ABOUT THE TEACHER

J. Joaquin Varela-Restrepo holds a Biology degree from the Universidad del Cauca, Colombia and a Master in History of Science from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. He is specialised in Zoology and has worked in the Neotropical rainforest with several vertebrates groups. In addition to his scientific formation he is trained in Museology, Scientific Drawing, Documental Photography, Taxidermy and Radio Production. At present he works with the collections of the Museu d’Història de la Medicina de Catalunya in Barcelona as part of his academic projects about Medicine, Museology and Natural History, and he is currently preparing his PhD thesis on the History of Zoology in the XIX century.