At the Universidad del Rosario I teach the following grad and undergrad level courses. 

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Behavioral Ecology

This grad level course cover in some depth topics related to animal behavior, especially as viewed in an ecological and evolutionary context. The course is a mixture of lecture and project based learning, where students formulate research questions apply animal behavior principles and methods to solve them. By the end of the course, the students should posses the tools to understand many of the current topics and controversies in animal behavior and be able to discuss and analyze the nuances of animal behavior studies.

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Grant writing

This grad level course focuses on the fundamental steps for writing a grant proposal for funding. It also covers aspects of ethics and open access policies and highlights grant writing best practices. Students learn the principles of grant writing, funder requirements, common mistakes, designing the logical framework, planning and budgeting.

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Critical Thinking and Experimental Design

This grad level course focuses on understanding and reflecting on how scientific knowledge is discovered through hypothesis testing, how data is analyzed and interpreted from multiple perspectives. Students learn to question assumptions and conclusions, and to understand the impact of biases, including their own, on every step of the scientific process.​

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Scientific Communication

This grad level course introduces students to a diversity of ways used for communicating science. My module, Proposal Writing covers the process of writing a research proposal. By the end of the module, the students will learn how to formulate a research question, to create a research protocol, to conduct primary and secondary literature search, to find and interpret these sources, and to write a research project.

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Experimental Design and Field Techniques

This undergrad level course covers the principles involved in the design and analysis of experiments, including standardization, control, and random assignment, as well as the distinctions between types of experiments (e.g., lab versus field). We also also discuss some of the ethical considerations involved in experimental research. Students will be able to design an experiment, collect, analyze, and interprete data, and to select the appropriate methods for performing experiment.

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Conservation Biology

This upper level undergrad course covers the fundamental principles of conservation biology.

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Vertebrate Zoology

This undergrad level course explores the diversity of vertebrate animals from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Students learn about the different environmental pressures that led to the past and current patterns of diversity.

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