M. Soledad Domingo
Curriculum Vitae
ADDRESS: Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station-‐‑CSIC Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, 41092 (Seville, Spain)
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: (+34) 954466700 (Ext. 1111)
Current position: Marie Skłodowska-‐‑Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (European Comission)
EDUCATION
Ph. D. in Geology (2005-‐‑2009), Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de
Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain) and Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Advisors: Dr. M. Teresa Alberdi, Dr. Beatriz Azanza and Dr. Jorge Morales Dissertation Title: Taphonomic study of the Vallesian vertebrate locality of Batallones-‐‑1,
Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid (Late Miocene) (in Spanish)
Master'ʹs Degree in Geology (2004-‐‑2006): Department of Paleobiology, Museo
Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain) and Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Advisors: Dr. M. Teresa Alberdi and Dr. Beatriz Azanza
Master'ʹs Thesis: Biochronology of the Late Neogene of the Iberian Peninsula based on the large
mammal fauna (in Spanish)
Master'ʹs Degree in Education (2004-‐‑2005): School of Education, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) (Similar degree to the British Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education, PGCE)
Intership at the High School Emperatriz María de Austria (Madrid, Spain)
Bachelor'ʹs Degree in Geology (1999-‐‑2004), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
(Madrid, Spain).
FELLOWSHIPS & APPOINTMENTS
February 2017-‐‑present: Marie Skłodowska-‐‑Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (European Comission), Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (Seville, Spain)
2014-‐‑2016: Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spanish Government), Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2013-‐‑2014: Postdoctoral Researcher (associated to Spanish National project CGL2009-‐‑ 09000), Department of Paleontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2012-‐‑2013: Postdoctoral Researcher (associated to project NSF EAR 0957992), Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA)
2010-‐‑2012: Postdoctoral Fellow (Ministry of Education, Spanish Government), Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA)
April 2009-‐‑October 2009: Research Assistant (associated to Spanish National project BTE2007-‐‑60790/BTE), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
2005-‐‑2008: FPU Predoctoral Fellow (Ministry of Education, Spanish Government), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
January 2005-‐‑February 2005: I3P Predoctoral Fellow (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
September 2004-‐‑December 2004: 'ʹIntroduction to Research'ʹ Fellow (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
July 2003-‐‑September 2003: 'ʹIntroduction to Research'ʹ Fellow, (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (Madrid, Spain)
ISI PUBLICATIONS
Domingo, L., Domingo, M.S., Koch, P.L. Morales, J. Alberdi, M.T. Accepted. Carnivoran resource and habitat use in the context of a Late Miocene faunal turnover episode.
Palaeontology.
Domingo, M.S., Martín-‐‑Perea, D., Domingo, L., Cantero, E., Cantalapiedra, J.L., García
Yelo, B.A., Gómez Cano, A.R., Alcalde, G.M., Fesharaki, O., Hernández Fernández, M. 2017. Taphonomy of mammalian fossil bones from the debris-‐‑flow deposits of Somosaguas-‐‑North (Middle Miocene, Madrid Basin, Spain). Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 465, 103-‐‑121.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Abella, J., Valenciano, A., Badgley, C., Morales, J. 2016.
Feeding ecology and habitat preferences of top-‐‑predators from two Miocene carnivore-‐‑ rich assemblages. Paleobiology 42, 489-‐‑507
Badgley, C., Domingo, M.S., Barry, J.C., Morgan, M.E., Flynn, L.J. & Pilbeam, D. 2016. Continental gateways and the dynamics of mammalian faunas. Comptes Rendus Palevol 15, 763-‐‑779.
Domingo, M.S., Badgley, C., Azanza, B., DeMiguel, D. & Alberdi, M.T. 2014.
Diversification of mammals from the Miocene of Spain. Paleobiology 40, 196-‐‑220. Domingo, L., Koch, P.L., Hernández Fernández, M., Fox, D.L., Domingo, M.S. & Alberdi, M.T. 2013. Late Neogene and early Quaternary paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic conditions in southwestern Europe: isotopic analyses on mammalian taxa. PLOS One 8, e63739.
