Research & work experience

• January to July 2006 Position: Project coordinator for the Wildlife Conservation Society. Duties included: planning, implementing and supervising conservation and research activities at three contiguous reserves and surrounding private lands in NW Argentina, interaction with government agencies, mining companies, and private landowners, designing and implementing strategies for monitoring status of wildlife and effects of conservation actions on wildlife populations, writing up reports  and coordinating activities of other staff members.

• 2004- Present Position: Principal investigator. Project: “Mortality factors affecting sympatric populations of vicuñas and guanacos in the Argentinean Puna”. Funded by Idea Wild (USA), Lincoln Park Scott Neotropic Fund (USA), Rufford Small Grants (UK), College of Arts and Sciences (University of Wyoming, USA), and Denver Zoological Foundation (USA).

• 1999 to 2002 Position: Research assistant. Applied Ecology Center of Neuquén, Neuquén Province, ARG. Collaborated with Dr. Andres J. Novaro in the project: “Ecology study of conflictive wildlife species present in Neuquén Province, Argentina.” Funded by the Argentinean Ministry of Agriculture.

• 1999  Position: Field and lab assistant in the project: “Multinational Initiative to determine the status of the Andean Mountain cat and priorities for its conservation (2nd stage).” P.I.: Andres J. Novaro and Rebecca S. Walker. Funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

• 1998 to 1999 Position: Principal investigator. La Plata Museum of Natural History. Research Project: “Trophic and spatial relationships in two lizard Assemblages in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina”. Funded by the National University of La Plata.

• 1995 to 1996 Position: Principal investigator. Applied Ecology Center of Neuquén, Neuquén Province, ARG. Research Project: “Ecology and Conservation of the common hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga, Mustelidae) in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.” Funded by Lincoln Park Zoo and the Argentine Wildlife Traders Association.

• 1994 Position: Field-assistant in ecological studies of the mountain vizcacha (Lagidium viscacia). Project PI: S. Walker (Department of Wildlife & Range Sciences, Florida University). Funded by the Lincoln Park Zoo and the American Society of Mammalogists.

• 1994 Position: Field and lab assistant in ecological studies of the Culpeo fox. Project PI: A.J. Novaro (Department of Wildlife & Range Sciences, Florida University). Funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society and The Lincoln Park Zoo.

• 1993 Position: Field and lab assistant in ecological studies of the Culpeo fox. Project PI: A.J. Novaro (Department of Wildlife & Range Sciences, Florida University). Funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society and The Lincoln Park Zoo.