CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic studies and titles

• BSc in Biological Sciences, Universidad de Oviedo, 1993

• MSc in Management of Natural Resources, Universidad de Oviedo, 1995

• PhD in Biology, University of Oviedo, 2002. Thesis dissertation title: Implications of individual behaviour and physiology in the life cycle and population dynamics in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)

Academic appointments

• 2019 - : Lecturer. Departament of Biology of Organisms and Systems. Zoology. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 2019 - 2019: Associate Lecturer. Department of Science of Education. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 2014: Post-doctoral researcher. Mediterranean institute of Advanced Studies (IMEDEA-CSIC).Spain

• 2013: Post-doctoral researcher. Departament of Botany. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain

• 2011 - 2012: Post-doctoral researcher. Departament of Biology of Organisms and Systems. Ecology. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 2010 - 2011: Associate Lecturer. Departament of Biology of Organisms and Systems. Ecology. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 2008 - 2010: Post-doctoral researcher. Departament of Biology of Organisms and Systems. Ecology. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 2005 - 2008: "Juan de la Cierva" Research fellow. Departmente of Functional Biology. Genetics. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 2003 - 2005: Post-doctoral researcher, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

• 2002 - 2003: Post-doctoral researcher. Departament of Biology of Organisms and Systems. Ecology. University of Oviedo. Spain

• 1998 - 2002: Pre-doctoral researcher. Departament of Biology of Organisms and Systems. Ecology. University of Oviedo. Spain

Publications

• Peer review papers: 30

• Books: 5

• Chapters: 14

• Popular science: 19

• Technical reports: 10

Research projects

• PROJECT TITLE: Seabirds threatened by invasive fauna: seabird population viability and effect of the American mink in the Galician Atlantic Islands National Park. (2011-2014). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Spanish Government.

• TÍTULO DEL PROYECTO: Impact of climate change on the viability of fish and amphibians in mountain parks: risk assessment and climate refuges on horizons 2040, 2060 y 2080 (2023-2026). Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. Convocatoria de Parques Nacinales.

• TÍTULO DEL PROYECTO: Proposal for expansion and management measures in the current and future marine SPAs of the Bay of Biscay. Fundación Biodiversidad.

• TÍTULO DEL PROYECTO: The urban microbiome: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a framework of global change(URBANFUN) (2019-2023). Red Leonardo.

• TÍTULO DEL PROYECTO: Phenomic, genomic and microbiomic responses to anthropogenic pressures (ANTHROPOPHIBIAN) (2021-2024). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Ministerio de Educação e Ciencia, Governo de Portugal).

• TÍTULO DEL PROYECTO: Actions to reduce accidental mortality of European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in gillnets in the North Atlantic Marine Demarcation. (2020-2021). Fundación Biodiversidad (Programa Pleamar). INVESTIGADOR PRINCIPAL: Jose Manuel Noguera

• PROJECT TITLE: Seabirds threatened by invasive fauna: seabird population viability and effect of the American mink in the Galician Atlantic Islands National Park. (2011-2014). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Thermal tolerance and sensitivity in larval amphibians – exploring inter- and intra-specific variation across environmental gradients to evaluate the impact of global warming (2009-2012). Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Climate change and spatio-temporal disruptions of life-cycles in the Cantabrian range (2008-2010). FICYT.

• PROJECT TITLE: Adaptive genetic variation of amphibians along altitudinal gradients: consequences for local population viability under global climate change (11/12/08 to 11/11/11). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Climate change and spatio-temporal disruptions of life-cycles in the Cantabrian range (2008-2010). FICYT.

• PROJECT TITLE: Delineation of conservation units of amphibian species on mountain landscapes: model systems in the Cantabrian range (01/09/06 to 31/09/09). Spanish Ministry of Environment.

