Awards & Fellowships

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (2025)
  Awarded by European Commission / Research Executive Agency

• Future Conservationist Award (2017)
  Awarded by the Conservation Leadership Programme
  Birdlife / Fauna & Flora International / Wildlife Conservation Society

• Veracruz State Forest Conservation Award (2017)
  Awarded by the Veracruz Government, Mexico
  *Awarded to Pronatura Veracruz A.C.

• Veracruz State Nature Conservation Award (2012)
  Awarded by the Veracruz Government, Mexico
  *Awarded to the Faculty of Biology - Universidad Veracruzana

Scholarships

• Postgraduate Scholarship, PhD (2019-2023)
  Deakin University, Australia

• Postgraduate Scholarship, MSc (2012-2014)
  Mexico’s Council for Science and Technology

• Science Internship Scholarship, Honours (2010)
  Universidad Veracruzana

Competitive funding - Conservation & Research

Throughout my academic and professional career, I’ve had the privilege of developing and implementing numerous conservation and research projects alongside outstanding conservationists, researchers, and local communities. Here are some of the projects I’m most proud of:

• Arctic Seed Ecology under Climate Change (2025-2027)
  Funded by the European Commission / Research Executive Agency
  Developed in collaboration with Sergey Rosbakh (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

• Climate Change and Regeneration: The Resilience of Alpine Vegetation (2020-2022)
  Funded by the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - Ecological Society of Australia
  Developed in collaboration with the eXtreme Plant Ecology Research Team (Deakin University, Australia)

• Protecting a unique cloud forest in Veracruz, Mexico (2019)
  Funded by the Rainforest Trust
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz

• Elaboration of How-to guides for sustainable productive alternatives in the Cofre de Perote National Park, Mexico (2019)
  Funded by the German development agency (GIZ)
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz

• Monitoring migratory birds in the highlands of Veracruz, Mexico (2019)
  Funded by a private donor
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz

• Community-Based Monitoring in the Cofre de Perote National Park, Mexico (2018)
  Funded by the Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Areas
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz & Cofre de Perote National Park Rangers

• Production of trees for agroforestry modules in the Cofre de Perote National Park, Mexico (2017-2018)
  Funded by the Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Areas
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz and El Llanillo-Redondo community (Veracruz, Mexico)

• Mushroom & Women - Productive modules in the Cofre de Perote National Park, Mexico (2017-2018)
  Funded by the Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Areas
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz, Instituto de Ecologia A.C. and Rancho Nuevo community (Veracruz, Mexico)

• Conservation of two endangered conifers in eastern Mexico (2017)
  Funded by the Conservation Leadership Programme
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz

• Ecological restoration in the Cofre de Perote National Park, Mexico (2015-2018)
  Funded by the Fondo Golfo de Mexico A.C.
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz and La Toma, Carabinas and Tonalaco communities (Veracruz, Mexico)

• Reforestation in Veracruz and Puebla States, Mexico (2014-2019)
  Funded by the Pronatura Mexico A.C. – Coca-Cola Foundation (Mexico)
  Developed in collaboration with Pronatura Veracruz

• Workshops for the consultation of the Pico de Orizaba National Park management program (2013)
  Funded by the Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Areas
  Developed in collaboration with Universidad Veracruzana, leaded by Dr. Hector Narave

• Workshops for the consultation of the Cofre de Perote National Park management program (2012)
  Funded by the Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Areas
  Developed in collaboration with Universidad Veracruzana, leaded by Dr. Hector Narave