Palaeobiologist originally from Asturias (north of Spain). My father introduced me to the field when I was very little and I have never stopped since. Following there is a resume of my academic and employment career.

August 2023 - Current: Marie Curie Research Fellow. Project: Pigment content and decay conditions: major drivers for the preservation of insect cuticles. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Manchester. 

Oct 2014 - March 2021: Geology PhD student. Project: Taphonomy of pigmentary colours in fossil insects. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland

Sept 2013 - Sept 2014: MSc in Palaeobiology with distinction. MSc Thesis: Testing the evidence for gill slits in early echinoderms. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

April 2014: Teaching SPIERS introduction session for Postdocs, PhD and MSc students. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

May 2013 - Sept 2013: Author of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology practical handouts (2nd and 3rd year students) and Atlas of minerals in thin section (2nd, 3rd and 4th year students). School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway

Jan 2012 - May 2013: Teaching assistant, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. National University of Ireland, Galway

Sept 2011 - May 2013:  Earth and Ocean Sciences Honors Bachelor degree. School of Earth Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway

Sept 2003 - Jun 2007: Geology Bachelor Degree. Geology Department, University of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain