Staff directory

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.

Ecologist specialized in carbon cycle in aquatic systems. My research uses carbon biogeochemistry as a proxy to understand how aquatic ecosystems work. I work in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and lagoons, addressing various aspects of the carbon cycle such as: ecosystem metabolism, carbon dioxide and methane fluxes into the atmosphere, carbon sinking in lacustrine sediments, or biogeochemistry of the organic and inorganic carbon dissolved in river networks.

My work is on the ecology and conservation of avian scavengers in a humanized landscape in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula. I am interested in the role that different food resources play in shaping the movement and space use of vultures.

Research in ethnobotany in Berguedà.

She is working currently as a technician at the Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona. She coordinates the project “Evitem la pesca fantasma” (Avoiding ghost fishing)

My name is Katherin Otálora. Biologist from the Universidad Pedagogíca y Tecnologíca de Colombia. Master in Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology from University of Chile and currently PhD student in Biodiversity, comparative genomics. Experienced in the areas of bioinformatics, genetics, conservation, evolution, scientific data analysis and project management. I derive joy from sharing science and collaborate on community projects with organizations dedicated to disseminating scientific knowledge and preserving biodiversity (Fundación Motiva Inteligencia colectiva, Fundacion FUNMAJO). Skilled in analyze data, interpret and obtain results. Karateka and nature lover.

Study of the ecology and conservation of marine benthic communities under climate change scenario.

My current research is focused on the coastal communities of echinoderms Mediterranean, more specifically in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. With the help of several funded projects have worked many aspects of their biology, ecology, phylogeography and population structure using genetic tools in many cases. I also approached the group of ascidians, X. Turon in co-directing with a thesis on biology and population genetics of the species Pycnoclavella.

My main interest focuses on the analysis of evolutionary processes and population genetic studies with different native and introduced taxa, including Drosophila as a model organism as well as with marine invertebrates and vertebrates, non-model yet ecologically very interesting species. Population genetic structure of marine organisms, phylogeography, phylogeny and conservation genetics. In marine environments one of the main problems in management is the presence of cryptic species, either endemic or of recent invasion that can be detected using a phylogeographic approach by phylogenetic reconstruction with multiple genes. 

Research on the high mountain flora of the Pyrenees focused on the physiology and longevity of tree and herbaceous species as well as their importance and ecosystemic role.

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