Domingo, M.S., Alberdi, M.T., Azanza, B., Silva, P.G. & Morales, J. 2013. Origin of an
assemblage massively dominated by carnivorans from the Miocene of Spain. PLOS One 8, e63046.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Badgley, C., Sanisidro, O. & Morales, J. 2013. Resource
partitioning among top predators in a Miocene food web. Proceedings of the Royal
Society B 280, 1750.
Cambra-‐‑Moo, O., Barroso-‐‑Barcenilla, F., Berreteaga, A., Carenas, B., Coruña, F.,
Domingo, L., Domingo, M.S., Elvira, A., Escaso, F., Ortega, F., Pérez-‐‑García, A., Peyrot, D., Sanz, J.L. Segura, M., Sopelana, A. & Torices, A. 2012. Preliminary taphonomic approach to ‘Lo Hueco’ paleontological site (Upper Cretaceous, Cuenca, Spain). Geobios 45, 157-‐‑166.
Domingo, M.S., Sánchez, I.M., Alberdi, M.T., Azanza, B. & Morales, J. 2012. Evidence
of predation/scavenging on Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the Late Miocene of Spain. Lethaia 45, 386-‐‑400.
Domingo, M.S., Alberdi, M.T., Azanza, B. & Morales, J. 2012. Mortality patterns and
skeletal physical condition of the carnivorans from the Miocene assemblage of Batallones-‐‑1 (Madrid Basin, Spain). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie
Abhandlungen 265, 131-‐‑145.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L. Sánchez, I.M., Alberdi, M.T., Azanza, B. & Morales, J.
2011. New insights on the taphonomy of the exceptional mammalian fossil sites of Cerro de los Batallones (Late Miocene; Spain) based on Rare Earth Element geochemistry. Palaios 26, 55-‐‑65.
Sánchez, I.M., Domingo, M.S. & Morales, J. 2010. The genus Hispanomeryx (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Moschidae) and its bearing on musk deer phylogeny and systematics. Paleontology 53, 1023-‐‑1047
Domingo, L., Grimes, S.T., Domingo, M.S. & Alberdi, M.T. 2009. Paleoenvironmental conditions in the Spanish Miocene-‐‑Pliocene boundary: isotopic analyses of Hipparion dental enamel. Naturwissenschaften 96, 503-‐‑511.
Sánchez, I.M., Domingo, M.S. & Morales, J. 2009. New data on the Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the Upper Miocene of Spain (MN 10-‐‑MN 11). Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 567-‐‑575.
Domingo, M.S., Alberdi, M.T. & Azanza, B. 2007. A new quantitative biochronological
ordination for the Upper Neogene mammalian localities of Spain. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 255, 361-‐‑376
Domingo, M.S., Martín Escorza, C. & Morales, J. 2006. Nuevos datos sobre la
estructura interna del yacimiento vallesiense de Batallones-‐‑1 (Madrid, España).
Estudios Geológicos 62, 65-‐‑72.
Domingo, M.S. & Alberdi, M.T. 2004. Fauna de mamíferos del Pleistoceno Superior del
yacimiento de Las Majolicas (Granada). Estudios Geológicos 60, 169-‐‑178.
NON-‐‑ISI PUBLICATIONS
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Abella, J., Valenciano, A. & Morales, J. 2015. Carbon
stable isotope paleoecology of carnivorans from the Miocene localities of Batallones-‐‑1 and Batallones-‐‑3 (Madrid Basin, Spain). Current Trends in Paleontology and Evolution 1, 85-‐‑87.
Domingo, M.S. & Sánchez, I.M. 2009. Inferencias tafonómicas acerca del origen de la
asociación de mósquidos de Batallones 1 (MN10, Mioceno Superior; Madrid, España).
Paleolusitana 1, 169-‐‑176.
Alberdi, M.T., Cerdeño, E. & Domingo, M.S. 2009. Las excavaciones paleontológicas del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales en los Valles de Fuentidueña y la Cuenca de Guadix-‐‑Baza. Notas para la historia reciente del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
(MNCN-‐‑CSIC) 24, 269-‐‑282.
