Education
2011 - 2016 | PhD. Biotechnology (cum laude grade [with honours]). University of Valencia (PCUV), Valencia, Spain. |
2010 - 2011 | MSc. Molecular, Cell Biology and Genetics. University of Valencia (PCUV), Valencia, Spain. |
2006 - 2010 | Undergraduate on Genomic sciences. National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Mexico. |
Professional experience
08.2023 - | Senior scientist. Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CMESS), Universität Wien. Vienna, Austria. |
2020 - present | Marie Skłodowska-Curie IF LEECHSYMBIO postdoctoral researcher. Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CMESS), Universität Wien. Vienna, Austria. |
2016 - 2019 | Marie Curie COFUND AgreenSkills+ postdoctoral researcher. UMR 1062 Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE). Montpellier, France. |
2015 | Visiting scientist. Division of Microbial Ecology (DOME). Universität Wien. Vienna, Austria. (Jan 12-30; 18 days) |
2014 | Visiting scientist. Division of Microbial Ecology (DOME). Universität Wien. Vienna, Austria. (Apr 14-Jul 23; 3 months and 10 days) |
2011 - 2016 | Marie Curie ITN SYMBIOMICS PhD fellow. Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (ICBiBE). Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain. |
Teaching & Mentorship
2019 - 2023 | PhD. student supervisor (Jeff Rouïl). Co-evolutionary history of aphids and their endosymbiotic bacteria. (INRAE UMR1062 CBGP). Université Montpellier. Montpellier, France. (Oct 2019 -- Feb 2023) |
2019 - 2021 | Master student supervisor (Kevin Anderson). Alphaproteobacterial endosymbionts of Placobdella leeches. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario.(Sep 2019 -- Apr 2021) |
2018 | Master student supervisor (Marianne Annonier). Co-evolutionary history of aphids from the Cinara genus and their endosymbiotic bacteria. (INRAE UMR1062 CBGP). Université Montpellier. Montpellier, France. (Jan - Jun) |
2014 | Instructor (10.75h/28.25h). 4th Annual FISABIO summer school in biomedical research and public health: Basic course in bioinformatics for genome analysis. FISABIO. Valencia, Spain. |
2013 | Instructor (9.75h/30.75h). 3rd Annual FISABIO-CSISP summer school in biomedical research and public health: Basic computational skills for genomic analysis. CSISP/FISABIO. Valencia, Spain. |
Distinctions
2019 | National researcher level 1. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI), Mexico. |
2018 | Outstanding doctorate award: In the area of "Cellular and Molecular Biology". Universitat de València, Spain. |
Fellowships & Grants
2020 - 2022 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 LEECHSYMBIO (Grant agreement 840270; 186,167.04 EUR for salary+costs). European Commission, European Union. |
2016 - 2019 | Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship FP7-PEOPLE-2013-COFUND AgreenSkills+ (Grant agreement 609398; 40,311.74 EUR for mobility allowance). European Commission, European Union. |
2014-2016 | CONACyT PhD scholarship (Grant number 327211/381508; 27,103.33 EUR for living allowance). Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologĂa (CONACyT), Mexico. |
2011-2014 | Marie Curie PhD fellowship FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN SYMBIOMICS (Grant agreement 264774; 229,279.60 EUR for salary+costs). European Commission (EC), European Union. |
Travel awards & grants
2018 | Young investigator travel award (2,000 USD): Annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE2018). Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE). |
2017 | FEMS Congress grant for early career scientists (500 EUR): 7th FEMS Congress of European microbiologists (FEMS2017). Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS). |
SMBE Congress registration award (400 EUR): Annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2017 (SMBE2017). Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE). | |
MCAA Micro travel grant (450 USD): Gordon Research Conference on animal-microbe symbioses - host-microbe associations at the foundation of the biosphere. Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA). | |
2015 | Travel grant (216.98 EUR): EUCA summer school on host-microbe symbioses - old friends and foes. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian/Volkswagenstiftung. |
Travel bursary (2,000 USD): Gordon Research Conference on animal-microbe symbioses - identifying the common language of host-microbe associations. Gordon Research Conferences (GRC). | |
2014 | MCAA Micro travel grant (400 EUR): 15th International symposium on microbial ecology (ISME15). Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA). |