Curriculum vitae
Education
PhD University of Vigo, 2011. Dissertation: “ The role of oxidative stress in the phenotypic design of birds”. Supervisor: Dr Alberto Velando and Dr Carlos Alonso-Álvarez.
MSc. University of Alicante, 2008.
Degree in Environmental Sciences, Miguel Hernández University, 2004
Academic Positions
Lecturer, University of Vigo. From 2022-
Distinguished Researcher (Talent Retention Program, UVIGO), University of Vigo. 2019-2022.
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Vigo, Spain. 2018-2019.
(JdeC) Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Vigo, Spain. 2016-2018.
(AXA) Research Associate, University of Glasgow, UK. 2014-2016.
(Marie-Curie) Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Glasgow, UK. 2012-2014.
(FPI) Pre-doctoral Researcher, University of Vigo, Spain. 2007-2011.
Postgraduate Researcher, University Miguel Hernández, Spain. 2005-2006.
Research Projects (as PI, Co-PI or research team (RT)).
"Acciones para reducir la mortalidad accidental del cormorán moñudo (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) en artes de pesca de enmalle en la Demarcación Marina Noratlántica" (PI). Funded by Fundación Biodiversidad, 2020 (82.830e).
"Resolver los problemas evolutivos de envejecimiento: estudios experimentales en el pez espinoso" (RT). Funded by Xunta de Galicia, 2017 (114.840e).
"Grupo con potencial de crecimiento" (RT). Funded by Xunta de Galicia, 2016 (70.000e).
"Evolución de las estrategias vitales: el papel de la integridad mitocondrial". (RT). Funded by MINECO, 2016 (111.441e).
"Long-term effects of early life nutritional modulation of ageing " (Co-PI). AXA Research Foundation, 2014, (120.000e).
"El desarrollo fenotipico en aves: determinantes geneticos y ambientales de las diferencias individuales". Funded by MINECO, 2013 (160.290e).
"Nutrition and reproductive strategies: the influence of dietary antioxidants on telomere dynamics and life history plasticity in birds" (Co-PI). Funded by European Commission, 2012 (200.373e).
"El daño oxidativo como mediador en los compromisos evolutivos de las aves de larga vida" (RT). Funded by MICIN, 2010 (153.670e).
"Herramientas para la conservación de poblaciones amenazadas de procelariformes: Procesos de colonización y agregación social en la Pardela Cenicienta (Calonectris diomedea)", (RT). Funded by Organismo autónomo Parques Nacionales, MMA, 2010 (101.202e).
"Investigaciones aplicadas a xestion medioambiental" (RT). Funded by Xunta de Galicia, 2008 (245.000e).
Fellowships and Awards
Distinguished Researcher Award, University of Vigo, Talent Retention Program 2019.
Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion post-doctoral Fellowship, 2016-2018.
AXA Research Foundation, AXA Research Fellowship, 2014-2016.
European Commission, Marie-Curie IEF Research Fellowship, 2012-2014.
Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, FPI Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2011.
University of Miguel Hernández Research-training Fellowship, 2006-2007.
University of Miguel Hernández Research-training Fellowship, 2005.
Invited Talks
2024. Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert CURIEN (IPHC), CNRS, Strasburg, France.
2020. Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, Glasgow University (Dominone's Lab), UK.
2020. Dept. Biology, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
2020. Dept. Ecology, University of Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
2019. Dept. Biology, Williams University College, Williamstown, USA.
2016. Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Vienna, Austria.
2015. Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert CURIEN (IPHC), CNRS, Strasburg, France.
2014. Dept. Ecology, University of Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain.
2013. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
2013. Dept. Ecology, University of Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain.
Editorial and Evaluation Service
Reviewer-Editor for Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution since 2014.
I have refereed manuscripts for more than 20 journals, including Nat Com, PNAS, Ecol Lett, Current Biol, Proc R Soc B, Evol Lett, Funct Ecol, Biol Lett, Behav Ecol, Anim Behav, J Anim Ecol, etc.
External examiner in five PhD dissertations
Membership
The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO-Birdlife)
Bird Migration Center (CMA)