PhD candidate
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Seville and a Master’s in Marine Biology from Stockholm University. For my master’s thesis, I applied statistical models to investigate how seagrass traits affect associated fish communities in the Western Indian Ocean. Following this, I received a ‘JAE Intro’ grant at ICM-CSIC, where I assessed the state of monitoring of protected marine species along the Spanish coast. I am now in the first year of my PhD, funded by an FPU contract, at ICM-CSIC’s iMARES research group, focusing on the ecological impacts of extreme events on marine ecosystems.
Current Research:
As part of my PhD, I study the combined ecological effects of long-term environmental trends—such as sea surface temperature and ocean productivity—and extreme climatic events like marine heatwaves, storms, and intense rainfall on marine ecosystems. I employ two approaches: assessing their impact on a sentinel species that integrates ecosystem-wide processes, and directly examining the broader effects on marine food webs, incorporating spatial dynamics and a socioecological perspective using a mechanistic model of the Western Mediterranean Sea.
Project: Assessing the cumulative impacts of extreme events on marine ecosystems in a context of global ghange.
University: Authonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain
Years: 2023-2027
Funding: FPU (Spanish Government)
Supervisors: Marta Coll, Fran Ramírez and Miquel Ortega
Research Interests:
Ecological responses; Marine species; Environmental stressors; Climate change; Ecosystem dynamics; Applied marine ecology; Conservation management