My research deals with the ecology of aquatic communities in Mediterranean wetlands, including temporary ponds but also coastal marshes. I’m mainly interested on biotic and abiotic control of aquatic communities,from local to regional scale. To address this issue I use taxonomic but also functional approaches. I’m particularly interested in metacommunity dynamics, and how this dynamics coupled to biotic and abiotic factors shapes biodiversity patterns. I’m also interested in how external factors(e.g.nutrient inputs) can affect theenergy transferalongthe food web, and so influence the food webstructure. In this sense, I’m coordinating a project that analyzes the environmental key factors affecting food web structure and biomass size spectra in Mediterranean temporary ponds (RETROMED, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Project CGL2011-23907)).Although this project is mainly based on a field survey, I also have experience performing field experiments. I also like the statistical part of our work, since trying to find the best analysis to our different study designs is always a challenge. Finally, and as a member of the LIMNOLAM research group, I’m involved in some applied projects for the restoration of Mediterranean salt marshes. The aim of these projects is to recover the ecological values of some coastal areas located in touristic zones.

Working with Mediterranean temporary ponds, studying their faunal community and their ecosystem functioning. Alterations generated by perturbations such as wildfire (linked to climate change) and generated by restoration activities are my Ph.D. research topics. More specifically, their effects on faunal community and their consequences on network changes analyzing how connectivity and dispersion between ponds help to cope with these alterations.

Aiming to acquire more knowledge on Mediterranean temporary ponds, their conservation, biodiversity and ecological functioning but also on general ecology topics.Also interested in large branchiopods and their distribution, conservation and diversity in the Iberian Peninsula.

My main interest is focused on the macrofaunalcommunities from Mediterranean temporary ponds. Specifically, I’ve been working on the relationships between pond sizeand community structure and composition. I also study the effect of some environmental filters such as salinity or altitude on the macrofaunacommunity. The effect of connectivity within metacommunities is also a topic I’m interested on.

Degree in Biology (2009, University of Girona). Master’s degree in Water Science and Technology in process (2017, University of Girona). My main interest is the ecology and population dynamics of the aquatic reptiles of the continental Mediterranean environments, focusing in the native turtles and in particular the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis).

Degree in Biology (University of Valencia, 2010-2014) and Master’s degree in Marine Biology: Biodiversity and Conservation (University of La Laguna, 2015-2017). As a PhD student at Institute of Aquatic Ecology (2017-2020) and participating in a Life Restoration Project in La Pletera I am going to study the ecosystem metabolism estimating gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (R) and net ecosystem production (NEP) from measurements of changes in dissolved oxygen (DO) and the relationship with other environmental factors. In addition, we will quantify the ecosystem metabolism influence in the aquatic community structure and how useful would be to consider ecosystem metabolism as a technique for monitoring the ecological status and to analyse the response of these habitats to ecological restoration.