PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01/16 - 07/20 Researcher FPI. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 08/19 - 12/19 Researcher, FPI stay. University of Minho. Braga, Portugal. Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology. 06/15 - 12/15 Research assistant. Netherlands Institute of Ecology. Wageningen, The Netherlands. Aquatic Ecology Department. 11/13 - 11/14 Research assistant (6 months) and Researcher intern ‘Leonardo da Vinci fellowship’ (6 months). Alterra, Wageningen UR. Wageningen, The Netherlands. Freshwater Ecology Department. 09/13 - 06/14 IT Spanish teacher. International Student Association Wageningen. The Netherlands. 07/12 - 09/12 Student internship. Labaqua S.A (AQUALOGY). Madrid, Spain. 02/12 - 06/12 Quality control assistant. Diana Casado SL. Madrid, Spain. 09/10 - 09/11 Researcher. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid, Spain. |
EDUCATION
2016-2020 PhD degree (Excelent Cum Laude / International Mention): Effects of frequency and duration of flow intermittence on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: insights from Mediterranean streams. University of Barcelona. Supervisors: Dr. María Isabel Muñoz and Dr. Margarita Menéndez. 2011-2013 MSc Ecology (2-year degree): Impact of hydrological regulation on water supply. A case of study of Voltoya River. Universidad Autónoma y Complutense de Madrid. Supervisor: Dr. Carmen Casado. 2005-2011 BSc Biology (5-year degree): Analysis of Provisioning Services (coastal fishing and shell-fishing). A case of study of the Doñana Fluviolitoral system. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Supervisors: Dr. Paloma Alcorlo and Dr. Ignacio Palomo. |
PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
2022 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL). Aveiro, Portugal. Oral communication and session chair: Drying niches of aquatic macroinvertebrates reveal their potential as bioindicators of intermittent and ephemeral streams. Arias-Real, R., Gutiérrez-Cánovas, C., Menéndez, M. and Muñoz, I.
2022 9th Conference on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters: Global change and terrestrial-aquatic connections (PLPF9), Braga, Portugal. Oral communication: Fungal biodiversity mediates the effect of drying on freshwater ecosystem functioning.
2021 3rd International Conference of rivers and wetlands, Instituto Humboldt, Colombia. Invited as expert speaker: Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: a challenge for biomonitoring.
2021 Aquatic Sciences Virtual Meeting. ASLO. Oral communication: Fungal biodiversity mediates the effects of drying on freshwater ecosystem functioning. Grant issued by Iberian Association of Limnology to attend it.
2020 XX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Murcia, Spain. Oral communication: Are all intermittent streams the same? Multiple hydrological components driving invertebrate community changes.
2019 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS11), Zagreb, Croatia. Oral communication: Subsurface zones in intermittent streams are hotspots of microbial decomposition during the non-flow period. Grant issued by Iberian Association of Limnology to attend it.
2019 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), Barcelona, Spain. Oral communication and organizing committee member: Effects of flow intermittence on species traits of invertebrate community in Mediterranean streams.
2018 XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL), Coimbra, Portugal. Oral communication: Increased flow intermittency reduces aquatic hyphomycetes richness affecting leaf litter decomposition.
2017 8th Conference on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters: 220 years of breakdown (PLPF8), Bilbao, Spain. Oral communication: Effects of flow intermittency on aquatic hyphomycetes in leaf litter, decomposition rates and feeding preferences.
2017 10th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS), Olomouc, Czech Republic. Oral communication: How does intensity and frequency of flow intermittency affect organic matter decomposition in the surface and subsurface water in Mediterranean streams?
2017 2nd IdRA Young Researchers Seminar, Water Research Institute (IdRA), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Oral communication: Effects of flow intermittency on aquatic hyphomycetes assemblages in leaf litter, decomposition rates and feeding preferences of invertebrate consumers: a microcosm experiment
2022 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL). Aveiro, Portugal. Oral communication and session chair: Drying niches of aquatic macroinvertebrates reveal their potential as bioindicators of intermittent and ephemeral streams. Arias-Real, R., Gutiérrez-Cánovas, C., Menéndez, M. and Muñoz, I.
2022 9th Conference on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters: Global change and terrestrial-aquatic connections (PLPF9), Braga, Portugal. Oral communication: Fungal biodiversity mediates the effect of drying on freshwater ecosystem functioning.
2021 3rd International Conference of rivers and wetlands, Instituto Humboldt, Colombia. Invited as expert speaker: Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: a challenge for biomonitoring.
2021 Aquatic Sciences Virtual Meeting. ASLO. Oral communication: Fungal biodiversity mediates the effects of drying on freshwater ecosystem functioning. Grant issued by Iberian Association of Limnology to attend it.
2020 XX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Murcia, Spain. Oral communication: Are all intermittent streams the same? Multiple hydrological components driving invertebrate community changes.
2019 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS11), Zagreb, Croatia. Oral communication: Subsurface zones in intermittent streams are hotspots of microbial decomposition during the non-flow period. Grant issued by Iberian Association of Limnology to attend it.
2019 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), Barcelona, Spain. Oral communication and organizing committee member: Effects of flow intermittence on species traits of invertebrate community in Mediterranean streams.
2018 XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL), Coimbra, Portugal. Oral communication: Increased flow intermittency reduces aquatic hyphomycetes richness affecting leaf litter decomposition.
2017 8th Conference on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters: 220 years of breakdown (PLPF8), Bilbao, Spain. Oral communication: Effects of flow intermittency on aquatic hyphomycetes in leaf litter, decomposition rates and feeding preferences.
2017 10th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS), Olomouc, Czech Republic. Oral communication: How does intensity and frequency of flow intermittency affect organic matter decomposition in the surface and subsurface water in Mediterranean streams?
2017 2nd IdRA Young Researchers Seminar, Water Research Institute (IdRA), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Oral communication: Effects of flow intermittency on aquatic hyphomycetes assemblages in leaf litter, decomposition rates and feeding preferences of invertebrate consumers: a microcosm experiment
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
2022 Postdoctoral Margarita Salas grant. Issued by Spanish Ministry of Universities and the Next Generation EU - Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. Associated with University of Mihno and Universitat de Barcelona 2016 FPI Predoctoral fellow- BES-2015-073961. Issued by Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. Associated with Universitat de Barcelona 2013 Leonardo Da Vinci fellowship- European research fellowship- IVT/PLM. Issued by Fgulem - Fundación General de la Universidad de León y de la Empresa. Associated with Alterra, Wageningen UR. Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
TEACHING AND STUDENT SUPERVISION
2021-2022. Supervision of 1 MSc project (TFM) at University Pablo de Olavide.
MSc lectures as a post-doctoral researcher. 16 hours (2022). MSc in Ecology, Environmental Management and Restoration. University of Barcelona.
BSc lectures as a post-doctoral researcher. 68.6 hours (2022). Environmental Sciences degree (Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry; Environmental Impact Assessment). University of Barcelona.
2021-2022. Supervision of 1 MSc project (TFM) at University Pablo de Olavide.
MSc lectures as a post-doctoral researcher. 16 hours (2022). MSc in Ecology, Environmental Management and Restoration. University of Barcelona.
BSc lectures as a post-doctoral researcher. 68.6 hours (2022). Environmental Sciences degree (Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry; Environmental Impact Assessment). University of Barcelona.