In brief
I’m a marine ecologist by training. My passion relies on understanding and measuring the processes and mechanisms that influence and are influenced by ecosystem engineers. Over the years, this interest brought me closer to mariculture and my expertise in seaweed cultivation brought me to the Juneau College of Fisheries and Ocean Science at the
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
CICESE, Baja California, Mx. Marine Ecology, Ph. D. 2014-2017
New Mexico State U. NM, USA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, M.S. 2006-2008
National U. of Costa Rica, Heredia, CRI Marine and Freshwater Biology, BS 2000-2005
APPOINTMENTS
12/2021- present: Assistant Professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences,
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska.
O7/2020 - 12/2021: Research Assistant Professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences,
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska.
05/2018 - 06/2020: Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Connecticut, Connecticut.
01/2013 - 12/2014: Research Associate, FUNDEVI, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
01/2011 - 12/2013: Research Assistant, FUNDEVI, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
