2011 – present

Postdoctoral position
Junior Research Group on Plant foods in hominin dietary ecology
Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

2011 – present

Associate Researcher
Department of Human Evolution
Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

2010 – present

Visiting Scientist
Department of Prehistory and Archaeology
Universitat de València

2008 – 2012

Doctoral Thesis (Universitat de València)
Title: Isótopos, dieta y movilidad en el País Valenciano.  Aplicación a restos humanos del Paleolítico medio al Neolítico final.
Directors: Prof. Michael P. Richards and Prof. Valentín Villaverde.
Tribunal: Dr. Jean-Jacques Hublin, Dr. Jose María Bermúdez de Castro,   Dr. Paolo Biagi, Dr. Emili Aura, Dr. Kate Britton.
Defense date: 21st of March 2012
Grade: Excelente Cum Laude

2007 – 2009

Human Physiology Doctoral Courses (Universitat de València)
Advanced Research Diploma Thesis: Estudio de la dieta mediante análisis de isótopos estables del carbono y del nitrógeno en poblaciones prehistóricas del País Valenciano

2006 – 2007

Archaeology MSc (Universitat de València)
Master’s Thesis: Estudios isotópicos estables y su aplicación a la Prehistoria: antecedentes, metodología, principales resultados y proyectos propios

2005 – 2006

Forensic Medicine MSc (Universitat de València)

2000 – 2005

History Degree (Universitat de València)

1999 – 2005

Medicine Degree (Universitat de València)

2010 – 2011

Max-Planck Society
Grant for PhD candidates.

2006 – 2010

Spanish Ministry of Science
FPU Predoctoral Scholarship.

2004 –2005

Spanish Ministry of Science
Last Year Degree Research Collaboration Grant.

2011

Jose María Soler Foundation
Grant in Aid of Research.

2011

United Kingdom Archaeological Science Meeting
Grant in Aid of Research.

2008

Cañada Blanch Foundation
Award for outstanding academical performance.

2007

Universitat de València
Award for outstanding grades in the Archaeology MSc. 

2005

Universitat de València
Award for outstanding grades in the History Degree.

2012-2014

Project title: Coastal transitions: a comparative approach to the processes of neolithization in Atlantic Europe.                   
Coordinator: Prof. Pablo Arias
Funding body: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)
Total funding: 205,700 Euros

2010-2012

Project title: Nuevos hallazgos y nuevas perspectivas en el estudio de los restos humanos del grupo Cogotas I.
Coordinator: Prof. Ángel Esparza
Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain)
Total funding: 45,000 Euros

2009-2010

Guest Lecturer, Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, Universitat de València. Courses teached: Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula (4.5 ECTS), Prehistory of Art (4.5 ECTS).

2008-2009

Guest Lecturer, Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, Universitat de València. Courses teached: Human Origins (2 ECTS).

2007 -

Laboratory researcher at the Isotope Lab of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

2007 -

Laboratory researcher at the Prehistory and Archaeology Lab of the Universitat de València

2006 – 2007

Laboratory researcher at the Human Physiology Lab of the Medicine Faculty of the Universitat de Valencia

2005 – 2006

Laboratory assistant at the ROP Lab of St. Justine Pediatric Hospital, Montreal

2004 – 2005

Laboratory assistant in the Anthropology Lab of the Medicine Faculty of the Universitat de València

2005, 2007

Upper Paleolithic excavation Cova de les Cendres (Moraira, Spain)

2007

Middle Paleolithic excavation Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Spain)

2007

Prehistorical art field prospection at Millares (Millares, Spain)

2006

Lower Paleolithic excavation Cova del Rinoceront (Castelldefells, Spain)

2006

Middle Paleolithic excavation Cova de Cervelló (Cervelló, Spain)