Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
- 04/2015 – 2020: PhD Biology, University of St. Andrews (Scotland). Title: “Decadal-scale Changes in Cetacean Habitat Use in the North Atlantic”.
- 09/2011 – 09/2013: International Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC) at Gent University (Belgium), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris VI (France) and University of St Andrews (Scotland). Master thesis title: “Modelling Cetacean Habitat Use in European Atlantic Waters”
- 09/2012 – 09/2013: MSc and Technologies, Mention: Sciences of the Universe, Environment, Ecology, Specialty: Oceanography and Marine Environments. Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris VI (France).
- 2010: BSc Marine Biology, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Bogotá – Santa Marta (Colombia). Undergraduate thesis title: “Inter-annual Evaluation of the Abundance of Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and Environmental Associations in the Mount Desert Rock Area, Gulf of Maine.”
AWARDS,GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
- 2016 Workshop Grant as a team member to deliver a Distance Sampling workshop at the 17th RT and 11th SOLAMAC, Valparaiso, Chile. By Cetacean Society International.
- 2016 Sir Ken Murray Endowment Funds University of St. Andrews to attend QGIS training
- 2016 Award best talk, 1st year student, School of Biology Postgraduate Conference, University of St. Andrews.
- 2015-2019 PhD Scholarship Colciencias & Newton-Caldas Fund (Colombia/UK) for PhD studies at University of St. Andrews.
- 2014 Research grant as team member of Fundacion Macuaticos Colombia for the project: “Humpback Whales off Tribugá's Gulf, Colombian Pacific: Integrating Scientific Research and Community-Based Whale Watching to Maximize Conservation Efforts”.By Cetacean Society International.
- 2014 Research grant as team member of Fundacion Macuaticos Colombia for the project: “Humpback Whales off Tribugá's Gulf, Colombian Pacific: Integrating Scientific Research and Community-Based Whale Watching to Maximize Conservation Efforts”. By The Rufford Foundation.
- 2011-2013 Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for the Erasmus Mundus Master Program: EMBC- Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation.
- 2010 Meritorious honor award student poster presentation at The American Cetacean Society’s 12th International Conference, Monterrey, CA, 12-14 November 2010.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
