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