Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2008) and Master's degree in Conservation Biology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2014). Currently, associate professor - Universidad Regional Amazónica, Ikiam. His research interests are mainly focused on aquatic ecology, limnology and conservation biology, with a special focus on freshwater and the relationship that aquatic macroinvertebrates have as bioindicators of water quality and climate change. PhD in the post-graduate program in Biosystems at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB), Brazil, where I worked on the phylogeny, ecology and ecotoxicology of crustacean decapods of the Upper Napo River Basin.