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Biografía

Verónica was born in Quito, Ecuador. In 2007, she got her Bachelor Degree in Biology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Then, she received in 2012 her M.Sc. from Universidad de Concepción (Chile), where she worked in the Ecobiosis Laboratory and Invasions Lab. In 2015, she started her PhD at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona on the functional and phylogenetic ecology of plants.
Verónica has worked in different investigations, ecological foundations, academic and for the Environment Ministry. Since 2014, she joined Yachay as a tutor of biology and professor of lab Biology.
She received the following scholarships: SENESCYT, 2009-2011, Master Program of Science (Botany). SENESCYT, 2015-2019, PhD Program in Terrestrial Ecology (Ecology of plants).

Research interests
Ecology, Biogeography, Distribution and Conservation, Evolutionary Ecology.


Selected Publications
Sandoya, V., Cavieres, L., & Pauchard, A. (2012) Do disturbances change the altitudinal distribution of native and non-native plants in the eastern cordillera of Ecuador? “NeoBiota 2012” 7th European Conference on Invasive Alien Species, España.
Sandoya, V., Cavieres, L., & Pauchard, A. (2012) Patrones de distribución de la flora nativa y no-nativa en un gradiente altitudinal de la Cordillera Oriental del Ecuador “EEI 2012” 4° Congreso Nacional sobre Especies Exóticas Invasoras”, España.
Sandoya, V. (2006) Diversidad y estructura de epífitas vasculares en cuatro tipos de hábitat dentro del Parque Nacional Yasuní, Amazonía ecuatoriana. Memorias de las Jornadas Nacionales de Biología. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.