University teaching 

Total number of hours teaching at the university: 1303 hours

Total number of taught subjects: 13 subjetcs

SCHOOL OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

• HOURS: 590
• YEARS: 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024
• SUBJECTS: General Paleontology, Applied Paleontology, Geology applied to Biology, Paleontological Prospection and Excavation, Vertebrate Evolution, End of Degree theses, Master theses
• DEGREES: BSc Geology, BSc Biology, Master in Advanced Paleontology

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

• HOURS: 683
• YEARS: 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021-2022
• SUBJECTS: Natural Sciences, Didactics of Natural Sciences, Foundations and Didactics of Geology, Foundations and Didactics of Nutrition, Master theses
• DEGREES: BSc Kindergarten Teacher, BSc Elementary School Teacher, BSc Pegagogy, Master in Training of Secondary Education Teachers

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MADRID

• HOURS: 30
• YEAR: 2013/2014
• SUBJECT: EAS-102 Earth's Environment Laboratory
• DEGREE: BScEnvironmental Sciences and others

 

Postdoctoral researcher mentorship

Supervisor of Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellowship of David M. Martín Perea. Geological and taphonomical research of Quaternary fossil sites. INSTITUTIONS: Complutense University of Madrid and Catalonian Institut of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES). FUNDING ENTITY: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. DURATION: 01/01/2023-31/12/2024

 

Doctoral thesis supervision

Supervisor of the doctoral thesis of Marcos Pizarro Monzó. TITLE: Taphonomy and biogeochemistry of modern skeletal assemblages from Doñana National Park: implications and applications in Paleobiology. INSTITUTION: School of Geological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. Co-SUPERVISOR: Laura Domingo (UCM). DATE: 2024-2028.

Supervisor of the doctoral thesis of David M. Martín Perea. TITLE: Taphonomy of the paleontological fossil sites of Batallones-3 and Batallones-10 (Late Vallesian, Madrid, Spain). INSTITUTION: National Museum of Natural Sciences - CSIC and School of Geological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid.  Co-SUPERVISOR: Jorge Morales (MNCN-CSIC). DATE: 17 December 2021 (Sobresaliente Cum Laude).

 

Master theses supervision 

Supervisor of the master thesis of Rubén Juidíaz de Madariaga. TITLE: Application of the ML AEO method in the revision of the biochronological ordination of Neogene and Quaternary micromammals in Spain. MASTER PROGRAM: Advanced Paleontology. INSTITUTION: School of Geological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: September 2024.

Supervisor of the master thesis of Daniela Jordán Rodríguez. TITLE: Use of conceptual maps in the teaching of Biology in Secondary Education: the case of the teaching of sexually transmited diseases and assited reproduction techniques. MASTER PROGRAM: Training of Secondary Education Teachers. INSTITUTION: School of Education of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: June 2021. 

Supervisor of the master thesis of César Sánchez Cedeña. TITLE: Methodological investigation about the teaching of the Sun-Earth system and the season cycle.MASTER PROGRAM: Training of Secondary Education Teachers. INSTITUTION: School of Education of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: June 2021. 

Supervisor of the master thesis of Pedro Mustieles del Ser. TITLE: Hygiene habits to cope with microbially-transmitted diseases during the COVID-19 heath crisis. MASTER PROGRAM: Training of Secondary Education Teachers. INSTITUTION: School of Education of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: June 2020. 

Supervisor of the master thesis of Mónica Caro Ramírez. TITLE: Benefits of scoring based on the multiple intelligences framework: application in a Biology course of the first course of Baccalaureate. MASTER PROGRAM: Training of Secondary Education Teachers. INSTITUTION: School of Education of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: June 2020. 

Supervisor of the master thesis of María Majadas Matesanz. TITLE: Student motivation on Botany study through the use of innovative didactic methods (first year of Evening Baccalaureate). MASTER PROGRAM: Training of Secondary Education Teachers. INSTITUTION: School of Education of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: September 2019. 

Supervisor of the master thesis of Noelia Sánchez Fontela. TITLE: Mesowear analysis of the ruminant species of the Middle Miocene from Somosaguas (Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid Basin, Central Iberian Peninsula). MASTER PROGRAM: Advanced Paleontology.INSTITUTION: School of Geological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: June 2019.

Supervisor of the master thesis of Jesica Denise Hopson. TITLE: Climate seasonality and dietary inferences by means of stable isotope analyses on Hipparion teeth of the late Miocene from Batallones-10 (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid Basin, Central Iberian Peninsula). MASTER PROGRAM: Advanced Paleontology.INSTITUTION: School of Geological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: October 2017.

Supervisor of the master thesis of David M. Martín Perea. TITLE: New taphonomic inferences on the Middle Miocene vertebrate site of Somosaguas (Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid). MASTER PROGRAM: Advanced Paleontology. INSTITUTION: School of Geological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. DATE: July 2015.

 

Teaching courses received

2013. Postdoctoral Short-Course on College Teaching in Science and Engineering (Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan).Winter semester. Main responsibilities: preparation of two classes with implementation of active learning assessments. Evaluated by professional instructors and researchers on education from the CRLT.

 

Other supervising-teaching activities

2012-2013. Training of a University of Michigan student on the sampling and pretreatment procedures of mammalian tooth enamel for stable isotope analyses. Fall and winter semesters.

2006-2011. Excavation instructor in Cerro de los Batallones fossil sites (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain). 1 month every year. Main responsibilities: teach college students the Geology and Biology of the area, excavation techniques, compilation of important paleontological and sedimentological data.