On teaching
I believe that teaching is a fundamental component of graduate education, and one of the best ways to enhance personal understanding of one's own research field. Teaching, you are forced to go beyond your research and present your ideas, some basic and some more complicated, to students who are not necessarily knowledgeable or interested in the topic. This not only enhances your communication skills, but forces you to remain in contact with broader concepts in the sciences. Furthermore, it represents the quintessential responsibility of the scientist to transfer his/her knowledge to other people. Teaching has been one of the most challenging and valuable aspects of my career.
Regular courses taught
- Macroecology - INECOL and UFG, and abroad
- Gradient Ecology - INECOL
- Numerical Ecology in R - INECOL
Mentoring
Post-Doctoral researchers
- Jorge Gómez Díaz , PhD (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany). PostDoc @ Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
Graduate students
- 2018-. Citlalli Esparza. PhD. Ecological niches and macroecology of snakes. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2018-. Berenice García. PhD. Macroecology and macroevolution of freshwater fishes. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2018-. Alejandro Sánchez Barradas. PhD. Carnivore-prey co-occurrence patterns. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2018-. Isadora Correia. PhD. Co-supervisor. Macroecology and macroevolution of primates. Universidad Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Brazil.
- 2017-. Erick J. Corro Méndez. PhD. Co-supervisor. Macroecology of interaction networks. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2017-. Axel Arango García. MSc. Co-supervisor. Geographic gradients of dry forests phylogenetic diversity. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2016-. César Eduardo Damián Jiménez. MSc. Niche conservatism in Crassulaceae. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2016-. Alejandro Sánchez Barradas. MSc. Geographic variation of co-ocurrence and interactions of felids. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2016-. Juan David Carvajal Quintero. PhD. Ecological and evolutionary factors determining freshwater fish distributions. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico
- 2016-2018. Nicholas Diniz Mazzei. MSc. Paleomacroecology of Dinosaurs. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2015-. Santiago Elias Velazco. PhD. Co-supervisor. Biogeographic studies of the Cerrado biome. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2015-. Karem Olarte. PhD. Co-occurrence patterns of Carnivores. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2015-. Danilo de Siqueira Fortunato. PhD. Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity gradients in New World bats. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2014-2018. Lucas Lacerda Caldas Zanini Jardim. PhD. Co-supervisor. Robustness of macroecological patterns to knowledge shortfalls. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2014-2017.Jesús N. Pinto Ledezma. PhD. Co-supervisor. Origin and assembly of Furnariides assemblages across space and time: the role of historical processes. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2013-2017. Franciele Parreira Peixoto. PhD. Co-supervisor. Biogeographic drivers of bat assemblage structure at different spatial scales. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2013-2017. Davi Mello Cunha Crescente Alves. PhD. Co-supervisor. Patterns and processes of bat biodiversity at large spatial scales. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
- 2013-2015. Lorena Mendes Simon. MSc. Historical processes and global diversity patterns in diurnal raptors. Concluded. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil