EDUCATION
January/Enero 2021 - September/Septiembre 2025 (expected defence date)
PHD GEOGRAPHY, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
DOCTORADO EN GEOGRAFÍA, UNIVERSIDAD MCGILL
September/Septiembre 2018 - December/Diciembre 2020
M.SC. IN GEOGRAPHY (THESIS), MCGILL UNIVERSITY
M.SC. EN GEOGRAFÍA (TESIS), UNIVERSIDAD MCGILL
September/Septiembre 2014 - December/Diciembre 2017
B.SC. BIOLOGY, BIOMED & LIFE SCIENCES - ECOLOGY FOCUS, HONOURS, FIRST CLASS
LICENCIADA EN CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS, CON ESPECIALIZACION EN ECOLOGIA Y HONORES EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
RESEARCH FUNDING
May 2022 - April 2025
VANIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPÂ - SSHRC
Offered to doctoral students who have demonstrated strong leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health.​
January 2021 - January 2025
FONDS DE RECHERCHE DU QUÉBEC - NATURE ET TECHNOLOGIES (FRQNT)
Doctoral research grant (B2X)
$21,000 CAD/year (Terminated upon reception of Vanier Scholarship)
May 2020 - August 2020
FONDS DE RECHERCHE DU QUÉBEC - NATURE ET TECHNOLOGIES (FRQNT)
B1X Bourse de maîtrise en recherche - $21,000 CAD ($5,800 awarded in combination with SSHRC)
September 2018 - May 2020
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (SSHRC)
CGS MÂ - $17500 CAD/year
May 2017 - August 2017
NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (NSERC) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
NSERC Lake Pulse Network
$4500 CAD
May 2017 - August 2017
FONDS DE RECHERCHE DU QUÉBEC - NATURE ET TECHNOLOGIES (FRQNT) USRA SUPPLEMENT
NSERC Lake Pulse Network
$2000 CAD
Currently held
AWARDS
February 2024
ALEXANDRA IRWIN COWIE FELLOWSHIP
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
Awarded to outstanding graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary environmental science research within the Faculty of Science and working under the supervision of a member of the Bieler School of Environment.
$6,000 CAD
May - October 2023
GRADUATE MOBILITY AWARD
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
Fundings awarded for a fieldwork conducted in Northern Argentina.
$4,040 CAD
2023
SSHRC MICHAEL SMITH FOREIGN STUDY SUPPLEMENT (CGS-MSFSS)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Fundings awarded to support fieldwork.
$3,190 CAD
2023
RATHLYN FIELDWORK AWARD
Rathlyn Foundation, Internal - Department of Geography, McGill University
Fundings awarded to support fieldwork.
$8,000 CAD
October 2022
PROFESSOR EMERITUS BEN GARNIER FELLOWSHIP
To support outstanding PhD students in the Department of Geography whose thesis topic reflects the interests of Professor Garnier in the relationship between humans and the climate system and the physical environment.
$4,500 CAD
January - April 2022
GRADUATE MOBILITY AWARD
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
Fundings awarded for a research stay with the Conservation Biogeography and the Earth Observation Labs at Humboldt University, Berlin.
$4,200 CAD
November 2020
WOLFE FELLOWSHIPS IN SCIENCE AND TECH LITERACY
For advancing understanding of key scientific and technological concepts and examining the relationships among science, technology, and a broad range of social, ethical, political, and economic issues, practices and conditions.
$6,000 CAD
EMPLOYMENT
VISITING RESEARCHER
June - August 2025
Visiting researcher hosted by the Conservation Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University, Berlin.
VISITING RESEARCHER
May - October 2023
Visiting researcher hosted by the Institute of Regional Ecology (IER) at Tucuman National University, Tucuman.
VISITING RESEARCHER
March - June 2022
Visiting researcher hosted by the Conservation Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University, Berlin.
GIS RESEARCH ASSISTANT
SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES – BUILDING A COMMON PLATFORM FOR UNDERSTANDING AND ACTION
July 2020 - December 2021
Project lead: Dr. Sandra Díaz
To access the baseline report on Harvard Dataverse, click here.
