About me
- Senior Researcher of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), at Geosciences Barcelona (Geo3Bcn). Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Paleoecology
- Founding Editor-in-Chief (2017-2020) of Quaternary and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Earth Science (IFI-2.689), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (IFI-2.416) and Frontiers in Plant Science (IFI-4.402)
Research interests
- Biotic responses to climate change
- Climate-vegetation-human interactions
- Quaternary ecology, evolution and biogeography
- Origin of Neotropical biodiversity and endemism
Study areas
- Orinoco lowlands and delta
- Guiana region: Pantepui (video), Gran Sabana (video)
- Northern South American Caribbean coasts
- Tropical and temperate mountains: Andes, Pyrenees (video)
- Oceanic Islands: Azores (video), Easter Island (video)
Current projects
- LACEN – Sentinel Lakes of Global Change in National Parks: A Multidisciplinary Analysis over the last 6000 years. Funded by the Autonomous Organism of National Parks, Spain (OAPN-24505). PI: Teresa Vegas (BEECA, University of Barcelona, Spain).
- DiscoverAZORES – When Were the Azores Really Colonized? A High-Resolution Paleolimnological Approach. Funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation, Portugal (02/SAICT/2017-28511). PI: Pedro Raposeiro (CIBIO-InBIO, University of Azores, Portugal).
Latest news
- The book “The Prehistory of Easter Island (Rapa Nui): Towards an Interdisciplinary Integrative Framework” has been approved by Springer and will be published in 2021. Check the preliminary table of contents – (June 2020)
- The book “Paleoecological Research on Easter Island: Insights on Settlement, Climate Changes, Deforestation and Cultural Shifts” (Elsevier) is projected to be published on September 1, 2020 – (June 2020)
- The new book “Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes” (Springer) has already been published – (Apr 2020)
- The book “Quaternary Ecology, Evolution and Biogeography” (Academic Press) has already been published – (Mar 2020)
