Researcher biography
Nayelli is a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Tatsuya Amano at the University of Queensland with the project “Tapping into non-English-language science in tackling global challenges”. Her research will be about the role of non-English languages in conservation science and studies about zoonotic diseases. Her goal is that all people can access to scientific knowledge and that academia recognizes the importance of non-English studies.
She is very passionate about language inclusion in science and bats. She founded an environmental outreach NGO in Mexico (BUM-Biodiversidad Urbana de Mexico).
Some of her work include:
- Research collaborator of Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development lab at UANL (Mexico) with specific focus on the conservation of cave-dwelling bats
- National coordinator of Education and Outreach of the Program for the Conservation of Bats in Mexico
- Research Coordinator in a speleological NGO in Mexico (ACEAC)
- Bat Research Coordinator in the Hábitats Resilientes NGO in Mexico
- Member of two working groups of the GBatNet – Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks
- Member of the National Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators (Mexico).
She is also a certified bat rehabilitator and organizer of the Bat Week in Mexico.
Her bat studies have been shared in National Geographic. She holds the Merlin Tuttle Award from Bat Conservation International, the National Award for the Best Master's Thesis by the Mexican Association of Mammalogy (AMMAC), and the Best Postgraduate Academic Performance Award by the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.