visit (6 weeks, more information here) in Brent Emerson's Lab
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC)
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
2016 Visiting research scholar (4 months) in Joaquín Ortego's Lab
Department of Integrative Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Sevilla, Spain
2015 Visiting research scholar (3 months) in Lacey Knowles's Lab
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2014 Visiting research scholar (3 months) in Lacey Knowles's Lab
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Teaching experience
2020 Teaching assistant in the "Theory and practice in metabarcoding for biodiversity" workshop (7-13 January, online),
organized by the iBioGen project funded under the Horizon 2020 Twinning scheme
2019 Teaching assistant in the "Analysis of metagenomic data for macroecology" workshop (2-8 October, Nicosia, Cyprus),
organized by the iBioGen project funded under the Horizon 2020 Twinning scheme
Research grant and awards
2019 Postdoctoral "Juan de La Cierva-formación" fellow. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
2018 Postdoctoral FCT contract. Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal - Awarded and declined
2018 Postdoctoral "Juan de La Cierva-formación" fellow. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain -
Awarded and declined
2013 - 2016 FPI predoctoral fellowship. Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain
