Associate Lecturer

My research career has focused on the field of evolutionary biology, biogeography and ecophysiology of reptiles in the context of climate change and habitat fragmentation, with experience in national (MNCN-CSIC) and international centers such as James Cook University and Victoria Museum in Australia, and the Universidade de Évora, in Portugal. I am also interested in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, with experience in technical consulting in areas of ecological relevance and support to scientific projects, as well as in consulting on ecosocial alternatives. On the other hand, my interest in connecting science and society has led me to develop science outreach projects with a gender perspective, as well as citizen science projects and other educational innovation techniques such as service learning.

Teaching

Teaching is a fundamental part of my career, which I have had the opportunity to develop from various fields and academic levels with the aim of investigating approaches that allow students a more active position in their own learning process. Thus, I have been and am a teacher in the Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution of subjects such as Zoology, Analysis of Animal Biodiversity and Methods in Biology. On the other hand, I have deepened in didactic and pedagogical methodologies applied to science as a teacher of the UEM supervising masters' theses of the Master's Degree in Teacher Training, as well as teaching at CES Don Bosco (attached to the UCM) within the degrees of Primary Education and Early Childhood Education. Currently, I combine my dedication in this Department being a teacher of Secondary Education in public schools in the Community of Madrid.