Resume

• Education

  • December, 2014

    PhD Marine Biology

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla California

  • December, 2005

    MSc Management and Conservation of Natural Resources

    Centro de Investgaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico

  • December, 2000

    BS Marine Biology

    Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico

• Research Experience

  • December, 2014

    Historical Ecology in the North Coast of Quintana Roo 2014-present

    Present. Principal Investigator. Geographic locations: Chiquila and Isla Holbox. Institutions Involved: University of California San Diego, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University

  • September, 2009

    PhD Research on Coastal Ecosystem Services

    Sep 2014. Graduate Student. Geographic locations: mangrove forestas and coastal lagoons of Northwest Mexico and Marismas Nacionales wetlands. Institutions Involved: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Gulf of California Marine Program, The University of California Institute For Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS).

  • September, 2005

    Marine Mammal Acoustic Research

    to Sep 2008. Field Technician and Project Leader. Geographic locations: Gulf of California, California Coast, Palmyra Atoll. Institutions involved: Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S.

  • September, 2004

    Molecular Ecology Research for Marine Mammal Conservation

    To Dec 2006. Laboratory Technician and Project Leader. Geographic locations: Gulf of California and South Pacific. Institutions Involved: Marine Mammal Genetics Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service, Ocean Alliance, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S., Centro de Investgaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR).

  • June, 2000

    Caribbean Coral Reefs

    to Aug 2000. Research Intern. Geographic Location: Isla Contoy. Institutions Involved: Isla Contoy National Park, Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas

  • September, 1997

    Cetacean Ecology

    to Sep 2001. Field Technician and Research Intern. Geographic locations: Gulf of California, San Ignacio Lagoon and Ojo de Liebre Lagoon. Institutions Involved: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S.

• Work Experience

  • July, 2017

    Lecturer, Environmental policy and socioeconomic values

    The School for Field Studies, Turks and Caicos Islands, August-December 2017

  • September, 2015

    Post Doctoral Scholar 2015-2017

    Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN) unidad Merida

  • January, 2006

    Scientific field technician (marine mammal acoustics)

    Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla California

  • September, 2005

    Scientific molecular biology technician, Marine Mammal Genetics Laboratory

    Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service, La Jolla, California