Incoming Assistant Professor in Conservation Biology, Swarthmore College (2022)
B.S. Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México (Advisor Oscar A. Flores-Villela)
M.S. Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México (Advisor Adrián Nieto Montes de Oca)
Ph.D. Biology, University of Washington, USA (Advisor Adam D. Leaché)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lingnan University and Museum Curator, Lingnan Natural History Collection Hong Kong (Advisor Jonathan J. Fong)
My research focuses on the ecology, evolution, and conservation of tropical frogs. I am interested in understanding what has driven diversification in frogs at the molecular, organismal, and ecological levels. I like to answer my research questions using a multidisciplinary approach. I combine fieldwork, molecular laboratory work, museum specimen measurements, and comparative phylogenetic approaches. My favorite part of my research is to get to know cool frogs and see them in the wild in their own environments!
I am a herpetologist who loves frogs, an evolutionary and...