BC3. Basque centre for climate change – Klima aldaketa ikergai

Short CV

I am currently working as a PhD student within the RECODYN project under the supervision of Daniel Montoya. I studied Biology at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and completed my Master’s Degree in Biodiversity, in 2022, at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). My area of focus was animal biodiversity, and my master’s thesis was about the cumulative effects of increasing wild deer densities on plant-pollinator networks. Two of my main interests are climate change and biodiversity conservation, and my research activity has mainly been related to insect communities. I have collaborated on the entomological collection at the National Museum of Natural Sciences of Spain (MNCN-CSIC), and I have carried out surveys as a field technician within the project “Identification of climate change shelters using Iberian mountain butterflies”, also at the MNCN-CSIC. I recently did an internship at Helsinki University, helping as a lab and field technician in the life-history evolution research group, studying the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) metapopulation that lives in the Åland Islands.
Additionally, I enjoy scientific dissemination. I have worked as a museum guide and environmental educator in hopes of bringing youth and families closer to the world of insects and different invertebrates, as well as highlighting their importance in the ecosystems in which they live. My other interests include cinema and art, and in my free time, I enjoy taking photographs, painting and hiking.