• PROJECT TITLE: Causes and effects of salmon x trout hybridization in natural populations under fishing pressure. 2004-2006. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Genetic structure and models of dispersion in subdivided populations: evolutionary consequences and implications for conservation of vertebrates in the Picos de Europa National Park. 2005-2007. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Genetic structure and dispersion models in subdivided populations: Evolutionary consequences and implications for conservation of freshwater fish. 2005-2007. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Behavioural and physiological Ecology of Fish. (2003 - 2005). Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), UK.

• PROJECT TITLE: Short and medium term effects of Prestige oil spill on seabirds. 2003. Universidad de Oviedo.

• PROJECT TITLE: Factors affecting viability of amphibian isolated populations in harsh environment. 2002-2004. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spanish Government.

• PROJECT TITLE: Ecology of Aquatic Systems. 2001-2003. Regional Excellence Grant for Research Teams. University of Oviedo.

• PROJECT TITLE: Performance and ecological impacts of introduced and escaped fish: physiological and behavioural mechanisms. 1998-2002. European Union.

• PROJECT TITLE: Quantitative approximation to geographic variation and evolution of local adaptations in amphibians under contrasted ecological environments. 1998-2000. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spanish Government- Estación Biológica de Doñana and University of Oviedo .

• PROJECT TITLE: Factors regulating population dynamics and fish communities in the Iberian Peninsula. 1993-1995. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spanish Government. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, University of Sevilla and University of Oviedo.

Presentation in congresses

• Álvarez D, Lourenço A, Oro D & Velo-Antón G. Comparing mark-recapture and genetic estimates of population size in an urban Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) population from the city of Oviedo. CONGRESS: XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology. Aveiro (Portugal). 30/09/14 -04/10/14.

• Lourenço A, Álvarez D & Velo-Antón G. Fragmentation in urban populations: the effects of recent isolation on population structure and demography of Salamandra salamandra in Oviedo. CONGRESS: XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology. Aveiro (Portugal). 30/09/14 -04/10/14.

• Álvarez D. Los anfibios como indicadores del cambio global. CONGRESO: Funcionamiento de la red de seguimiento del cambio global en la red de Parques Nacionales. Fundación Biodiversidad. Madrid 28/11/11.

• Álvarez D. Variación genética adaptativa de anfibios en gradientes altitudinales: efectos sobre la viabilidad de poblaciones subdivididas en escenarios de cambio climático. Presentación oral. CONGRESS: VII Jornadas de investigación en la Red de Parques Nacionales. Tenerife. 05/10/11 - 07/10/11.

• Álvarez D. El papel de las reservas y de las zonas de exclusión pesquera en la conservación de las aves marinas. Oral Presentation. CONGRESS: VII Congreso del Grupo Ibérico de Aves Marinas. Santurtxi (Bizkaia). 30 Octubre-1 Noviembre 2010.

• Álvarez D. Dinámica poblacional y conservación del Cormorán moñudo (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) en Asturies. CONGRESO: VIII Ornitolóxicos Asturianos. Luanco (España). 29-31 enero 2010.

• Álvarez D. El declive del Salmón atlántico en la Península ibérica: ¿son las repoblaciones masivas la solución al problema? CONGRESS: III Jornadas de Conservación del Patrimonio Natural. Gestión de vertebrados singulares o amenazados. Gernika (España). 24-25 enero 2009.

• Álvarez D & Pajuelo MAF. ¿Se justifica el control poblacional del Cormorán grande en Asturias por su impacto sobre las poblaciones salvajes de salmones?. Oral Presentation. CONGRESS: VI Congreso del Grupo Ibérico de Aves Marinas. Algeciras. 18-20 Abril 2008.

• Álvarez D. Efectos de la climatología sobre el éxito reproductor y la dinámica poblacional del cormorán moñudo (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). XIX Congreso Español de Ornitología. 5-8 diciembre 2008.

• Álvarez D & García-Vázquez E. Asymmetric hybridization between Atlantic salmon and Brown trout. Poster. CONGRESO: British Ecological Society Annual meeting. Glasgow (Scotland). 10-12 Septiembre 2007.

