Education
2018: Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) at Universität Leipzig, Germany. Advisor: Nico Eisenhauer
2014: Master of Biology at Université du Quebec à Montréal, Canada. Advisors: Tanya Handa & Christian Messier
2009: Bachelor of Environmental Biology at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia. Advisors: Valeria Pizarro & Ben Turner

Professional experience
2023- Postdoctoral researcher at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, EnriCo: Enrichment of European beech forest with conifers: impacts of functional traits on ecosystem functioning. Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Germany. Supervisor: Christian Ammer
2019-2022 Postdoctoral researcher at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, Germany. Host: Holger Kreft
2018-2019 Postdoctoral researcher with sDiv working group on “Towards understanding root trait variation and ecosystem functioning (sROOT)”. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany. Supervisors: Alexandra Weigelt & Liesje Mommer
2014-2017 Doctoral researcher at German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) & Universität Leipzig, Germany. Supervisor: Nico Eisenhauer
2013-2014 Doctoral researcher at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany. Supervisor: Nico Eisenhauer
2006-2010 Research intern with Ipeti Carbon Project, REDD+ and Avoided Deforestation Project; Understory Plant Distribution Project; Agua Salud Project; Traditional Agricultural Systems Project and Soil ecology. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama. Advisors: Catherine Potvin, Ignacia Holmes, Johanne Pelletier, Mirkka Jones, James E. Watkins, Jefferson S. Hall, Kathryn Kirby, Ben Turner.