Welcome!

As an integrative zoologist, I am passionate about animal diversity and understanding the environmental challenges facing freshwater ecosystems in highly human-dominated landscapes, especially urban and agricultural areas. 

My research focuses on the ecological and public health issues arising from habitat degradation and biological invasions. To do so, I use a range of sentinel organisms, primarily fish but also their predators and prey, including microbes, mosquito larvae, crustaceans, riparian invertebrates, and semi-aquatic vertebrates. 

Rooted in the One Health concept, my work combines field studies, experiments in aquaria and outdoor mesocosms, and statistical modeling with these three objectives:

• To analyze how water and riparian vegetation degradation impact animal communities to identify tolerant animal species and predict food-web changes

• To develop biomarkers with ecological and veterinary relevance to assess the health status and pollutant load of tolerant species

• To evaluate the ecological benefits and public health risks of using Nature-Based Solutions for water treatment and habitat restoration

Interested in learning more?

• Check out more details on research lines here and send your queries to: amaceda[a]ub.edu or albertomaceda[a]gmail.com. Always happy to host or collaborate with motivated people and offer practical advise to natural resource managers.

• Visit us at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences. Faculty of Biology. Universitat de Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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