Staff directory

Biological and ecological studies of large marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, chelonian, cetacean and pinniped) focused on management and conservation of populations.

Dr. Laura Armengot is a biologist, with a PhD in agroecology. Her main expertise is in the field of sustainable agricultural practices, including organic farming and agroforestry systems. She has worked in Mediterranean, temperate and tropical regions developing and assessing innovative management strategies for organic farmers in topics such as weed control, carbon sequestration and efficient use of resources.

The two main areas of my research are marine chemical ecology (natural products benthic invertebrates temperate, tropical and polar) and integrated coastal zone management (use of benthic invertebrates as indicators of environmental conditions in coastal management processes).

I am currently working at the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona (ICM-CSIC) and the University of Barcelona (UB). My research is focused on the effect of ocean acidification on Antarctic marine calcifiers.

During my early career, as graduated in Marine Biology and a master in Marine Ecology, I have mainly studied how environmental variability modulates biochemical and reproductive adaptations in different species of marine invertebrates. Furthermore, I am currently conducting my PhD thesis about potential effects of glacial melt and retreat on different ecological characteristics of Antarctic marine benthic communities.

Conservation biology of plants, with special emphasis on the biology of small populations of endemic species and subjected to fragmentation processes in the Mediterranean region (demography, reproductive biology, population genetics). Databases of genetic biodiversity. Pharmaceutical botany.

I am an Associate Professor 'Serra Húnter' at the University of Barcelona and the lead of the Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM-Lab) research group. My research interests mainly focus on the biodiversity, ecology, and conservation of freshwater ecosystems. In particular, I have been working on large-scale spatial patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrates mediterranean climate rivers and their responses to past, present, and future disturbances, combining community and population approaches. I have conducted my research mainly on of the world, where intermittent rivers are part of the daily landscape and have triggered many evolutionary adaptations of species.

Biological and ecological studies of large marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, chelonian, cetacean and pinniped) focused on management and conservation of populations.

Reproductive biology of plants, with special attention to the tribe Delphinieae. Conservation biology (reproductive biology, genetic diversity and population) of endemic plants, endangered and/or rare in the Mediterranean region.

I study the habitat use of marine mammals and sea turtles in different ecosystems, using oxygen and sulphur stable isotopes as intrinsic habitat tracers.

My research aims to better understand the resilience of species to global change in order to develop effective management and conservation tools. To do this, I combine the use of small-scale experiments, field data, large-scale data, along with a wide variety of modeling techniques, to better understand, predict and manage their dynamics and promote their resilience.

Biological and ecological studies of large marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, chelonian, cetacean and pinniped) focused on management and conservation of populations.

Conservation of biodiversity - Ecology of communities - Ecology of populations - Forest ecology - Management and restoration of the natural environment

Floristic topics and vegetation typology research  in the Pyrenees region. Fitocenology and CORINE habitats. Fitocenology units and its application in environmental assessment and management. Adapting to digital mapping of analog products and mapping methods . Mapping of vegetation and CORINE habitat.

He mainly works in the “Seguiment marí” project which consists in a long-term monitoring of the marine biodiversity of the Medes Islands and Cap de Creus marine reserves. The aim of this project is to assess the conservation status of the marine habitats and populations from both MPA, to detect risk situations to the natural heritage and to improve previous knowledge about its species and habitats in order to facilitate a more sustainable territorial management. Previously, David participated in a project related with population dynamics of sea urchins in Port Cros National Park and participated in the reimplantation of red coral (Corallium rubrum) in the Medes Island reserve seized from poachers.

My research centers on understanding the response of aquatic food webs to global climate crisis and other environmental perturbations (e.g., eutrophication, salinization, microplastics), using approaches ranging from mesocosm experiments to biodiversity monitoring to investigate trophic interactions, energy transfer, ecosystem functioning and health.

Trying to understand the biological buffer systems of marine invertebrates that calcify to cope with the rapid environmental changes expected in the predicted global ocean acidification and warming scenario by applying genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics, along with metabolic ecology.

Research areas: Biogeography - Cartography and biodiversity databases - Conservation of Biodiversity
Interest groups: Plant communities - Habitats - Vascular plants
Research Group: Geobotànica i Cartografia de la Vegetació (GEOVEG)

Applied ornithology studies, birdstrikes with aircraft, urban birds, wind farms and birds, plague species and other environmental issues. Biogeography preferably animals. Little research on history of the spanish ornithology.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xavier_Ferrer

Study of the Mediterranean habitat-forming marine species populations under the global warming effects, and engage citizen science to produce new knowledge for science and society.

My research is focused on river ecology. I work to promote environmental volunteering and citizen science related to river ecosystems and give value to the data generated from the public at the level of management and conservation of Mediterranean rivers.

Charmed with marine biology, currently I'm studying the adaptive processes of the invasive species Styela plicata. From the reference genome construction to the bacterial community structure, we want to see how this species is available to colonize new habitats.