Morales, J., Pozo, M., Silva, P.G., Domingo, M.S., López-‐‑Antoñanzas, R., et al. 2008. El sistema de yacimientos de mamíferos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones, Cuenca de Madrid: estado actual y perspectivas. Paleontologica Nova 8, 41-‐‑117.
Domingo, M.S., Alberdi, M.T., Sánchez Chillón, B. & Cerdeño, E. 2005-‐‑2006. La fauna
cuaternaria de la cornisa cantábrica en las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Munibe 57, 325-‐‑350.
PROFESSIONAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Domingo, L. & Domingo, M.S. 2017. Ancient mammalian predator-‐‑prey systems: an approach to understand modern trophic foodweb change. XIV MEDECOS & XIII AEET (January 31-‐‑February 4). Seville (Spain).
Domingo, L., Domingo, M.S., Koch, P.L., Morales, J. & Alberdi, M.T. 2016. Carnivoran resource and habitat use in the context of a Late Miocene faunal turnover episode. The Palaeontological Association 60th Annual Meeting (December 14-‐‑17, 2016). Lyon (France).
Morgan, M.E., Spencer, L., Scott, E., Domingo, M.S., Badgley, C., Barry, J.C., Flynn, L.J.
&Pilbeam, D. 2015. Detecting differences in forage in C3-‐‑dominated ecosystems:
mesowear and stable isotope analyses of miocene bovids from northern Pakistan. 75th
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (October 14-‐‑17, 2015). Dallas (USA).
Abstract Volume, p.184.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Abella, J., Valenciano, A. & Morales, J. 2015.
Paleoecología de mamíferos carnívoros de los yacimientos miocenos de Batallones-‐‑1 y Batallones-‐‑3 (Cuenca de Madrid, España) a través de isótopos estables del carbono.
XIII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (April 15-‐‑18, 2015). Cercedilla
(Spain). Current Trends in Paleontology and Evolution, pp. 85-‐‑87.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Abella, J., Valenciano, A. & Morales, J. 2014. Comparison
of two Late Miocene carnivoran-‐‑dominated fossil assemblages from Spain with special emphasis on their carbon stable isotope paleoecology. 74th Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology (November 5-‐‑8, 2014). Berlin (Germany). Abstract Volume, p.121.
Domingo, L., Domingo, M.S. & Koch, P. 2014. Characterization of predator-‐‑prey interactions in the context of a Late Miocene environmental perturbation. 74th Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (November 5-‐‑8, 2014). Berlin (Germany). Abstract
Volume, p.121.
Domingo, M.S., Badgley, C., Azanza, B., DeMiguel, D. & Alberdi, M.T. 2014.
Diversification of mammals from the Miocene of Spain. XII European Association of
Vertebrate Paleontologists (June 24-‐‑28, 2014). Torino (Italy). Abstract Book, p. 53.
Badgley, C., Domingo, M.S., Barry, J.C., Flynn, L.J. & Morgan, M.E. 2014. Dynamics of faunal and ecosystem change from the Siwalik record of Pakistan. XII European
Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (June 24-‐‑28, 2014). Torino (Italy). Abstract Book,
p. 8.
Badgley, C., Domingo, M.S., Barry, J.C., Flynn, L.J. & Morgan, M.E. 2013. Three biogeographic modes of change in Miocene mammal diversity from the Siwalik
sequence of the Indian subcontinent. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology (October 30-‐‑November 2, 2013). Los Angeles (USA). Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Supplement 81A.
Morgan, M.E., Barry, J.C., Flynn, L.J., Pilbeam, D., Badgley, C., Domingo, M.S. & Behrensmeyer, A.K. 2013. Mammalian faunal stability and change in the Middle and
Late Miocene Siwaliks of Pakistan: Time-‐‑slice analysis. 14th RCMNS Congress
(September 8-‐‑12, 2013). Istanbul (Turkey).
