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Education

• Ph.D. Science Education, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA. May 2020
• M.Sc. Biology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA. Dec 2013
• Lic. Biology, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru. Jul 2008
• B.Sc. Biology, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru. Jul 2006

Courses

• Ocean Science Communication with @WhySharksMatter David Shiffman. Field School. May 2021

Publications

• Pierce, C., Biffi, D., Weinburgh, M., Silva, C., Smith, K., Amyett, M., Domino, T. (in press). Emergent multilingual learners use of multimodal discursive resources in science journals to communicate “doing” and “learning”. Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 
• Biffi, D., Richards, A.S., & Weinburgh, M. (2022). Framing effects on attitudes and intentions towards shark meat consumption in Lima, Peru. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3, 807252
• Biffi, D., López-Mobilia, A., Kelez, S., Williams, D.A., Chumchal, M.M., & Weinburgh, M. (2020). Mislabelling and high mercury content hampers the efforts of market-based seafood initiatives in Peru. Scientific Reports, 10, 20390.
• Wu, S., Silveus, A., Vasquez, S., Biffi, D., Silva, C., & Weinburgh, M. (2019). Supporting ELL’s use of hybrid language and argumentation during science instruction. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 30, 24-43.
• Pacheco, A., Silva, S., Alcorta, B., … Biffi, D., … & Jaramillo-Calle, V. (2019). Cetacean diversity revealed from whale-watching observations in Northern Peru. Aquatic Mammals, 45, 116-122.
• Hartweg, B.B., Biffi, D., … & Weinburgh, M. (2017). Peruvian Food Chain Jenga: Learning ecosystems with an interactive model. School Science and Mathematics Journal, 117, 229-238.
• Biffi, D., & Williams, D.A. (2017). Using non-invasive techniques to determine population size of marine otters L. felina in two locations of Peru. Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift für Saugetierkunde, 84, 12–19.
• Biffi, D., Hartweg, B.B., de la Fuente, Y., Patterson, M., Stewart, M., Simanek, E.E., & Weinburgh, M. (2016). Developing an Educational Game: The Peruvian Food Chain Jenga. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 20, 40–53.
• Biffi, D., Hartweg, B.B., Patterson, M., Stewart, M., Simanek, E.E., & Weinburgh, M. (2016). Engaging students with dynamic models: Peruvian Food Chain Jenga. Science Scope, 39, 51-57.
• Biffi, D., & Iannacone, J. (2010). Trophic variability in two populations of Lontra felina in Tacna, Peru. Mastozoología Neotropical, 17, 11-17.
• Rojas, C., Schnittler, M., Biffi, D., & Stephenson, S.L. (2008). Microhabitat and niche separation in species of Ceratiomyxa. Mycologia, 100, 843–50.
• Biffi, D., & Iannacone, J. (2008). Conservation and trophic ecology of marine otters in Peru. Biologist (Lima), 6, 72–76.

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant | Texas Christian University, TX, USA | Spring 2020
  EDUC 70983: Introduction to Quantitative Methods (1 semester)
• Graduate Instructor | Texas Christian University, TX, USA | Spring 2019
  BIOL 10003: Contemporary Issues in Biology, Honors section (1 semester)
• Teaching Assistant | Center for the Talented Youth, John Hopkins University, MD & RI, USA | Jun – Aug  2016
  Bay Ecology (Summer Session 1)
  Whales & Estuaries (Summer Session 2)
• Guest Lecturer | Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru | May 2014
  Conservation Biology, “Conservation of Marine Otters in Peru”
• Guest Lecturer | Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru | Jun 2013
  Conservation Biology, “Conservation Genetics”
• Teaching Assistant | Texas Christian University, TX, USA | Aug 2011 – Dec 2013
  BIOL 10504 Introductory Biology I – Laboratory (1 semester)
  BIOL 10514 Introductory Biology II – Laboratory (1 semester)
  BIOL 10003 Contemporary Issues in Biology – Laboratory (3 semesters)