Outline of academic career:

Undergraduate studies:

  • Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay (1995-1999).

PhD studies:

  • Departamento de Ecología, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile (2003-2006).

Postdoctoral training:

  • Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile (2006-2007).

Past positions:

  • Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay (2008-2021).
  • Researcher of the Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile (2008-2012).
  • Member of the Iberoamerican Network in Conservation Ecology (2010-2014).
  • Head of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay (2015-2019).

Current positions:

  • Associate Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay (since 2021).
  • Researcher of the Program for the Development of Basic Science, PEDECIBA, Uruguay (since 2006).
  • Member of the National System of Researchers, ANII, Uruguay (since 2009).
  • Assessor of the Australian Research Council (since 2015).
  • Head of the Laboratory of Physiological and Behavioural Ecology (since 2016).
  • Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley (2022-2023).

Honors and fellowships:

  • Master fellowship from PEDECIBA Uruguay (2001-2002).
  • Doctoral fellowship from P. Universidad Catolica de Chile (2003).
  • Doctoral fellowship from CONICYT Chile (2004-2006).
  • Posdoctoral fellowship from CONICYT Chile (2006-2007).
  • Ph.D. thesis award from the Chilean Academy of Science (2007).

Courses Taught:

  • "Physiological Ecology", PEDECIBA, Uruguay (2008) - with Dr. Francisco Bozinovic.
  • "Latinoamerican School of Evolution", PEDECIBA, Uruguay (2009 & 2019)
  • "Organism Ecology", PEDECIBA, Uruguay (2009-2010).
  • "Sexual Selection and Allocation", PEDECIBA, Uruguay (2010) - with Dr. Lukas Scharer.
  • "General Ecology", PEDECIBA, Uruguay (2011-2014) - with Dr. P. Incahusti.
  • "An Introduction to Organism Ecology", Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina (2012).
  • "Integrative Organismal Ecology", Universidad Mayor San Simón, Bolivia (2013).
  • "Biostatistics", Universidad de la República, Uruguay (starting at 2023)

Society memberships:

  • Sociedad de Ecología de Chile (since 2003).
  • American Society of Naturalists (since 2018)

Editorial service:

  • Editoral board of:
  1. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural -- Associate Editor (2009-2013)
  2. The Scientific World Journal -- Associate Editor (2011-2013)
  3. PLoS-ONE -- Academic Editor (since 2013)
  4. Biology Letters -- Board Member (since 2022)
  • Reviewer for more than 70 ISI journals, including:
  1. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London B xxxxxxxxxxxxx xBiology Letters
  2. Ecology Lettersxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxEcography
  3. Ecologyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxFunctional Ecology
  4. Biological Reviews xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xOikoslobal Ecology and Bioogeography
  5. BMC – EcologyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxEcology and Evolution
  6. Ecological Monographs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxJournal of Animal EcologyBehavioral
  7. Behavioral Ecology xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Freshwater Biology
  8. Journal of the Total EnvironmenttttxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxJournal of Experimental Biology
  9. Journal of BiogeographyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Integrative and Comparative Biology
  10. Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology
  11. Scientific ReportBehavioral EcologyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPlos-Onexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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  • International proposal:
  1. -- Sinergia Project 2018, Swiss National Science Fundation, Suiza (U$D 3.300.000).
    -- ERC Advanced Grant 2018, European Research Council (€ 2.500.000).