Research
PhD
In my PhD thesis I studied how animal movement affects biotic interactions and what are the evolutionary and ecological consequences of encounter rates. To address these questions, I used as model systems soil invertebrates and two insect pests, Rhagoletis pomonella and Popillia japonica. I also combined field and laboratory experimentation, statistical modeling and simulation models using R and C++.
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Food webs
- Insects
- Soil science
- Invertebrates
- Data science
- Applied statistics
- Modeling
- Water availability
- Pest control
Agro-industry
Currently I conduct research at Ynsect, a biotech company that uses organic substrates to produce insects that will later be transformed into nutrient resource and bioactive compounds for agro-industries and green chemistry, respectively. I use my biologist and statistical skills to contribute to this agro-industrial sector, where I analyze a broad range of data sets, and develop R packages for data mining and predictive analytics.
- Biology
- Modeling
- Insects
- Bio-engineering
- Data science
- Insect mass-rearing
- R-package developer
- Thermodynamics
- Monitoring systems
- Process optimization