Domingo, M.S., Badgley, C., Azanza, B. & Alberdi, M.T. 2012. New insights on
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (October 17-‐‑20, 2012). Raleigh (USA). Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement 88A.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Badgley, C., & Morales, J. 2011. Diet of three Miocene
hypercarnivores from the Madrid Basin (Spain) based on carbon-‐‑isotope composition
of tooth enamel. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (November
2-‐‑5, 2011). Las Vegas (USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Suppl 31 (6), 100A. Abella, J., Domingo, M.S., Valenciano, A., Montoya, P. & Morales, J. 2011. La asociación de carnívoros de Batallones-‐‑3, Mioceno Superior del Cerro de los Batallones, Cuenca de Madrid. XVII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología (October 5-‐‑8, 2011). Sabadell (Spain). Paleontologia i Evolucio, Memoria Especial 5, 21-‐‑24.
Domingo, M.S., Alberdi, M.T., Azanza, B. & Morales, J. 2011. Mortality patterns in the
carnivoran-‐‑dominated Miocene assemblage of Batallones-‐‑1 (Madrid Basin, Spain).
Taphos’ 11. 6th International Meeting on Taphonomy and Fossilization (June 14-‐‑17, 2011). Tübingen (Germany). Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, Annali dell’ Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Volume Speciale 2011.
Domingo, M.S., Alberdi, M.T., Azanza, B., Silva, P.G. & Morales, J. 2009. Preliminary
results on the taphonomy of the Miocene carnivore-‐‑trap site of Batallones-‐‑1 (Lower
Level; MN10; Madrid Basin, Spain). 69th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology (September 23-‐‑26, 2009). Bristol (United Kingdom). Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, 29 (3), 89A.
Domingo, L., Grimes, S.T., Domingo, M.S. & Alberdi, M.T. 2009. Isotopic analyses of
Hipparion dental enamel from the Iberian Peninsula across the Miocene-‐‑Pliocene
boundary. 69th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (September 23-‐‑26,
2009). Bristol (United Kingdom). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29 (3), 88A.
Domingo, M.S. & Sánchez, I.M. 2009. Inferencias tafonómicas acerca del origen de la
asociación de mósquidos de Batallones 1 (MN10, Mioceno Superior; Madrid, España).
VII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (May 7-‐‑10, 2009). Torres Vedras
(Portugal). Paleolusitana 1, 169-‐‑176.
Domingo, M.S., Domingo, L., Sánchez, I.M., Morales, J. & Alberdi, M.T. 2008. Rare
Earth Element signatures in the Miocene mammalian fauna of Batallones 1 (Madrid,
Spain): taphonomical implications. Taphos’ 08. 5th International Meeting on Taphonomy
and Fossilization (June 12-‐‑14, 2008). Granada (Spain). Abstracts Volume.
Morales, J., Pozo, M., Silva, P.G., Domingo, M.S., López-‐‑Antoñanzas, R., Álvarez-‐‑ Sierra, M.A., Antón, M., Martín Escorza, C., Quiralte, V., Salesa, M.J., Sánchez, I.M., Azanza, B., Calvo, J.P., Carrasco, P., García-‐‑Paredes, I., Knoll, F., Hernández-‐‑Fernández, M., van den Hoek Ostende, L., Merino, L., van der Meulen, A., Montoya, P., Peigné, S., Pélaez-‐‑Campomanes, P., Sánchez-‐‑Marco, A., Turner, A., Abella, J., Alcalde, G.M., Andrés, M., DeMiguel, D., Cantalapiedra, J.L., Fraile, S., García Yelo, B., Gómez Cano, A.R., López Guerrero, P., Oliver Pérez, A. & Siliceo, G. 2008. El sistema de yacimientos de mamíferos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones, Cuenca de Madrid: estado actual y
perspectivas. VI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (April 3-‐‑5, 2008). Alcalá de Henares (Spain). Paleontologica Nova 8, 41-‐‑117.
Domingo, M.S., Sánchez, I.M., Morales, J. & Alberdi, M.T. 2007. Miocene prey and
predators: diversity of the Moschidae (Ruminantia, Pecora) from the carnivore trap-‐‑site of Batallones 1 (late Vallesian; MN10; Madrid Basin; Spain) and evidence of carnivore
trophic activity on moschids. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
(October 17-‐‑20, 2007). Austin (USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(3), 69A.
