CV

Education

  • PhD in Forest sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland. 2023–2026
  • MSc in European forestry, University of Eastern Finland, Finland. 2020–2022
  • Forestry engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín. 2010–2017

Positions

  • Doctoral researcher in the Biomass Production Research Group. School of Forest Sciences. University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Joensuu, Finland.

Previous position

  • 2026 Associate Editor. Journal ECOSISTEMAS. Ecological Asociation of Terrestrial Ecology – AEET.
  • 26/07/2025 – 20/11/2025. Visiting researcher. Research visit to the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in the lab of Christian Messier. Montreal, Canada.
  • 01/11/2023 – 30/11/2023. Visiting researcher. Research visit to the Adaptive Management and Forest Dynamics research group (Adaptafor). Lleida, Spain.
  • 06/2021 – 07/2021. Intern. LAB of forest planning and landscape analysis, University of Lleida. Lleida, Spain.

Data science and spatial analysis skills

  • Expertise in R for data management and visualization using complex spatial databases.
  • Expertise in ArcGIS and QGIS for geographic data analysis and visualization.
  • Experience with version control, branching, and collaboration using Git and GitHub, especially within the R environment.
  • Basics of Linux, basics of bash scripting. Actively learning more in the context of geostatistics.

Languages

Spanish, English, Catalan

Awards and grants

  • 2025: Liisa and Inkeri Hiltunen Foundation for doctoral research
  • 2025: Saastamoinen foundation grant through the University of Eastern Finland for research periods abroad
  • 2025: Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL) grant to attend the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET meeting
  • 2025: OIKOS Finland travel grant to attend the Oikos Finland 2025 conference
  • 2023: Finnish cultural foundation. North Karelia regional fund
  • 2020-2022 Erasmus mundus + International master’s degrees.