Lucero is currently pursuing a PhD in ecology and evolution at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, focusing on the conservation biology of the emperor tamarin, a species that is not well studied. The planned dissertation for her doctoral thesis will be a study of cognitive ecology and paternity and kinship in collaboration with the Parque Zoobotanico of the Federal University of Acre and the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. She was nominated by Dr. Robert Wallace, Director of Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape Conservation Program and Llanos de Moxos Biocultural Landscape Conservation Program at WCS Bolivia.
Awarded a WCN Conservation Scholarship.
Location: Bolivia
University: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul