Tomás Villada-Cadavid
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Project: Vulnerability of Australian bats to white-nose syndrome
Bio: Tomás has worked with bats since 2015. He first earned his B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Antioquia, in Medellin, Colombia (2010-2016), where he assessed bat diversity in a karstic corredor and led to the declaration of an AICOM (Areas of Importance for the Conservation of Bats) recognized by the RELCOM (Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Conservation of Bats). Later on Tomás moved to Germany where he studied a M.Sc. in Biodiversity and Collection Management at the Technische Universität Dresden (2018-2021), and had the opportunity to collaborate for his master´s thesis with the Natural Science Museum of Granollers, BiBIO Research Group, researching bat diversity and its correlates to environmental and structural traits of caves and surroundings during the swarming season in Catalonia, Spain. Tomás is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at the Western Sydney University where he aims to generate spatially explicit models to assess bat vulnerability to white-nose syndrome.
Research interest: Tomás is broadly interested in animal ecology and conservation. His main group of interest is mammals with a strong emphasis on bats, however he is also interested in other groups such as birds and herps. He is interested in using technology to facilitate the understanding of organisms in their ecosystems, including telemetry, camera trapping, acoustic monitoring and other means of remote sensing. Tomás is open to learning and developing new techniques to help improve conservation.
Hobbies: Climbing, Hiking, Scuba Diving, Birdwatching, Wildlife Photography, Music and Movies.
Bio: Tomás has worked with bats since 2015. He first earned his B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Antioquia, in Medellin, Colombia (2010-2016), where he assessed bat diversity in a karstic corredor and led to the declaration of an AICOM (Areas of Importance for the Conservation of Bats) recognized by the RELCOM (Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Conservation of Bats). Later on Tomás moved to Germany where he studied a M.Sc. in Biodiversity and Collection Management at the Technische Universität Dresden (2018-2021), and had the opportunity to collaborate for his master´s thesis with the Natural Science Museum of Granollers, BiBIO Research Group, researching bat diversity and its correlates to environmental and structural traits of caves and surroundings during the swarming season in Catalonia, Spain. Tomás is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at the Western Sydney University where he aims to generate spatially explicit models to assess bat vulnerability to white-nose syndrome.
Research interest: Tomás is broadly interested in animal ecology and conservation. His main group of interest is mammals with a strong emphasis on bats, however he is also interested in other groups such as birds and herps. He is interested in using technology to facilitate the understanding of organisms in their ecosystems, including telemetry, camera trapping, acoustic monitoring and other means of remote sensing. Tomás is open to learning and developing new techniques to help improve conservation.
Hobbies: Climbing, Hiking, Scuba Diving, Birdwatching, Wildlife Photography, Music and Movies.