CV
Details of my professional career
Sep. 2023 - ongoing
MSCA postdoc researcher
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF) at the University of Turku (Finland). Research supervisors: Toni Laaksonen and Antoine Stier. Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01. Proposal number: 101063149. Proposal acronym: MATHORMAL
July. 2022 - Aug. 2023
Postdoc researcher
Postdoctoral position at the Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC, CSIC - UCLM). Research supervisor: Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez. Postdoctoral researcher contract for scientific excellence under the Plan Propio de I+D+i of the UCLM, co-funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+).
Oct. 2021 - April 2022
Teaching assistant
Teaching assistant (Department of Zoology) at the University of Granada, Spain. Teaching ethology and zoology (BSc of Biology).
Sep. 2019 - Oct. 2021
Postdoc researcher
Juan de la Cierva - Formación postdoc researcher at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC), Jaca, Spain. Research supervisor: Dr. Jesús Martínez Padilla. Ref: FJCI-2017-34109. Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).
May 2018 - Sep. 2019
Postdoc researcher
Scientific research staff (PCI postdoctoral researcher) at University of Extremadura (UEx), Badajoz, Spain. PI: Dr. Alfonso Marzal Reynolds. Research project: Determinación de factores promotores de invasiones biológicas en aves y reptiles de Extremadura. Ref: IB16121. Funded by Plan Regional De I+D De La Junta De Extremadura.
April 2018 – May 2018
Field assistant
Field assistant at National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. Research supervisor: Dr. Luisa Amo. Research project: Papel del olfato en las relaciones de las aves con su entorno. Ref: CGL2014-58890-P. Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).
February 2017 – July 2017
Field assistant
Field assistant at National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. Research supervisor: Dr. Diego Gil. Research project: Respuesta de las aves al ruido de los aeropuertos: costes y mecanismos comportamentales y fisiológicos. Ref: CGL2014-55577-R. Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).
May 2014 – Sep. 2014
Field assistant
Field assistant at National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. Research supervisor: Dr. Diego Gil. Research project: Telomeres as markers of life history in birds. Ref: CGL2011-26318. Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).
October 2009 - Jan. 2016
PhD student
PhD in Evolutionary Biology. Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) / National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC). Madrid, Spain. PhD entitled ‘Yolk androgens as modulators of life history trade-offs in the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor)'. Qualification: Cum Laude (equivalent to distinction). Research supervisors: Dr. Diego Gil (MNCN-CSIC) and Dr. Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez (IREC, UCLM).
o My training as PhD student was benefited by two research stays at the University of St. Andrews. Research supervisor: Prof. Jeff Graves [Sep. 2010 – Nov. 2010 and Sep. 2011 – Nov. 2011].
Sep. 2008 - Sep. 2009
Master's degree
Master’s degree in Conservation Biology. Complutense University of Madrid, Department of Zoology and Physical Antropology, Spain. Project entitled ‘Utility of blood parameters as indicators of health in wild bird populations’. Research supervisor: Prof. Javier Pérez-Tris.
February 2008 - July 2008
Field assistant
Field Assistant at the University of Córdoba (UCO), Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Spain. Research supervisor: Prof. Don Juan Fernández Haeger. Research project: ‘Compensatory measures of Breña’s dam II: Study on the reproductive success of insectivorous birds in artificial nests located in pine plantations’. Funded by Aquavir and the private company Ingeniería de Protección Ambiental (IPA).
October 2006 - July 2008
Degree dissertation
Degree Dissertation in Avian Parasitology. The Complutense University of Madrid, Department of Zoology and Physical Antropology, Spain. ‘Costs associated to multiple infections of avian malaria parasites: implications in the evolution of host-parasite relationships’. Qualification: highest rate. Research supervisor: Prof. Javier Pérez-Tris.
Sep. 2000 - Sep. 2006
Licentiate degree
Degree of Licentiate in Biology. University of Córdoba (UCO), Spain [2000-2004]. Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Specialty Zoology, Spain [2004-2006].
o Collaboration in the study of brood parasitism by the spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) in the Sierra de Andújar (Jaen). Research supervisors: Prof. Luis Arias de Reina and Prof. Pilar Recuerda [2003-2004].
o Collaboration in cataloging the entomological collection of Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) that is located at the Teaching Unit of Entomology at the School of Biology (UCM). Supervisor: Prof. Dolores González Mora [2005-2006].