Current student opportunities
Under and Graduate student opportunities.
Contact me if you are interested in to participate in any of the following projects:
Molecular Paleontology
* Exploring the preservation and determining the paleobiological implications of osteocytes (bone cells) in the fossil record of South American tropical vertebrates.
* Determining the physiological-metabolic value and ontogenetic variation of osteocytes (bone cells) in extant turtles.
* Osteocytes density in shell and long bones from extant turtles. Establising a potential paleobiological proxy.
* New methods for exploring the extracction-preservation of biomolecules in fossil osteocytes and blood vessels.
Vertebrate paleontology
* Different field and lab studies on new fossil vertebrates of Colombia
* Shell morphological variation among the extant and fossil species of neotropical turtles
* Cenozoic fossil turtles of Colombia.
Phylogeny and evolution of neotropical faunas
* Fossil invertebrates from the Valanginian of Zapatoca, Colombia. Evolutionary, phylogenetic and paleoceanographical implications
* Exploring the Triassic and Jurassic fossil record of Colombia
Contact me if you are interested in to participate in any of the following projects:
Molecular Paleontology
* Exploring the preservation and determining the paleobiological implications of osteocytes (bone cells) in the fossil record of South American tropical vertebrates.
* Determining the physiological-metabolic value and ontogenetic variation of osteocytes (bone cells) in extant turtles.
* Osteocytes density in shell and long bones from extant turtles. Establising a potential paleobiological proxy.
* New methods for exploring the extracction-preservation of biomolecules in fossil osteocytes and blood vessels.
Vertebrate paleontology
* Different field and lab studies on new fossil vertebrates of Colombia
* Shell morphological variation among the extant and fossil species of neotropical turtles
* Cenozoic fossil turtles of Colombia.
Phylogeny and evolution of neotropical faunas
* Fossil invertebrates from the Valanginian of Zapatoca, Colombia. Evolutionary, phylogenetic and paleoceanographical implications
* Exploring the Triassic and Jurassic fossil record of Colombia
Postdoctoral fellows-visitors
Dr. Monica Carvalho. Postdoctoral visitor. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute-Universidad del Rosario. 2019-
Dr. Catalina Suarez. Postdoctoral fellow. Universidad del Rosario. 2022-2023
Dr. Catalina Suarez. Postdoctoral fellow. Universidad del Rosario. 2022-2023
Current students
Daniel Macias. A new species of marine crocodylomorph (Thalattosuchia) from the Valanginian of Colombia; paleoecologic, paleobiogeographic and body size evolution implications. Advisor-MSc in Natural Sciences 2022-
Javier García Guerrero. New elasmosaourids from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Advisor-PhD in Geosciences, Universidad Nacional del Colombia 2020-
Javier García Guerrero. New elasmosaourids from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Advisor-PhD in Geosciences, Universidad Nacional del Colombia 2020-
Research Assistants
MSc. Viviana Romero. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of turtles. Fall 2021
MSc. José David Basto. Machine learning and AnNA applied for fossils. 2021-
MSc. José David Basto. Machine learning and AnNA applied for fossils. 2021-
Former students
Andrés Alfonso Rojas. New fossil snakes from the Paleocene and Miocene of Colombia. Advisor-Master in Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia 2020-2022
Manuel González Camelo. Diversity of ammonites from a single stratigraphic horizon of the Rosa Blanca Formation, Zapatoca, Colombia. Advisor-Bachelor of Science in Biology, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia 2021-2022
Juan Sebastian Benavides Aldana. Revision, identification and cataloguing of the fossil cephalopods, Museo de la Salle. Advisor-Bachelor of Science in Biology, Universidad de La Salle, Colombia 2021-2022
Christine Nation. New Chelonoidis fossil turtles from La Venta, Colombia. Co-advisor- Universidad de los Andes. 2019-2020.
Fernando Torres Chiriboga. Fossil tortoises from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. co-advisor - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 2016-2017
Anthony Deza. Fossil turtles from the Pleistocene Talara (tar seep) from Perú. Advisor. Universidad Nacional de Piura, Perú. 2017-2018.
Manuel González Camelo. Diversity of ammonites from a single stratigraphic horizon of the Rosa Blanca Formation, Zapatoca, Colombia. Advisor-Bachelor of Science in Biology, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia 2021-2022
Juan Sebastian Benavides Aldana. Revision, identification and cataloguing of the fossil cephalopods, Museo de la Salle. Advisor-Bachelor of Science in Biology, Universidad de La Salle, Colombia 2021-2022
Christine Nation. New Chelonoidis fossil turtles from La Venta, Colombia. Co-advisor- Universidad de los Andes. 2019-2020.
Fernando Torres Chiriboga. Fossil tortoises from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. co-advisor - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 2016-2017
Anthony Deza. Fossil turtles from the Pleistocene Talara (tar seep) from Perú. Advisor. Universidad Nacional de Piura, Perú. 2017-2018.