I am a conservation biologist and criminal law attorney dedicated to the conservation of threatened species, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and protected areas management. My research is focused in the behavioral ecology, population ecology and conservation of carnivores, particularly the biology and ecology of wild felids, such as the jaguar, margay and northern tiger cat.
Since 2015 I’ve been working in jaguar and other felid species conservation in Venezuela, at Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, first as an undergrad student, and later as an associated professional. Also, from 2019 to 2021 I was Research Coordinator at Instituto Nacional de Parques, where I implemented a group of activities for managing Protected Areas, setting the field for inter-institutional collaborations with universities and NGOs. Nowadays, I’m working as a Research Technician at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on human-wildlife conflict mitigation, focusing my research in chemical communication and ways to use it as a deterrent.