EDUCATION Texas Tech University, Ph.D. in Zoology (Robert J. Baker, advisor) 1999-2002 Universidad de la República, Uruguay, M.Sc. in Biology (Enrique P. Lessa, advisor) 1993-1998 Universidad de la República, Uruguay, B.Sc. in Biology 1989-1993 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University. July 2017 - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University. January 2011 – June 2017. Postdoctoral Fellow Storz’s Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Jan. 2010- Dec. 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Instituto Carlos Chagas - ICC – Fiocruz, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. 2008-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow in Population Biology, Storz’s Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. November 2005-March 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher, Wood’s Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. January 2005-October 2005 Postdoctoral Researcher, Ortí’s Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. January 2003-February 2005 Research Assistant, Robert J. Baker’s Lab, Texas Tech University. June 1999-December 2002 Research and Teaching Assistant, Laboratorio de Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay 1997-1999.