Education
Aug 2016 - Jan 2021. PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Montana State University - USA
Feb 2006 - Dec 2010. BSc in Human Biology (major: Epidemiology) [Licenciatura en Biología Humana]. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
Current Positions
Since Dec 2019. Assistant Professor. Department of Quantitative Methods, School of Medicine. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
Since Jun 2020. Fellow of the National Research System - National Agency for Research and Innovation (Uruguay)
Since Jun 2021. Faculty member of the PEDECIBA (Program for Development of Basic Sciences - Uruguay ). Universidad de la República | Ministry of Education and Culture.
Since 2022. Statistics consultant. Evaluation Unit - National Fund for Highly Specialized Medicine [Fondo Nacional de Recursos], Uruguay.
Past Positions
2020 - 2022. Research Associate. Department of Biodiversity and Genetics. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable - Uruguay.
2022. Statistician (COVID-19 Surveillance). Department of Public Health Surveillance. Ministry of Public Health - Uruguay
2019 - 2020. Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Montana State University - USA
2018 - 2020. Graduate Research Assistant. Plowright Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Montana State University - USA
2016 - 2018. Fulbright Scholar. Plowright Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Montana State University - USA
2018 - 2019. Adjunct Professor. Department of Quantitative Methods, School of Medicine. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
2012 - 2018. Lecturer. Department of Quantitative Methods, School of Medicine. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
2014 - 2016. GIS Specialist. Spatial Analysis Unit, Department of Geography. Ministry of Social Development [Ministerio de Desarrollo Social] - Uruguay
2013 - 2016. Biologist. LKSur Ingeniería. Uruguay
2004 - 2016. Honorary Fellow. National Museum of Natural History - Uruguay
2012 - 2013. Teaching Assistant. Department of Geography, Sciences College. Universidad de la República - Uruguay.
2009 - 2012. Teaching Assistant. Multidisciplinary Unit. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
2009 - 2011. Undergraduate Research Assistant. Department of Preemptive and Social Medicine , School of Medicine. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
2008. Undergraduate Research Assistant. Laboratorios Santa Elena S.A. [now: Virbac Uruguay]
2007. Undergraduate Research Assistant. Department of Pathology, Veterinary College. Universidad de la República - Uruguay
Scholarships, Honors, and Memberships
Since 2020. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Since 2018. Member of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
Since 2017. Member of the Argentinian Society for Mammal Research [SAREM - Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos]
Since 2013. Member of the Bat Specialist Group (BSG-SSC-IUCN)
Since 2005. Founding member of the Program for Conservation of Bats from Uruguay
2017. Latin American Student Field Research Award. American Society of Mammalogists
2017. Student Research Scholarship for Global Bat Conservation Priorities. Bat Conservation International
2017. Scholarship to attend the Summer Institutes in Biostatistics. University of Washington - USA
2016. Scholarship to attend the Argentinian School in Mathematical Biology. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Argentina
2015. Fulbright Doctoral Scholarship. Fulbright Committee Uruguay | National Agency of Research and Innovation [ANII]
2015. Graduate Research Fellowship. Scientific Research Committee, Universidad de la República - Uruguay
2014. Scholarship to attend the Summer Institutes in Mathematical Biology. South American Centre for Fundamental Research - Brazil
2013. Student Research Scholarship. Bat Conservation International | Latin American and Caribbean Network for Bat Conservation
2012. Scholarship to visit the Amazonian Center for Research and Control of Tropical Diseases [SA-CAICET - Venezuela]. Scientific Research Committee, Universidad de la República - Uruguay
2012. Scholarship for the course: Infectious Disease Modeling [Institut Pasteur Paris]. International Network of Pasteur Institutes.
2008. Honorary Mention. Annual Award for Scientific Research. National Academy of Veterinary - Uruguay.