GRANTS AS PI
2017-‐‑2019: Marie Skłodowska-‐‑Curie LiveDeadFossil project 700196 "ʺLife and death in Doñana National Park (Spain): palaeontological and ecological insights from the study of modern vertebrate death assemblages"ʺ 34,800€ (only research funds, salary and mobility allowance excluded)
2016: National Geographic Society -‐‑ Committee for Research and Exploration #9833-‐‑16 "ʺReconstructing the exceptional Late Miocene mammalian fossil sites of Cerro de los Batallones (Spain)"ʺ. 22,756€
2016: UCM-‐‑Moncloa Campus of International Excellence "ʺSpecial Actions at the
Somosaguas Paleontological Area (Madrid)"ʺ. 31,411€ (Co-‐‑PIs: Laura Domingo, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Paloma López Guerrero, Adriana Oliver)
2016: Regional Government of the Madrid Community #199-‐‑2016 "ʺPaleontological excavation at Somosaguas fossil sites (Madrid)"ʺ. 2,000€ (Co-‐‑PI: Laura Domingo)
2015: Regional Government of the Madrid Community #130-‐‑2015 "ʺPaleontological excavation at Somosaguas fossil sites (Madrid)"ʺ. 2,000€ (Co-‐‑PI: Laura Domingo)
PARTICIPATION IN OTHER RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROJECTS
2017: National Geographic Society-‐‑Waitt Grant Programs W467-‐‑16 "ʺ The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) revisited: a novel perspective from the South American fossil record"ʺ (PI: Laura Domingo)
2016-‐‑2019: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government project CGL2016-‐‑79334-‐‑P "ʺEstudios tafonómicos y taxonómicos: implicaciones en paleoecología y cambio climático"ʺ (PIs: Yolanda Fernández Jalvo and M. Teresa Alberdi)
2016-‐‑2018: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government project CGL2015-‐‑68333-‐‑P "ʺLos yacimientos paleontológicos seudokársticos del Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid) en el contexto de los cambios ambientales del Mioceno
Superior de las Cuencas Centro-‐‑Ibéricas"ʺ (PIs: Jorge Morales and Pablo Peláez-‐‑ Campomanes).
2016: National Geographic Society-‐‑Committee for Research and Exploration #9757-‐‑15 "ʺThe Bones of Amboseli -‐‑ 40 years of death, destruction, and preservation in an East African ecosystem"ʺ (PI: Anna K. Behrensmeyer)
Consolidated Research Group UCM-‐‑910607 "ʺEvolution of Cenozoic mammals and continental paleoenvironments"ʺ (PIs: M. Ángeles Álvarez Sierra and José Pedro Calvo Sorando)
2012-‐‑2014: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government project CGL2011-‐‑25754 "ʺPaleontología, tafonomía y geomorfología de los yacimientos"ʺ (PI: Jorge Morales)
seudokársticos del Cerro de los Batallones (Mioceno Superior, Cuenca de Madrid)"ʺ 2011-‐‑2012: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo project AECID -‐‑ A/030111/10 "ʺExtinción de la megafauna en América del Sur. Un test del efecto de cambio climático en la intensidad de las extinciones"ʺ (PI: M. Teresa Alberdi)
2010-‐‑2014: Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government project CGL2009-‐‑09000 "ʺA multi-‐‑proxy approach to the study of geobiological processes from critical episodes of the geobiological record"ʺ (PI: Margarita Díaz Molina)
2010-‐‑2013: National Science Foundation 'ʹEarth and Atmospheric Research'ʹ NSF EAR 0957992 "ʺClimatic and biotic transformations of Neogene mammalian faunas of Pakistan"ʺ (PIs: Catherine Badgley)
2010-‐‑2013: Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government project CGL2010-‐‑19116/BOS "ʺEl calentamiento global y la diversidad de los mamíferos: un test del efecto del cambio climático a partir del registro fósil"ʺ (PI: M. Teresa Alberdi)
2010-‐‑2011: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo project AECID -‐‑ A/023681/09 "ʺExtinción de la megafauna en América del Sur. Un test del efecto de cambio climático en la intensidad de las extinciones"ʺ (PI: M. Teresa Alberdi)
