Battle within battle must be continually recurring with varying success. – Charles Darwin

Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego (2017-)
Ph.D. Oceanography, Dalhousie University (2011-2017)
Researcher, Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (2010-2011)
Undergraduate Fellow, Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (2009-2010)
B.Sc. Oceanography, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (2004-2009)

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I’m a marine biogeochemical modeler and biological oceanographer. I am passionate about understanding the interactions between the ocean’s physical variability and the marine ecosystems responses at different scales. This interest has led me to study different research questions, including the onset of phytoplankton spring blooms, the chemical effects of marine heterotrophic nitrogen fixers, and the effect of temperature variability on marine organisms, among others. I’m currently working in disentangling the effects of dispersal by ocean currents and mixing on patterns of phytoplankton diversity globally.

My work relies on the analysis of remote and in situ observations, simple ecosystem models, and three-dimensional physical-biogeochemical ocean models of various complexities, from NPZD (Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton-Detritus) models to ocean ecosystem models with tens of diverse planktonic organisms. I have used stochastic parameter search methods in several applications, as a way to meaningfully combine information from observations and numerical marine ecosystem models. I have studied both global and regional applications, including the Galápagos Islands, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Red Sea.

I am also passionate about visualization and color, both in science and art. Outside of the office, I enjoy nature, painting and literary writing in my native language, Spanish.