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Education

2023 - present, Ph.D. in Biology, University of Kentucky
2023, M.S. in Environmental Science & Policy. Emphasis in Ecosystem Studies. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
2018, B.S. in Civil Engineering. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

08/2023-present: Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, USA
05/2023-07/2023: Field Assistant, Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA
05/2022-08/2022: Student Biological Science Technician, Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Laboratory, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA
09/2021-05/2023: Graduate Research Assistant, Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Laboratory, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA
11/2021-01/2022: Sustainability Research, Policy, and Engagement Intern, Environmental and Management Business Institute, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA
04/2021-present: Project Engineer and Environmental Consultant, RED YAKU, Peru
08/2019-05/2020: Research Analyst, Office of Research, University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC), Peru
01/2017-03/2021: Research Assistant and Formulator of Environmental Projects, Water Research Center CITA, University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC), Peru
01/2015-03/2015: Project Intern, Peru Hydraulics SAC, Peru

Awards

Young Women Engineer Award (Premio Ingeniera Joven CIP) 2025, College of Engineers of Peru
2023 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA
Victor Miguel Ponce Water Engineering Award 2022, Peruvian Association of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (APIHA)

Fellowships

CMM PhD Visiting Program 2025, Center for Mathematical Modeling at the University of Chile
Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Graduate Research Fellowship 2022-2023, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA
Silver Phoenix Scholar Award 2021, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA

Travel Grants

Appalachian Center Student Travel Award, University of Kentucky, USA
Research Funding with a University Social Responsibility (USR) Focus (2021), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Bachelor’s Thesis Development Support Program - PADET (2019), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Science, Technology, and Innovation Mobility Grant - Presentations (2019), Peruvian Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (Prociencia), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
AGU 2017 Student Travel Grant, American Geophysical Union, USA

University of Kentucky

2024-2025 International Students’ Affairs Representative, Biology Graduate Students Association
Artwork “Monarch and Milkweed” (Watercolor on Paper), exhibited at the Spring 2024 GSC Pop-Up Student Art Exhibit, Gatton Student Center

University of Wisconsin – Green Bay

Display of ‘Discovering Aquatic Invertebrates’ during the Biodiversity Day, an event hosted by the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity-Community Science Outreach Team at the STEM Innovation Center
Secretary, Scientific Illustration Club. Publication of a nature journal inspired by Door County’s Toft Point Natural Area, Wisconsin

University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC)

Coordinator of the LOC. V Peruvian Water Congress in Peru
Coordinator of the LOC & Proposal Writer. Proposal submitted to the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) to organize the I Tropical Glaciers Symposium in Peru

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