GUILLERMO UCEDA GÓMEZ 

Profile: Early stage researcher with training and experience in the fields of Wildlife Ecology and Nature Conservation.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

MSc Environmental Biology. Animal Ecology & Behavioral Ecology (120 ECTS)
| Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2015 – 2017)
Specialization courses: Introduction to Zoo Conservation Biology, ArcGis for biologist, Observing Behavior, Measuring Behavior

BSc Biology. Evolution and Biodiversity (240 ECTS)
| Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (2009-2014)

Erasmus Scholarship. Alpine Biodiversity & Conservation (60 ECTS)
| Telemark University College, Norway (2012-2013)
Specialization courses: Conservation Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Botany, Population Biology, Evolution, Data Analysis

COURSES AND OTHER DATA OF INTEREST

Member of and Arctic expedition to study the Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bayesian statistics course for wildlife censuses
Wildlife observation and monitoring
Natural photography course / camera-trapping
Scientific writing course
Scout volunteer in Estrella Polar Group


INTERN with Dr. Alfonso San Miguel Ayanz | Technical University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain (March 2017----)
Topics: species conservation, resource availability, extinction, ecosystem functioning, reproductive biology, LIFE project
Skills: R programming, species monitoring, literature review

INTERN with Dr. Kristel de Vleesschouwer | Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium (Nov 2016 – March 2017)
Topics: neotropical primates, deforestation and habitat fragmentation, PHVA, conservation measures
Skills: literature review, scientific writing

INTERN with Dr. Götz Eichhorn & Thomas Lameris | NIOO-KNAW
Wageningen, The Netherlands (April 2015 – June 2016)
Topics: energy budgets, climate change, bird migration, breeding season, molting period, comparative study, breeding range expansion
Skills: R programming, nest monitoring, digestibility markers, behavioral observations, nitrogen content, diet analysis, artic expedition

INTERN with Dr. Isabel Barja Nuñez | Zoology unit, Autonomous University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain, (September 2013 - July 2014)
Topics: antipredator behavior, wild and domestic ungulates, evolution
Skills: R programming, behavioral observations, scent manipulation

DISEMINATION ACTIVITIES, PAPERS & CONFERENCES

Scientific talk. “Reproductive success in the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus): Effects of prey abundance, individual age and population sex-ratio” | Lecture series of the doctoral program in advance environmental research, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (November 2017)

Scientific talk. “Comparative energy budgets. The study case of the Barnacle goose (Branta leucopis)” | Lecture series of the Animal Ecology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands (September 2016)

Uceda-Gómez, Guillermo; Perea, Ramón; Simón de la Mata, Miguel Ángel & San Miguel, Alfonso (in prep). Factors modulating Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) reproduction in southwestern Spain: the combine effects of resource availability, individual age, and population traits

Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) 2017 | Lake Balaton, Hungary (August 2017)

23rd Benelux Congress on Zoology 2016 | Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (December 2016)

9th Annual CRC Zoo Research Symposium | Darwin hall, Zoo Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (December 2016)

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