Current Affiliation:
2008- Postdoctoral Researcher: University of California, Berkeley (Advisor Dr. Neil Tsutsui)
Education:
2002-2008 Ph.D. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (Advisor Dr. Naomi Pierce)
1996-2001 B.Sc. in Biology: Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia.
Additional Technical Training:
2011 Comparative Genomics Workshop, Czech Republic
2009 Neural Systems & Behavior, Woods Hole, MA
2007 Computational Phyloinformatics NESCent (Duke University), Durham, NC.
2006 Waters GC-MS training course, Beverly, MA.
2004 Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Woods Hole, MA.
2004 Applied Phylogenetics Workshop, UC Davis, Bodega Bay, CA.
2003 The Bee Course, Portal, AR.
Grants & Awards:
2011-2013 Moore Foundation.
2009 Lola Ellis Roberston & Surdna Foundation Scholarship, MBL.
2006-2008 Dissertation Improvement Grant, NSF (DEB-0608409).
2007 Green Fund Student Research Award, Harvard University
2007 Goelet Summer Research Award, Harvard University.
2006 Harvard research program to support undergraduate research
2006 Goelet Summer Research Award, Harvard University.
2005 Fondo Colombia Biodiversa, FAAE, Colombia.
2005 Teaching Excellence Distinction, Derek Bok Center, Harvard Univ.
2005 Putnam Expedition Grant, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
2004 Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Research grant.
2004 Society of Systematic Biologists Award for Graduate Student Research
2003 Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Research grant.
2002-2008 OEB Student Research Grant, Harvard University.
Talks & Invited Seminars:
2012 Invited seminar, University of Missouri St. Louis, MO.
2012 Invited seminar, University of California Santa Cruz, CA.
2012 Invited seminar. Student Invited Speaker (Biology Colloquium), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
2011 Contributed poster. Honey bee Genomics & Biology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
2011 Contributed talk. Evolution meetings, Norman, OK.
2010 Contributed talk. Evolution meetings, Portland, OR.
2010 Invited seminar. Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
2009 Invited seminar. George Washington University, Washington, DC.
2009 Invited seminar. Symposium on the Evolution of Cooperation & Trading, Harvard University.
2009 Invited seminar. Heinrich-Heine-Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2008 Contributed talk. Evolution meetings, Minneapolis, MN.
2007 Invited speaker. University College London. London, UK.
2007 Invited speaker. Orchid evolutionary biology and conservation RBG Kew, UK.
2006 Invited speaker. International Union for Study of Social Insects Washington, DC
2006 Contributed talk. Evolution meetings, Stony Brook, NY.
2005 Invited speaker. Universidad del Quindio, Armenia, Colombia.
2005 Invited speaker. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2002 Poster presentation. Latin American Botany Congress, Cartagena, Colombia.
2000 Contributed talk. International Union for Study of Social Insects, Arkansas.
Teaching Experience:
2008-2010 Guest lecturer in Insect Behavior, University of California, Berkeley.
2008 Teaching fellow, Borneo Field Biology Course, Harvard University.
2008 Honor’s thesis adviser of Carlos Hernandez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
2007 Teaching fellow, Comparative Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Harvard.
2006-2007 Honor’s thesis co-adviser of Mikiko K Fujiwara, Harvard College.
2005 Undergrad summer research co-adviser of Jennifer Davis, Harvard College.
2005 Honor’s thesis co-adviser of Jorge H Bermudez, Univ. Quindio, Colombia.
2004 Honor’s thesis co-adviser of Maria M Lopez, Univ. Andes, Colombia.
2004 Head Teaching Fellow, Animal Behavior, Harvard University.
2003 Teaching fellow, Integrative Biology of Organisms, Harvard University.
1998 Teaching fellow, Integrative Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
1997 Teaching fellow, Botany, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
Last updated 2/22/12