About me

I am an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher of medical anthropology, ethnobotany and linguistics with experience in project design and management, speech and statistical analysis, both in the lab and in the wilderness of the field. Years of fieldwork with indigenous peoples of the Amazon have shaped my adventurous, social and active spirit and my passion for ethnography and traditional medical practices. Last but not least, I am a militant activist who is passionate about protecting indigenous rights, as well as wildlife and its habitat in the Amazon.

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Work history

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Postdoc researcher in Amazonian Anthropological Linguistics, Medical Anthropology and EthnobotanyUniversity of Zurich
Jan 2017SwitzerlandFull Time
Postdoc researcher in Amazonian Anthropological Linguistics, Medical Anthropology and Ethnobotany and Project member of a Transdisciplinary Research for Development team @ University of Zurich (CH) Disciplines involved: social, natural and medical sciences. Project title: 'Intercultural transdisciplinarity in Guatemala and Peru: A North-South-South learning platform for culturally pertinent public health provision systems for indigenous populations'
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TranslatorWenner Gren Foundation
Oct 2015Freelance
Linguistic Advisor / Official Translator of the Amazonian Documentary 'Amawaka siempre' and Administrator / Co-Founder of the First Amazonian Amawaka Museum of Cultural Heritage @ Peru Translations, transcriptions, segmentations, annotations and subtitling. Project, finance and personnel management. Funding: Wenner-Gren Engagement Grant

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Skills

• Foreign Languages
• Linguistics
• Fluent Spanish
• Portuguese
• German
• English
• Greek
• Adventure Writing
• Academic Writing
• Subtitling

Education

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Doctorate in LinguisticsBern University
Jan 2012 - Sep 2016Switzerland
Awarded with Magna Cum Laude. PhD Thesis: 'The Phonetics and Phonology of Amawaka, a Panoan Language of the Amazon Basin'. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Fernando Zúñiga (University of Bern), Prof. Dr. Larry M. Hyman (University of California, Berkeley). Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation. 18 months of work in Peru: linguistic and anthropological fieldwork with the Amawaka Indians in the Amazonian rainforest
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MSc in Evolution of Language and CognitionThe University of Edinburgh
Sep 2009 - Aug 2010United Kingdom
M.Sc. in Evolution of Language and Cognition @ The University of Edinburgh (UK)

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Awards

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Ambassadress/Delegate of the indigenous Amazonian people Regional Union of the Indigenous People of the Province of Atalaya, Peru
Ambassadress/Delegate of the indigenous Amazonian people of the province of Atalaya-Ucayali / Awarded by URPIA (Uniόn Regional de los Pueblos Indίgenas de la Amazonίa de la Provincia de Atalaya)