Profile

• Time Zone

  Central

  
  
• Organization

  National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Phylogenetic, phylogeography and genetic studies
  Biogeography and ecological niche modelling
  Studies in evolution, adaptation, systematics and speciation

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What lessons have you learned in your career about how science works?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  Sciencie is always a back and forth way. One of the best things that can happen to you is to fail in your experiment so you are driven to find out new ways and techniques to solve your problems.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  Can you describe your attitude toward science when you were in high school?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  Since I was little I was always interested in the whys and hows things happen. When I was in high school my favourite classes were Biology and Chemistry. It was a little bit awkward for me because none of my friends liked sciences but that was also what made me different from them and I liked that.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is best about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  The best thing about being a scientist is that a failure is not actually a failure. You always learn a lot more about failure and become a better scientist than if you always get everything right.

  
  
• How did you hear about PlantingScience?

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• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2