Alba Lázaro-González

PhD in Terrestrial Ecology

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biography

I am a PhD in Terrestrial Ecology and posdoctoral researcher at Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC (Spain). I have 20 publications: 18 original articles published in WOS-indexed journals (Q1=12, Q2=4, Q3=2), 1 book chapter, and 1 scientific note. I am lead author of nine of my publications, having 229 citations in WOS (241 in Scopus, 326 in Google Scholar), and a H Index of 11 (in GS). My scientific results has been presented in 7 national and 17 international congresses and conferences, both in oral (17 + 1 invited talk) and poster formats (14). I have peer-reviewed 11 papers for 8 journals and scientific committee of an international congress.Throughout my research career I have obtained 8 competitive grants: one as a teaching assistant (9 months), one predoctoral training (4 years), one predoctoral national research stay (4 months), three predoctoral international research stays (13 months in total), a postdoctoral international placement divided between France (12 months) and Spain (12 months), and a postdoctoral national position (3 years). I have taught more than 300 h of bachelor-level courses, including different subjects in the degree of Biology and Environmental Sciences at UAB and UGR, co-supervision of 3 Thesis Ms and, currently, a Doctoral Thesis at UGR.I have participated in 11 funded projects, including 2 as principal investigator.

research profile

My main research has focused on the study of direct and indirect effects of plant-plant (chemical responses) and plant-animal interactions (arthropod communities associated to plant parasite-host systems), and their ecological consequences in a wide range of scales, from species to ecosystems. In collaboration with international universities and the Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF), I have studied the responses and adaptations of biological diversity, especially ants, to disturbances and climate change. Besides, I have worked with the Pollination Ecology and Ecological Interactions group at CREAF, studying pollinator communities and their interactions with nest associates. In the last three years, I developed a new line of research focuses on systematic reviews and meta-analysis with international collaborators in the framework of different projects, such as the project on the use of sowing and planting in ecosystem restoration and the wildE project on rewilding funded by Horizon Europe in collaboration with UGR and INRAE (France), respectively. At the same time, I participated in a European networking of a COST action (PEN-CAFoRR: Working Group 3).Currently, I joined to EBD-CSIC as a posdoctoral researcher conducting systematic maps and meta-analyses on ecological and social topics.

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