CURRICULUM VITAE
Alicia Argüello García
Birthday 12 December 1984
Nationality Spanish
Address Möhrlistrasse 92, 8006 Zurich (CH)
Telephone Private: +41-78-883-**-**
E-mail ********.******@*****.***
Objetive After finishing my PhD, I am looking forward to new challenges for my
career.
Education
2009 - present PhD candidate, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental
Studies, University of Zurich (Switzerland). Graduate Program
Ecology from Life Science Zurich Graduate School.
MSc in Ecology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
2006 - 2009
BSc Long cycle Degree (5 years) in Environmental Sciences,
2002 - 2007
University of León (Spain). Specialization in Environmental Technology.
Experience and skills
Teaching/Assistance
Personal assistant of Prof. Bernhard Schmid and Prof. Arpat Ozgul
Jan 2013 - April 2013
at the University of Zurich.
Plant Ecology BIO141 (Prof. B. Schmid, University of Zurich).
2009 - 2012
Supervision and teaching to undergraduate students.
Statistics UWW122 (Prof. A. Hector, University of Zurich). Supervision
2009 - 2011
and teaching to undergraduate students.
Student assistantship developing a database for global meta-analysis
2007 - 2008
on the relationships between plant traits and environmental conditions
in wetlands (Dr. P. van Bodegom, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The
Netherlands).
Professional experience
Pub Plástico, León, Spain. Communications / Advertising / PR, Media.
2005 - 2006
Pub Cato’s Friends, Boñar (León), Spain. Sales, Food / Beverage.
2004 - 2006
Pablo Argüello (veterinary), León, Spain. Customer Service, Health
2002 - 2004
Care.
Statistical data analysis (in R) Analysis of variance, generalized least squares, mixed-effect models
and generalized mixed-effects models, graphics with ggplot2.
Languages Spanish: Mother tongue. English: Excellent spoken and written.
French: Fluent. German: Intermediate level (B1). Smattering of
Italian.
Other activities
2010 Planning and organization of the PhD Seminar from the Graduate
Program in Ecology: “Science Communication: short & sexy”,
Davos Laret, Switzerland.
2002-2006 Ex-member of the Spanish National Team of Athletics. Four times
champion of Spain in 800 m and International in Junior World and
European Championships.
Editor, speaker and DJ, University Radio, Leon, Spain
(www.radiouniversitaria.com).
Hobbies Sports and in general any outdoor activity. Life would not be the same
without running, football, climbing, skiing and mountaineering.
Live music and festivals.
Spending time with my family and friends.