2008-‐‑2011: Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government project CGL2008-‐‑05813-‐‑C02-‐‑01/BTE "ʺPaleontología, tafonomía y geomorfología de los yacimientos seudocársticos del Cerro de los Batallones (Mioceno superior, Cuenca de Madrid)"ʺ (PI: Jorge Morales)
2007-‐‑2010: Ministry of Education and Science of the Spanish Government project BTE2007-‐‑60790/BTE "ʺEvolución de los ecosistemas terrestres del Mediterráneo occidental durante los últimos 12 millones de años. III. Dinámica de las comunidades de mamíferos e impacto de los cambios globales"ʺ (PI: M. Teresa Alberdi)
2005-‐‑2008: Ministry of Education and Science of the Spanish Government project MEC-‐‑ DGI-‐‑CGL2005-‐‑03900/BTE "ʺGeología y paleontología de los yacimientos de vertebrados
del Mioceno superior continental del sistema seudocárstico del Cº de los Batallones, Cuenca de Madrid"ʺ (PI: Jorge Morales)
2004-‐‑2007: Ministry of Education and Science of the Spanish Government project CGL 2004-‐‑00400/BTE "ʺEvolución de los ecosistemas terrestres del Mediterráneo occidental durante los últimos 8 millones de años. II. Dinámica de las comunidades de mamíferos
e impacto de los cambios globales"ʺ (PI: M. Teresa Alberdi)
TEACHING AND SUPERVISING EXPERIENCE
2016-‐‑2017
• 'ʹ Geology applied to the Biological Sciences'ʹ. School of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 3.2 credits.
• 'ʹApplied Paleontology'ʹ. School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2.4 credits.
• Supervisor of a master'ʹs degree student. Student: Jesica Hopson. Project: Climate seasonality and dietary inferences by means of stable isotope analyses
on Hipparion teeth of the late Miocene from Batallones-‐‑10 (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid Basin, Central Iberian Peninsula). School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
2015-‐‑2016
• 'ʹGeneral Paleontology'ʹ. School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2.4 credits.
• 'ʹPaleontological Prospection'ʹ. School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 0.8 credits.
• 'ʹGeology applied to the Biological Sciences'ʹ. School of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 3.2 credits.
2014-‐‑2015
• 'ʹGeology applied to the Biological Sciences'ʹ. School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 3 credits.
• 'ʹApplied Paleontology'ʹ. School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 3 credits.
• Supervisor of a master'ʹs degree student. Student: David Martín Perea. Project: New taphonomic inferences on the Middle Miocene vertebrate site of
Somosaguas (Madrid, Spain). School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
2013-‐‑2014
• 'ʹEAS-‐‑102 Earth'ʹs Environment Laboratory'ʹ at Saint Louis University-‐‑Madrid (Spain). 3 credits.
2012-‐‑2013
• Supervision of a University of Michigan student on the sampling and pretreatment procedures of mammalian tooth enamel for stable isotope analyses. Fall and winter semesters.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Ph.D Dissertation Award (2009), Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Awarded to
the best research in a Ph.D. dissertation.
Special Mention in the National Bachelor'ʹs Degree Awards (2005), Ministry of
Education, Spanish Government. Awarded to the bachelor'ʹs students with the best scores of the country.
Bachelor'ʹs Degree Award (2004), Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Awarded to
the five best-‐‑ranked students of each bachelor'ʹs class year (I was the second best-‐‑
ranked student in Geological Sciences).
SHORT VISITS TO SCIENTIFIC CENTERS
Amboseli National Park and Nairobi National Museum (Kenya)
Research topic: bone surveys at Amboseli National Park and identification of bones found in the surveys.
Duration: 1 month (August-‐‑September, 2016)
Researcher in charge of the project: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan (USA)
Research topic: Analysis of faunal dynamics in the Miocene records of Spain and Pakistan and stable-‐‑isotope analysis in tooth enamel of Miocene mammals.
