Professor of the Departament d'Ecologia of the Universitat de Barcelona since 1990. I am currently the coordinator of the Environmental Sciences degree.

Since I started my research carreer, I focused on the study of Mediterranean seagrass ecology, mainly working on Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa. Within the ecophysiology research line, I have studied primary production ecology and the effects of limiting factors such as light or nutrints. We have also worked on the usage of carbon by plants in the marine environment. Recently, we have been studying the intractions between plants and sediment.

Another important field of research in which I am working is that involving de development of water quality indicators based on seagrass communities and the impact of aquaculture on the coastal system.

Part of my activity is devoted to the training of researchers through the supervision of Master and PhD theses.