Curriculum Vitae

Doctorate: 2002-2008, Ecology, minor in statistics and modeling, Duke University.

Undergraduate: 1990-2001, Major Biology, minor Ecology, School of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), MEXICO.

High school: 1987-1990, Lycée Franco-Mexicain, Mexico. Baccalauréat F. Mention Assez Bien.

Research Scientist, Laboratory of Evolutionary Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, August 2008-present.

Teaching assistant, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, January 2006 - May 2008.

Research assistant, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, September 2002 - December 2005.

Research consultant for the conservation NGO Unidos Para la Conservacion, A.C., May 2000 - May 2001.

Colchero, F. and J. S. Clark (In progress) Bayesian inference of age-specific survival for censored and truncated data.

Colchero, F., O. L. Bass, Jr., R. Zambrano, and J. A. Gore (Submitted) Clustered nesting and vegetation thresholds reduce egg predation in sooty tern.

Colchero, F., J. S. Clark, O. L. Bass, Jr. and W. B. Robertson, Jr. (Submitted) Weather at birth reduces juvenile life expectancy and increases adult risk of mortality in a long-lived seabird.

Colchero, F., R. A. Medellin, J. S. Clark, R. Lee, and G. Katul (2009) Predicting population survival under future climate change: density dependence, drought and extraction in an insular bighorn sheep. Journal of Animal Ecology 78(3): 666-673. (publication) (Faculty 1000 Biology) (Science Daily)

Schick, R. S., S. R. Loarie, F. Colchero, B. D. Best, A. Boustany, D. A. Conde, P. N. Halpin, L. N. Joppa, C. M. McLellan, and J. S. Clark (2008) Understanding movement data and movement processes. Current and emerging directions. Ecology Letters 11: 1338-1350. (publication)

Colchero. F. (2008) Environmental impacts on the population dynamics of a tropical seabird in the context of climate change: improving inference through hierarchical modeling. Doctoral dissertation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University.

Colchero, F., L. Leon-Paniagua, and A. G. Navarro-Siguenza (2006) Hábitat del berrendo en México. In El Berrendo en México, Acciones de Conservación. Instituto Nacional de Ecología, eds. México. link

Colchero, F., G. O’Farrill, and R. A. Medellín (2005) Didelphis marsupialis. In G. Ceballos and G. Oliva eds. Los Mamíferos Silvestres de México. CONABIO-CFE. México.

Medellín, R. A. and F. Colchero (2001) Los borregos cimarrones de la Isla Tiburón: conservación y desarrollo sustentable. Recuadro XVII.3. Pages 510-512 In Primack, R., R. Rozzi, P. Feinsinger, R. Dirzo, y F. Massardo eds. Fundamentos de conservación biológica Perspectivas Latinoamericanas. Fondo de Cultura Económica. México.

Colchero, F. (2001) Análisis de la Distribución del Berrendo (Antilocapra americana) en México. Tesis de Licenciatura, Facultad de Ciencias UNAM, México.

Colchero, F., R. A. Medellín, R. Lee, C. Manterola, and G. Ceballos (1999) The Tiburon Island desert bighorn sheep: a conservation and sustainable development program in Mexico. Pages 77-82 In A. E. Thomas and H. L. Thomas, eds. Proceedings of the Second North American Wild Sheep Conference. Reno, Nevada, USA. link

Medellín, R. A., F. Colchero, C. Manterola, F. Ramírez, and G. Ceballos (1999) The Tiburon Island Bighorn Sheep Program: an example of binational, interinstitutional collaboration for conservation and sustainable development in a Mexican Indian and protected area. Wild Sheep (spring 1999): 71-72.

Amor D., F. Colchero, C. Manterola, D. Azuara, A. Rivera (2007) Impacto de obras de infraestructura en el uso de hábitat del jaguar en las Selvas Mayas de México y Guatemala mediante el uso de modelos Bayesianos de multinivel. Final Report Biological Mesoamerican Corridor, Mexico, World Bank.

Poulter, B., F. Colchero, and P. N. Halpin (2006) Linking network and habitat models to inform conservation decisions for the management and protection of an anadroumous fish (Alosa spp.). Final Report Environmental Defense.
Amor D. C., F. Colchero, C. Manterola, and A. Rivera (2006) Evaluación y diseño del corredor Sian Ka’an–Calakmul con base en el modelaje espacial del estado de conservación del hábitat de jaguar (Panthera onca) y su relación con la historia de uso de suelo. BJ006. Reporte Final CONABIO. link
Colchero, F., D. C. Amor, C. Manterola, and A. Rivera (2005) Establecimiento de estrategias de conservación para las Selvas Mayas de Guatemala y Belice con base en el análisis espacial de la distribución y estado de conservación del hábitat de Jaguar (Panthera onca). Reporte Final Conservation International.
Amor D. C., F. Colchero, D. C. Amor, C. Manterola, and A. Rivera (2005) Jaguar Habitat conservation in the Mayan Forests of Mexico. Final Report National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Colchero, F., D. C. Amor, G. Ceballos, H. Zarza, C. Chávez, C. Manterola, and Antonio Rivera (2005) Disponibilidad y conectividad para el hábitat del jaguar en las selvas Mayas de México. Reporte Final CONACYT.
Colchero, F., D. C. Amor, C. Manterola, and A. Rivera (2004) Modeling jaguar habitat in the Mayan Forests of Mexico using classification and regression tree models. Final Report Safari Club International.