MCGILL SUSTAINABILITY SYSTEMS INITIATIVEÂ (MSSI)
LANDSCAPE SCHOLAR
September 2018 - July 2020
I was involved in the “Trade and Ecosystem Services” research project funded by the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI). The project was led by myself and a team of seven other graduate students and ran over the course of two years (2018-2020). We had as a directive to tackle high level sustainability challenges that fall under the general research theme “Sustainable Landscapes for the Future”. The team met weekly, participated in MSSI conferences, sustainability lectures, and mentorship activities. From the collaboration, we developed a research methodology to track the flow of embodied ecosystem services in the global trade of food commodities.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS SUMMER ACADEMY (GESA) 2018
July 2018 - August 2018
Organized by the Global Environments Network (GEN), in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Center for Conservation Science (ICCS) and the Environmental Change Institute (ECI)
Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.
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Participation in academically rigorous sessions on current environmental and social issues
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Intensive professional development in techniques for evaluation, analysis and communication of scientific findings
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Engagements with civil society, international conservation authorities, and corporate actors.
REGIONAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR, CANADA OFFICE MANAGER
QUEBEC LABRADOR FOUNDATION
January 2018 - July 2018
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Organization and coordination of youth leadership programs and community-based conservation initiatives in Eastern Canada
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QLF office management (Montreal, QC) including financial reports, office internship coordination, and communications
RESEARCH AND FIELD ASSISTANT
NSERC LAKE PULSE NETWORK
May 2017 - August 2017
Supervised by Lake Pulse Network lead, Prof. Yannick Huot, University of Sherbrooke (CAD)
Funding: National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award
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Research assistant responsibilities related to the field campaign preparation included coordinating access to over 200 lakes in Quebec and Ontario
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Field assistant responsibilities involved sampling over 60 lakes in two-and-a-half months, preparing and shipping the samples, and actively coordinating the sampling schedule and lodging for the team.
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Specialized training to deploy an RBRmaestro³ Multi-Channel Logger
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Active involvement in the development of the sampling protocol, which has now been used successfully over three sampling campaigns.
RESEARCH AND FIELD ASSISTANT
​METHANE (AND CO2) DYNAMICS IN NATURAL LAKES
May 2015Â - August 2015
Supervised by Dr. Yves Prairie, UNESCO Chair in Global Environmental Change, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Fieldwork involving gas and water sample collection and sample processing on site
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Laboratory work included sample processing (primarily isotopic analysis)
RESEARCH AND FIELD ASSISTANT
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT ON THE ECOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN CHIPMUNK
May 2013 - July 2013
Supervised by Dr. Denis Réale, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Extensive field work involving capture, sample collection, and behavioural monitoring of Eastern Chipmunks
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Training in the use of telemetry equipment and installment of radio-tracking collars
CONFERENCES / CONFERENCIAS
Global Land Program - 5th Open Science Meeting
Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems
November 2024
Oaxaca, Mexico​
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Full presentation: Beyond the deforestation front - Unveiling land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers​
May 2024
Cuartel de Ballajá & el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
​Full presentation: Beyond the deforestation front - Unveiling land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers​
March 2023
Panel Discussant: Activism and ideological challenges in the field
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Panel presentation:
Navigating (conflicting) commitments: Becoming a scholar-activist​​
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Coyunturas históricas de la (re)producción de la riqueza y acumulación de la tierra en América Latina: 1860-1930 y 1980-2020
March 2023
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla– Puebla, Mexico
Presentation title: El cultivo de la soja y las estrategias de control de la tierra en las fronteras agropecuarias del Gran Chaco
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August 2021
Alambrado: Midiendo las crecientes restricciones al acceso para pequeños productores en el Chaco argentino
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Presenter in the session: "Land Uses in the Chaco: State of the Art and Future Prospects, from a Socio-Ecosystemic View"
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June 2019
Institute of Regional Ecology (IER) – Tucuman University
Presentation title: Fences, demarcations, and deforestation: Assessing changes in campesino resource access in the Tucuman-Santiago agricultural frontier
AWARDS
Previously awarded
January 2021
RATHLYN GIS AWARD
Rathlyn Foundation, McGill University
$4,400 CAD
July 2020 - August 2020
GRADUATE MOBILITY AWARD
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
$2900, Assigned but not completed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
2019
RATHLYN FIELDWORK AWARD
Internal, Department of Geography, McGill University
Funding received to conduct fieldwork.
