Complete CV (pdf)

 

EDUCATION

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2010 PhD thesis obtained with distinction at the laboratory Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas – Spanish Council for Scientific Research (EEZA-CSIC), Almería. Spain (Dec 2007 - Oct 2010) under the direction of Prof. Francisco I Pugnaire, Dr. Cristina Armas and Dr. Zaal Kikvidze.

2007 Master of Sciences (MSc) - Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA). University of Almeria. Spain (Oct 2005 – Dec 2007)

2003 University degree in Biological Sciences (Sept 2003). University of León (Spain)

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PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Assistant professor, Ecology Area,  Dept. Biodiversity and Enviromental management. Faculty of Biological and Enviornmental Sciences. University of León. León (Spain)

 

Sept 2020-March 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CEBAS-CSIC), Murcia (Spain)

Mar 2020-Jul 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas - Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CEBAS-CSIC), Almería (Spain)

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Jan 2015-Feb 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CEBAS-CSIC), Murcia (Spain)

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Apr 2014-Dec 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre National d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CEFE-CNRS), Montpellier (France)

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Nov 2013 - Jan 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre de Recherche de Montpellier, Laboratoire d’étude des interactions Sol – Agrosystème - Hyd, Montpellier (France)

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Sept 2013 – Nov 2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR Fonctionnement et conduite des systèmes de culture tropicaux. Montpellier (France)

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Nov 2011-August 2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre National d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CEFE-CNRS), Montpellier (France)

2012 and 2013 Invited researcher (2 months) at the Institut pour la Recherche et le Developement (IRD-NAFRI), Laos. In collaboration with Dr. Alain Pierret 

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2012 and 2013 Invited researcher (2 months) at the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Costa Rica. In collaboration with Dr. Olivier Roupsard 

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2011-2013 Postdoctoral Researcher (2 years). Centre National d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive – (CNRS, UMR CEFE), Montpellier (France) under the guidance of Dr. Catherine Roumet. Research collaborations with Dr. Alexia Stokes (INRA), Dr. Alain Pierret (IRD) and Dr. Olivier Roupsard (CIRAD).

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2011 Research assistant. Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas – Spanish Council for Scientific Research (EEZA-CSIC) (March 2011 – Nov 2011).

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2010 Research assistant. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Nicaragua. (Oct 2010 – Dec 2010). Determination of functional traits related to drought resistance in dry Tropical and semi-arid agroforestry systems.