About me
- Senior Researcher of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), at the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (ICTJA), Barcelona. Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Paleoecology (PALAB)
- Founding Editor-in-Chief of Quaternary and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Earth Science (IFI-2.892), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (IFI-2.686) and Frontiers in Plant Science (IFI-4.106)
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, Gran Sabana)
- Caribbean coasts (Maracaibo basin)
- Tropical and temperate mountains (Andes, Pyrenees)
- Oceanic Islands (Azores, Easter Island)
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 “Quaternary Ecology, Evolution and Biogeography” (Elsevier-Academic Press) has already been published – (Mar 2020)
- The latest review on “The Deforestation of Easter Island“, has already been published in the prestigious journal Biological Reviews (IFI-10.288) – (Jan 2020)
- The Editorial Elsevier-Academic Press has approved the publication of the book entitled “Paleoecological Research on Easter Island: Insights on Settlement, Deforestation and Cultural Change” – (Dec 2019)
- The new book “Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes” (Springer) will be issued in March 2020 and can already be preordered – (Nov 2019)