Duration: 5 months (September-‐‑October 2006, September-‐‑October 2007, and November-‐‑December 2013)
Advisor: Catherine Badgley
Research topic: Analysis of faunal dynamics in the Miocene records of Spain and Pakistan and estimation of body size of the carnivoran taxa from the Miocene record of the Siwaliks of Pakistan
Duration: 1 month (November, 2006) Advisor: David Pilbeam
PARTICIPATION IN PALEONTOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
Somosaguas fossil sites (Miocene; Madrid Basin, Spain)
Duration: two weeks
Field seasons: 2014, 2015, 2016
Led by M. Soledad Domingo, Gema Alcalde, L. Domingo and Manuel Hernández Fernández
Cerro de los Batallones fossil sites (Miocene; Madrid Basin, Spain)
Duration: two to six weeks
Field seasons: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 Led by Jorge Morales
Toril 3A fossil site (Miocene; Calatayud Basin, Spain)
Duration: three weeks Field seasons: 2005 Led by Beatriz Azanza
Cerro de la Garita fossil site (Miocene; Teruel Basin, Spain)
Duration: three weeks Field seasons: 2003 Led by Luis Alcalá
Cuesta de la Bajada fossil site (Pleistocene; Teruel Basin, Spain)
Duration: three weeks Field seasons: 2000
Led by Manuel Santonja and Alfredo Pérez-‐‑González
DISSEMINATION AND OUTREACH
Instructor of the activity 'ʹPaleontologist for one day'ʹ. Madrid Government Week of Science. 2016. Fossil identification and paleontological techniques aimed at people
with special educational necessities. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Instructor of the activity 'ʹFrom the classroom to the fossil site: Paleontology as an educational resource'ʹ. Madrid Government Week of Science. 2016. Activity aimed at
Organizer and participant in the Open-‐‑Door Days at Cerro de los Batallones fossil sites. 2015 and 2016. Guided visit to the fossil sites aimed at general public of all ages.
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC.
Organizer and participant in the Open-‐‑Door Days at Somosaguas fossil sites. 2014,
2015 and 2016. Guided visit to the fossil sites aimed at general public of all ages. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Volunteer translator at the Language Resource Center (University of Michigan). 2012
and 2013. English-‐‑to-‐‑Spanish translations for Ann Arbor Public Schools and School of Social Work (U of M).
Invited speaker at the Castilla y León Government Week of Science. 2008. Two talks
about Cerro de los Batallones fossil sites, one aimed at general public and another one aimed at secondary school students. Museo Etnográfico de Castilla y León.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Spanish Society of Paleontology Geological Society of Spain
Spanish Association of Women in Science and Technology
COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
Education
Postdoctoral Short-‐‑Course on College Teaching in Science and Engineering (Winter
Semester 2013). Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan.
Languages
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English-‐‑Level C2 (2016) University of Cambridge
Certificate of French Language-‐‑First level (2003-‐‑2005) Official School of Languages,
Spanish Government (Three-‐‑year course)
Certificate of English Language-‐‑Upper level (1997-‐‑2001) Official School of Languages,
Spanish Government (Five-‐‑year course)
Statistics
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis (June-‐‑July 2012) ICPSR University of
Michigan (40 h course)
R Statistical Computing Environment (June-‐‑July 2012) ICPSR University of Michigan
(25 h course)
Introduction to Computing (June-‐‑July 2012) Course on SPSS. ICPSR University of
Michigan (23 h course)
Other
Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Sciences (October 6-‐‑October 9, 2014)
Doñana Biological Station-‐‑CSIC (30 h)
Applications of Laser-‐‑Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) in Archaeology, Geology, Forensic Science and Food Industry (February 27 and 28, 2014) School of
Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (12 h)
Ecological consequences of climate change: integrating research approaches
(September 30-‐‑October 11, 2013) Doñana Biological Station-‐‑CSIC (60 h course)
Basic course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (January 28-‐‑January 30, 2008)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-‐‑CSIC (12 h)
Guadarrama Sierra: a challenge for comprehensive conservation. (July 16-‐‑ July 20,
2001) Summer courses of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid-‐‑El Escorial (25 h)
