The Young Scientist Program
August2015
Together with Cassie Vernier, we were elected the new coordinator for the Ecology and Evolution teaching team.

Conservación por la Vida Amazónica was born
May 2015
Together with a great group of friends and professionals we founded our non-profit organization "Conservación por la Vida Amazónica" based on Iquitos - Perú.

Qualification Exams
April 2015
I passed my qualification exam!

Network for Neotropical Biogeography (NNB4)
January 2015
There is not better way to start this new year that in the tropics!! Just got back to St. Louis after participating in the NNB in Panama. Great meeting.

Presentation at the Plant & Microbial Retreat
October 2014
First presentation about our preliminary results about rarity in temperate forest using the Ozark data.

End of field season
August 2014
Thank you very much Chris, Laura, Justin and Eduardo for all the help!

William H. Danforth Plant
Sciences Fellowship

I received a William H. Danforth Plant Sciences Fellowship
June 2014
This fellowship will support my doctoral studies for four years.

First field season
May 2014
With the help of Chris Catano, I just started my first field season for my doctoral research. Most of the sampling will be done at the Tyson research Center.

Missouri Botanical Garden Symposium
October 2013
Together with Iván Jimenéz and Felipe Zapata, we presented a poster related to our species delimitation work.

I started the Ph.D. program
August 2013
I just started the Ph.D. program at the Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology at Washington University in St. Louis