Guido Herrera-Rodriguez

Biography

Guido completed his B.Sc. at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia and an M.Sc. in Modeling of Ecological Systems from the University of Toulouse, France. Guido is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His dissertation looks to understand the functional drivers of freshwater biodiversity responses to global environmental change. Guido uses data science and synthesis tools to leverage global databases of fish surveys, environmental datasets (climate, flow, and land covers), and species traits. He aims to gain insights into the complex ecological processes that drive freshwater biodiversity loss, especially in the tropics, and develop more effective conservation strategies to protect it.