CV (updated Dec 2022)

Academic Training

• 2017: PhD in Environmental Life Sciences, Arizona State University
• 2011: EUROPEAN DUAL MASTER IN APPLIED ECOLOGY
  • MSc, Environmental Management; Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel (Germany)
  • MSc, Biology, Ecology and Evolution; University of Poitiers (France)
• 2008: Bachelors of Science in Marine and Freshwater Biology, University of Texas at Austin, (USA)

Professional Experience

• Sustainable Seafood Project Manager, Sustainable Seafood Initiative, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (October 2021- present)
• Consultant / Technical Lead for the Illuminating Hidden Harvests Project, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, (March 2021 – present)
• Postdoctoral Associate, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA (Spring 2018 – October 2021) – Coasts and Commons Co-Laboratory website
• Consultant and Scientific Advisor, The Nature Conservancy-Mexico, Tempe, AZ, USA (Summer 2016 – Spring 2018)
• Graduate Research Associate, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA (Summer 2017 – Fall 2017)
• Consultant/Research Associate, Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C., Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico (Summer 2013 – Fall 2017)
• Coupled Infrastructure Systems Analyst, Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Summer 2015 & Summer 2016)

Teaching Positions

• Faculty Associate, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
  • Quantitative Methods in Conservation and Ecology (Instructor; Fall 2017)
• Co-Instructor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
  • Quantitative Methods in Conservation and Ecology (2014 – 2016)
• Online Course Development, FAO E-Learning Academy
  • Collecting secondary data on small-scale fisheries to measure the contributions and impacts to sustainable development – (2021 – present)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (2011-2016)
  • Developmental Biology (Lecture TA; Fall 2017)
  • Quantitative Methods in Conservation and Ecology (Co-Instructor and Lab TA; Spring 2014 – 2016)
  • Introduction to General Biology I Lab (Fall 2013)
  • Introduction to General Biology II Lab (Fall 2011 – 2012, Honors section)