I am an ecologist broadly interested in mitigating the impacts of global change on ecosystem functions and services. My research project (SOFT; Steering Organic Farming Transition), supported by the MSCA program, is focused on understanding the role of soil networks involving microbial communities for biogeochemical processes related to the functioning of agroecosystems. I am also particularly interested in steering the transition from conventional to organic agriculture using soil inoculants. Thus, I seek to apply ecological knowledge to the development of nature-based tools that can help to improve sustainable agriculture, including developing transferable protocols that may help to give life back to infertile soils, and regenerate healthy soils for healthy ecosystems and healthy people.
Project: Steering organic farming transition. MSCA program
Advisor: Wim van der Putten, Ciska Veen, Raul Ochoa Hueso
Education:
2015 PhD in Ecology. Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Thesis title: Effects of global change on the trophic structure of wetlands through the use of stable isotopes. Grant awarded: JAE-CSIC. The Spanish National Research Council. Spain
Advisor: Salvador Sánchez Carrillo
2008 MSc in Ecology. Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON). México
Thesis Title: Trophic networks in mangroves and estuaries and the effects of environmental degradation.
Grant awarded: CONACYT (National Council of Science and Technology; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología). México
2002 BSc in Ecology. Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora (CESUES), México