• Álvarez D & Bell, A.M. Antipredator behaviour in threespine sticklebacks after a period of growth compensation: an inter-habitat comparison. Poster. CONGRESO: XI Congress of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology. Tours (France). July 2006.

• Álvarez D. Efectos del accidente del Prestige sobre la reproducción de cormorán moñudo (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) en Galicia y Asturias. [Effects of the Prestige oil spill on the European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) reproduction in Galicia and Asturias]. Oral Presentation. CONGRESS: VI Congreso Galego de Ornitoloxía y V Jornadas Cantábricas de Ornitología, Viveiro, Galicia (Spain). October 2005

• Álvarez D & Nicieza, A.G. Larval shape, previous experience and predator avoidance in two anurans with contrasting defensive strategies. Oral Presentation. CONGRESO: XII Scottish Conference of Animal Behaviour. Glasgow (Scotland). March 2005

• Arcos JM, Álvarez D, Leyenda P, Munilla I. & Velando A. Seabird mortality caused by the Prestige oil spill: preliminary insights from a drift blocks experiment. Poster. CONGRESO: 8 th International Conference of the Seabird Group. Aberdeen (Scotland). April 2004.

• Álvarez D. Meeting of the project “Performance and ecological impacts of introduced and escaped fish: physiological and behavioural mechanisms”. Oral Presentation. Göteborg, Sweden. 28-30 January 2001.

• Álvarez D & Nicieza, A.G. Metabolic rates, aggressiveness and competitive ability in wild and hatchery reared juvenile trout. Oral Presentation. CONGRESO: The effects of releasing hatchery-reared fish in the wild. Visby, Gotland (Sweden). August 2001.

• Petersson E, Nicieza AG, Álvarez D, Cano JM, Järvi T & Camargo A. Differences in behaviour between wild and hatchery fish. Oral Presentation. CONGRESO: The effects of releasing hatchery-reared fish in the wild. Visby, Gotland (Sweden). August 2001

• Cano JM, Álvarez D & Nicieza AG. Thermal feeding performance in brown trout: Differences between low- and high-elevation populations. Poster. CONGRESS: Environment, development and growth of fishes. Saint Andrews (Scotland, UK). July 1999.

Awards

• Award of Excellence. Impact Doc Awards 2021. "Twilight of the River King"

• Best Documentary Award. Venice Film Awards 2020. "Twilight of the River King"

• Best Documentary Award.Tagore International Film Festival 2020. "Twilight of the River King"

• Finalist Best Documentary. Latin American Nature Awards 2020. "Twilight of the River King"

• Best Wildlife Documentary Award. LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV-World Cine Fest 2020. "Twilight of the River King"

• Award of Excellence. Nature Without Borders Film Festival 2020. "The last urban dragons"

• Primer premio en el "I Certamen de Cortometrajes sobre Biología de la Conservación" organizado por la Universidad de León por el cortometraje "El viaje del Salmón". 23 de noviembre de 2018.

• BICC Ronda-Madrid-México Trophy Ciudad de Ronda 2016 a la mejor película valorada por el público en la XXVIII Edición de la Bienal de Cine Científico de Ronda por el documental "The last urban dragons".

• Best Environmental Blog 2013 con "Naturaleza Cantábrica" en la VIII Edición de los Premios 20 Blogs.

Editorial activities in scientific and popular science journals

• Editor of El Draque, journal of the Coordinadora Ornitolóxica d'Asturies. 2006 - 2015

• Associate Editor of MUNIBE Natural Sciences. 2014 - actualidad

Journal reviewing

Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Functional Ecology; Journal of Animal Ecology; Conservation Biology; Oikos; Ecography; Journal of Fish Biology; Marine Ecology Progress Series; Environmental Biology of Fishes; Ethology; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Canadian Journal of Zoology; Acta Zoologica Sinica; Animal Biodiversity and Conservation; Boreal Environmental Research