Current Position
Consultant at Biovision – Foundation for Ecological Development, Zurich
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Research interests
- Access and Benefit-Sharing
- Agrobiodiversity
- Agroecology
- Culturally sensitive healthcare
- Pharmacognosy
- Sustainable development
- Traditional and ethnomedicine
Geographical areas
- Mesoamerica
- Southwest China
Education
- 2014-17: PhD in Neuroscience (Leonti group, University of Cagliari)
- 2012-18: MAS in Development and Cooperation (NADEL, ETH Zurich)
- 2009-12: MSc in Biology (Weckerle group, University of Zurich)
- 2006-10: BSc in Biology (ETH Zurich)
Professional experience
- Consultant at Biovision – Foundation for Ecological Development, Zurich
- Project leader at Kaufmann Nature Design, Möhlin
- Project assistant with the Swiss Red Cross, El Salvador
- Landscape Gardener at Plantago Gartengestaltung, Münchenstein
- Field researcher in China, Guatemala and Mexico
Selected publications
- Geck, M.S., Ledesma Domínguez, F., Reyes García, A.J., Leonti, M., 2018.
Medicina tradicional y herbolaria zoque.
La Cosecha, San Cristóbal de las Casas. - Geck, M.S., Cabras, S., Casu, L., Reyes García, A.J., Leonti, M., 2017.
The taste of heat: how humoral qualities act as a cultural filter for chemosensory properties guiding herbal medicine.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 198, 499-515. - Geck, M.S., Reyes García, A.J., Casu, L., Leonti, M., 2016.
Acculturation and ethnomedicine: a regional comparison of medicinal plant knowledge among the Zoque of southern Mexico.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 187, 146-159. - Staub, P.O., Geck, M.S., Weckerle, 2011.
Incense and ritual plant use in Southwest China: a case study among the Bai in Shaxi.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 7: 43.