Fitxa persona

Education

• PhD in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (University of Valencia, 2020). Extraordinary Doctorate Award. International Mention. Mention Cum Laude. Mavi Dolç i Gastaldo Award.
• Master Biodiversity: Conservation and Evolution (University of Valencia, 2014).
• Bachelor of Biology (University of Valencia, 2013).
• Master in Teaching (UCH CEU, 2021).

Teaching

Cristina is a professor in the Department of Zoology at the UV. She has taught in the degrees of: Biology, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and Chemistry; and the Master's Biodiversity: Conservation and Evolution.

Cristina has also been a professor at TUM (Germany) and ETH Zurich.

Research

Cristina investigates parasite communities. She is particularly interested in understanding the factors that drive parasite diversity in ecosystems and how host-parasite interactions promote ecological and evolutionary processes.

Cristina has extensive international experience.

Postdoctoral researcher

Cristina has developed her postdoctoral career in top-level universities:

• Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany (Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship)
• University of Valencia, Spain (Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellowship)
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich/ Eawag), Switzerland (ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Predoctoral researcher

• University of Valencia (ACIF)

Stays during the doctoral thesis:

• University of Canterbury, New Zealand (BEFPI)
• National Natural History Museum, France (BEFPI)
• Natural History Museum – Geneva, Switzerland (UV-MOACDOC14_15)