Curriculum vitae

 RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE       

Freelance scientist, with main areas of knowledge terrestrial ecosystems, statistical modelling and greenhouse gas balance. For more information on my current work, go to Portafolio [2019-]

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Aberdeen, UK: Modelling carbon balance (soil, biomass) and greenhouse gas emissions on perennial crops, globally [2016-2019]

Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow at University of Aberdeen, UK: Modelling biomass dynamics in tropical forest. Improving models to estimate biomass [2014-2016]

Postdoctoral researcher at CIFOR-INIA, Spain: Modelling coexistence of tree species in Mediterranean forest [2012-2013]

Postdoctoral researcher at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA: The liana ecology project: modelling spatial distribution of lianas in neotropical forests [2012]

Predoctoral researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Thesis: On the Spatial Distribution of Woody Plant Species on a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest [2008 -2012]

Technical Employee at 112 emergency call center in Madrid, Spain. Forest emergency and forest fire extinction coordination [2008]

  EDUCATION      

PhD - Forest Ecology  -Thesis “On the spatial distribution of woody plant species in a tropical montane cloud forest”  Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Cum Laude [2008-2012]

MSc - International Cooperation for Development – Campus Cyes, Spain [2007].

BSc in Mathematics and Statistics – Open University, UK [2017- ].        

BSc in Forest Engineering - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain [1999-2007]

 

LIFE
    I love all sort of arts, specially music and sculpture. I am a passionate climber and alpinist (which I consider and art too!) and play the flute. I love small gestures and wish humanity would be a bit more sensible.
 



 

Contact

Alicia Ledo alicialedo@gmail.com