Education
Ph. D. in Geology (2005-2009), Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC (Madrid, Spain) and Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Advisors: Dr. M. Teresa Alberdi, Dr. Beatriz Azanza and Dr. Jorge Morales
Dissertation Research: Taphonomical study of the Vallesian vertebrate locality of Batallones-1, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid (Late Miocene) (in Spanish)
Masters Degree in Geology (2004-2006): Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC (Madrid, Spain) and Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Advisors: Dr. M. Teresa Alberdi and Dr. Beatriz Azanza
Thesis: Biochronology of the Late Neogene of the Iberian Peninsula based on the large mammal fauna (in Spanish)
CAP in Education (2004-2005): Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude. In the present it corresponds to the Master in Teaching in High Schools and Foreign Languages Schools. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) (Similar degree to the British Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education, PGCE)
Intership at the High School Emperatriz María de Austria (Madrid, Spain).
Bachelors Degree in Geology (1999-2004), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain).
Academic honors
Ph.D Dissertation Award (2009), Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Awarded to the best research in a Ph.D. dissertation from every course.
Special Mention in the National Bachelors Degree Awards (2005), Ministry of Education, Spanish Government. Awarded to bachelors students with the best scores of the country.
Bachelors Degree Award (2004), Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Awarded to the five bachelors students with the best scores of each class (I was the second best-ranked student in the 1999-2004 Geological Sciences class).