AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS & FELLOWSHIPS

In 2019 I have been awarded with: a) the National Conservation Award César Gómez Campo, awarded by SEBICOP (Spanish Society of Plant Conservation Biology) to the ´best work of the 2017-2018 biennium´ and b) Postdoctoral Fellow Award For Exceptional Achievement, by the Vice-Rector of Stellenbosch University.

I have a particular interest in cutting-edge analytical methods and I use state of the art bio/phylogeographic reconstruction approaches. For this, I have developed innovative biogeographic and population-level approaches, which have resulted in two awards.

I have a passion for scientific outreach and I am highly committed with teaching. I have written dozens of articles in magazines and blogs, for which I have received two awards.

Find below a selected list of my awards, distinctions and fellowships.

AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS & FELLOWSHIPS

2019

Postdoctoral Fellow Award for Exceptional Achievement. Awarded by the Vice-Rector of Stellenbosch University.

2019

National Conservation Award César Gómez Campo, awarded by SEBICOP (Spanish Society of Plant Conservation Biology) for the ¨best work of the 2017-2018 biennium¨.

2019

Running-up Presentation Award at the Stellenbosch Research day for the talk: Preventing the Zombie Apocalype in Sub-Antarctic island systems

2019

Travel Grant DRD (Division for Research Development), awarded by Stellenbosch University.

2019

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Department of Botany and Zoology of Stellenbosch University

2018

Travel Award to attend the 9th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeographic Society in January 2019.

2018

Expert Evaluator of the Spanish Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigación; EVALUA).

2018

Postdoctoral fellow for the AFBA (“A Functional Biogeography of the Antarctic”) international research program, project part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).

2017

Postdoctoral position in forest genetics, population biology, and ecology offered at the Institute of Forest Research at the University of Quebec (Rejected by 2017 position).

2010 – 2015

Doctoral scholarship FPI (Formación del Personal Investigador). Full-time.

27 Sep. 2013

Best student talk award runner up, awarded for a very significant contribution in the field of Biological Systematics. II Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics, CISA.

17/10/2011

Winner V Scientific Marathon CSIC- Real Jardín Botánico.

2010, 2013

Communication Awards: Best Environment blog 2010, and nomination for Best Science Blog 2013 for “El Ojo de Darwin” (The Eye of Darwin) in “Awards 20 Blogs”, granted by the newspaper 20 minutos.