Valle del Cocora, Andes, Colombia

Teaching

2020. Teaching assistant of two computer labs of the Bioinformatics course (3MR103) (13 students), Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden. Organisers: Erik Axelsson and Simon Forsberg.
2020. Instructor of one lecture and computer lab of the Comparative Genomics for Biomedicine (3MR100) (13 students). Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Organisers: Andreas Wallberg and Jennifer Meadows.
2020. Instructor at the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics (60 students). Český Krumlov, Czech Republic, 19 January – 1 February. 
​Organised and co-directed by:
Walter Salzburger, University of Basel, Switzerland
Michael Matschiner, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Jan Stefka, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Scott Handley, Washington University, US
Emiliano Trucchi, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Julia M.I. Barth, University of Basel, Switzerland
Britta S. Meyer, Max Planck Insitute for Evoultionary Biology, Plön, Germany
Milan Malinsky, University of Basel, Switzerland
2019. Instructor of a one-day session (lecture and computer lab) on Population Genomics and R, as part of the Evolutionary Genomics Training on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia (26 students). Cartagena, Colombia, 14-20 November. 
Organizer: Andrew J. Crawford, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. 
​Twitter: #EGT3C_2019
2012-2014, 2016. Teaching assistant, Molecular Ecology BIOL 3042, Fall term (~30 students).  Dalhousie University. Halifax, Canada.
2012. Teaching assistant, Introductory Biology BIOL 1011 Winter term (26 students). Dalhousie University. Halifax, Canada.
2011-2012. Marker, Spanish course, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
2005-2008. Teaching assistant, Practical Course in Molecular Biology (24 students). Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle. Cali, Colombia..

Outreach

Helping to bridge the gap between researchers and conservation managers
Two of the main reasons why genetic data is rarely included in biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning are a lack of understanding of its importance and applications, and the communication gap between academics and stakeholders. To help close this gap, I joined several working groups around the world (based in Canada, Europe, and USA) that aim to make conservation genetics more accessible to managers.
​https://geobon.org/ebvs/working-groups/genetic-composition/
​https://sites.google.com/fmach.it/g-bike-genetics-eu/home
Developing computing skills of the next generation of conservation managers in Latin America
The Foundation Ecodiversa Tropical is a Colombian NGO that promotes biodiversity protection, training, and leadership among early career conservation biologist and managers in Colombia and Latin-America. My role is to contribute to the design and delivery of training modules on computer programming and data analysis for undergraduate and graduate students. The modules are lead by Dr. Melissa Guzman and Dr. Juan Zuloaga. 
Empowering local communities to lead their own initiatives of conservation
Luz Marina Mejía Ladino, from INVEMAR, and I designed and delivered a series of workshops focused on improving proposal writing skills of a group of community leaders from Bahía Málaga, a National Natural Park created in 2010 on the Colombia Pacific coast. With these skill, local communities could apply for funding and lead their own initiatives focused on the protection of the Park. This training was part of the 2008-2010 Research Project "EVVOM" (Early life stages of marine organism in Bahia Malagas), lead by professor Jaime Cantera Kintz, Ecomanglares research group, Universidad de Valle, Colombia, and finantially supported by the Governmental agency COLCIENCIAS.

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