TEACHING & MENTORING
I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA). I have shown the capability of mentoring and inspiring students at different stages of their careers and have efficiently translated my knowledge to students at different levels (undergraduate, master and PhD)
Research supervision of PhD students
PhD, 2022-ongoing: A Hernado Bartolomé, "Paleoecología de turberas: pasado, presente y futuro". Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Supervisory team: Dr López-Merino, Prof. Martínez Cortizas & Dr Manzano Rodríguez.
PhD, 2017-ongoing: C Salinas, "Seagrass soils as biogeochemical and palaeoenvironmental tools for management". Edith Cowan University (Australia). Supervisory team: Dr Serrano, Prof. Lavery, Dr López-Merino & Dr Adame
PhD, 2014-2018: S Manzano, "Palaeoecology of two biodiversity hotspots: the Doñana and Sierra Nevada National Parks" (Extraordinary award). Universidad de Murcia (Spain). Supervisory team: Prof. Carrión & Dr López-Merino [link]
PhD, 2012-2016: N Silva Sánchez, "Late-Holocene environments reconstructed from peatlands: linking geochemistry and palynology". Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Supervisory team: Prof. Martínez Cortizas & Dr López-Merino [link]
I co-supervised part of the PhD work of Thomas Hoyle when both of us where at Brunel University London. Our pathways diverged and he moved to Utrecht University. I was then unemployed for a while (2018) and, later on, got a job at Kingston University London. Although, at the end, I do not appear as an official supervisor of his PhD dissertation, the work we have done together has been published in three papers (Hoyle et al. 2018, 2020, 2021)
PhD, 2013-2019: TM Hoyle, "Biotic Change and Landlocked Seas: Ecosystem responses to climate and sea level variability in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Pontocaspian basins". Utrecht University [link]
Research supervision of master and undergraduate students
Bachelor's final project, 2023: A Alonso Pavlova, "Salud planetaria: impacto del Antropoceno en las enfermedades infecciosas". Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Supervisor: Dr López-Merino
MA, 2022: IA Sánchez Bergantiños, "Tres milenios de dinámicas de incendio en Cruz do Bocelo (Melide, Galicia) mediante el análisis de microcarbones". Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Supervisory team: Dr López-Merino & Dr Silva-Sánchez
MA, 2020: N Pérez Martínez, "Marcadores de estrés nutricional y parasitismo como una alternativa al estudio de la fosa común de Santa María la Mayor (Pontevedra)". Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Supervisory team: Dr López-Merino & Dr López-Costas
MSc, 2019: A Bergeron, "The use of palaeoecological records of Posidonia oceanica for the biological conservation of Cabrera National Park (Balearic Islands, Spain)". Kingston University London (UK). Supervisory team: Dr López-Merino & Dr Brown
MSc, 2014: NR Colás-Ruiz, "Palaeoecology of fire during the Holocene in the Western Mediterranean: new data and review". Brunel University London (UK). Supervisor: Dr López-Merino
MSc, 2013: S Manzano, "Estudios palinológicos en el Parque Nacional de Doñana". Universidad de Murcia (Spain). Supervisory team: Prof. Carrión & Dr López-Merino
MSc, 2010: N Silva Sánchez, "Cambios ambientales en los últimos 3000 años en el sector occidental de la Sierra del Bocelo". Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Supervisory team: Prof. Martínez Cortizas & Dr López-Merino
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
I am contributing to theoretical and practical sessions in undergraduate modules within the Pharmacy BSc in the Botany Unit.
2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024. Medicinal Botany (Botánica Medicinal) (Year 4)
Lectures and laboratory practical sessions
2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024. Biology and Introduction to the Biological Laboratory BSc module (Biología e Introducción al Laboratorio Biológico) (Year 1)
Laboratory practical sessions
2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024. Botany BSc module (Botánica) (Year 1)
Laboratory practical sessions
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
I contributed in the 2019/2020 academic year to the Archaeology and Antiquity Sciences MA in the Faculty of Geography and History in the first term, and to the Biology BSc in the Faculty of Biology in the second term. In the 2020/2021 I am contributing to a new module within the Archaeology and Antiquity Sciences MA.
2020/2021. Archaeobotany MA module (Arqueobotánica)
Lectures on plant microremains
2019/2020. Biogeochemistry BSc module (Bioxeoquímica) (Year 2)
I contribute with fieldwork and laboratory practicals on biogeochemical cycles
2019/2020. Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology MA module (Paleoambiente y Arqueoloxía)
Lectures on archaeobotany, palaeoparasitology and the Anthropocene
Kingston University London
I contributed to different undergraduate modules within the Environmental Science BSc, the Geography BSc, and the Environmental Management MSc that are run by the Dept. Geography, Geology & the Environment.
2019. Introduction to Physical Geography and Environmental Hazards BSc module (Year 1)
Lectures and practicals on the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation and change, as well as monsoons, hurricanes, storms, and tornadoes
2019. Understanding the Environment BSc module (Year 1)
Lectures on ecological processes and the biosphere, including fieldwork at the local nature reserve (LNN) - Stokes Field
2019. The Challenge of Climate Change BSc module (Year 3)
Lectures on indicators of climate change and marking of the Climate Change Policy Report
2019. The Challenge of Climate Change MSc module
Lectures on indicators of climate change
Brunel University London
During my period at Brunel I was involved in the teaching of several master modules, mainly at the Dept. Life Sciences, although I collaborated with the Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering.
2015-2017. Environment, Health and Societies MSc module
Lectures on environment, climate and the collapse of ancient civilizations, as well as marking oral presentations
2014. Geo-Environmental Management for Civil Engineers MSc module
Lectures on trophic levels, niche, speciation, extinction, biodiversity, conservation, and ecosystem services
2012-2016. Environmental Management MSc module
Lectures on the use of palaeoecological data for conservation and management
2010-2016. Global Climate Change MSc module
Field trips (sediment sampling and plant identification) and laboratory sessions (sediment sieving and macrofossil identification using microscopy)
