Staff directory

Study of evolution mechansims that control metazoa morphogenesis. We focuses our attention on the origin of bilateral animals.

His lines of research focus on taxonomy, ecology, phylogeny and phylogeography of invertebrates, especially edaphic fauna, that is, soil. His university teaching activity is distributed among various subjects of animal biology, and teaches subjects of degree, postgraduate and master's degree. He has also taught various courses aimed at the dissemination of the biology of terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates.

Alba Medrano is a postdoctoral researcher. Her main research interest is centered on the ecology and marine conservation of coastal benthic communities. Currently, her research focuses on understanding the consequences of marine heat waves on Mediterranean benthic species, mainly by combining long-term environmental and ecological datasets with biological monitoring. Alba has been involved in long-term biological monitoring of Medes Islands Protected Area, Cap de Creus Natural Park, and Port-Cros Natural Park since 2015.

My research fouses on species population dynamics, and their relation to the environmental changes.

The expected growth of urbanised areas will increase functional distances and decreased biological connectivity among species populations, thus reducing their survival. My current research focuses on these effects and how different degrees of green zones in metropolitan areas could enhance the persistence and viability of species populations, and how this effect depends on the species traits and their adaptive potential. I also work on the role of extreme climatic events on population dynamics and species adaptations with the University of Reading. Previously, I've been working on behavioural ecology and on population dynamics at low densities to test hypotheses about the roles of compensation and depensation (also known as Allee effects) based at the University of Aberdeen .

Fields of floristry and the study of vegetation. Preparation of critical catalogs and studies related to the conservation of vascular flora, both in the Pyrenean area and Central Catalonia. Phytosociological inventories, I analyze them through numerical classification methods. Currently, I actively participate in the field of vegetation mapping, both in field work and in editing through GIS.

My research aims to adress the reasons behind the recent colonization of the western Mediterranean by the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) through the combination of genomic, geometric morphometry and stable isotope analysis techniques. With that purpose, the first objective is to assess the number of breeding individuals and connectivity among nesting regions. Secondly, identify the origin of the colonising events and the foraging grounds of the nesting females. Finally, this information will be crossreferenced to assess the impact of female foraging strategy and origin of the colonisers on nesting reproductive parameters.

My research is focused in the study of evolutionary mechanisms, which have a great effect on biodiversity. In particular, I have studied the American colonization by the invasive species Drosophila subobscura. I have also analyzed the biodiversity of drosophila fauna in Europe and America.

Systematics, taxonomy, fauna, ecology, biogeography, ultrastructure and ecotoxicology of helminths (trematodes, cestodes, nematodes, acanthocephala) parasites of vertebrates. Ultrastructure of reproduction and embryonic development in parasitic platihelmints.

Marine biology, phylogenetics, genomics, Mollusca, Antarctica

I have always been amazed of our world, especially the ocean. That's why I want to focus on improving its conditions. I'm a biologist specialized in Ecology, Management and Restoration of the Natural Environment. Currently working on my PhD studying marine debris of Antarctica.

Her resarch line focusses on conservation an ecological restoration of mesophotic and deep marine ecosystems, mainly dominated by corals and gorgonians species.

My main research is focused on the study of photoprotection and antioxidant mechanisms in plants live under extreme environments (extremophytes)

Our research is split in two areas: plant ecophysiology and agri-food biotechnology. Studies on plant ecophysiology focus on mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance, the ecophysiology of invasive plants, proxies of mortality at the ecosystem level, seed banks, sexual dimorphism in plants, and hormonal profiling.

Study of flora and vegetation, primarily a functional ecology of communities in constraint environment, high mountain Mediterranean meadows, coastal vegetation ... Interdependence between specific composition and functioning of vegetation.