$5,500 CAD
2019
THEO HILLS AWARD
Internal, Department of Geography
McGill University
$530 CAD
September 2018Â - June 2020
LAND SYSTEMS SCHOLAR
McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI)
$10,000 CAD
Exchange semester - 2016
DISTINCTION – UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Academic distinction - Biology
Exchange semester - 2016
TRAVEL EXPERIENCE AWARD
McGill University
​$1,500 CAD
2012 - 2014
HONOUR ROLL
Dawson College, Health Sciences
2012
THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC BRONZE MEDAL
Highest cumulative average upon graduation from secondary education
MCGILL UNIVERSITY SCIENCE ENTRANCE AWARD
Awarded to a promising student to encourage enrollment in higher education in the sciences
$300 CAD
THE WILLIAM MURRAY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN WRITING
English Montreal School Board (EMSB)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
CO-PRESIDENT
GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE SOCIETY (GGS), MCGILL UNIVERSITY
May 2020 - May 2022
Mandate: To represent the interests of the members of the GGS , both at the department and faculty level. This includes, but is not limited to:
1. Improving the financial situation of graduate students within the department
2. Starting a conversation with the department about the courses offered for grad students, as well as the structure of the graduate program (including active involvement of the GGS in the “revamping” of GEOG631)
3. Providing mental health support for graduate students. This involves advocating not only for increased graduate mental health support (for example, through the availability of graduate advisors and peer-support groups), but also for the conscientization of supervisors towards their responsibility in graduate student mental health.
4. Furthering a sense of community and peer solidarity within the department (by requesting funding from the department and from PGSS for graduate events and maintaining (and enhancing) forms of networking and liaison between students)
5. Working with the department and the Faculty of Science to implement measures to increase the sustainability of research practices. This could include mitigation measures by the department or the faculty for research-related travel (i.e. a departmental budget for the purchasing of carbon offsets for air travel), advocating for PhD defense committees to be held online when possible (to avoid unnecessary travel), and supporting the divestment from fossil fuels.
6. Increasing the communication between the GGS and the department (through participation of the executive in departmental assemblies and meetings), and in turn communicating the information gained as transparently as possible to the GGS members at large.​
CHAIR, MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
September 2019 - September 2020
I coordinated workshops involving graduate students of the department of Geography at McGill University to discuss how to 1) make mental health resources more available to the graduate student body and 2) foster a supportive graduate culture within the department of Geography. From these workshops, the Mental Health Committee of the Geography Graduate Society was formed and institutionalized.
I acted as chair of the committee between 2019 and 2020.
VICE PRESIDENT OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS
GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE SOCIETY (GGS), MCGILL UNIVERSITY
September 2019 - April 2020
As VP Social, I coordinated events for the graduate student body of the Geography department. Events include writing retreats, student-faculty mixers, a field work photography exhibit, weekly coffee hours, and holiday parties.
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
MCGILL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (SSR)
September 2018 - January 2019
The SSR is a student-led conference that facilitates connections among students, faculty, and the wider community by providing a venue to engage in the discussion of sustainability research at McGill University. For the 2019 SSR, I was responsible for coordinating the conference logistics, which included: venue and catering booking, conference scheduling, and coordination of the poster session. The event was attended by 340 people.
SUSTAINABILITY REPRESENTATIVE
GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE SOCIETY, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
September 2018 - September 2019
I acted as an associate elected member of the GGS to promote sustainable practices within the Department of Geography and McGill.
UNDERGRADUATE SUSTAINABILITY REPRESENTATIVE
MCGILL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY GREEN COMMITTEE
September 2014 - August 2015
I acted as undergraduate representative on the Biology departmental green committee, which aims to promote sustainable practices in the department at large.
VICE PRESIDENT OF SUSTAINABILITY
​MBSU (MCGILL BIOLOGY STUDENT UNION)
September 2014 - August 2015
During my appointment as Vice President of Sustainability, I wrote and coordinated the implementation of a sustainability mandate into the McGill Biology Student Union's (MBSU) constitution. This project aimed at creating a long-lasting effect on the activities and functioning of the MBSU by providing a platform for sustainability that could be maintained and worked on irrespective of the short term rotation of its members.
PRESS SECRETARY AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
CAMPUS POTAGER
May 2015 - June 2016
Urban Gardening Initiative, Concordia Food Coalition (CFC) - Concordia University
GREEN EARTH CLUB PRESS SECRETARY
September 2012 - March 2014
Environmental student organization, Dawson College