Researchers
Group Leader. ICREA Research professor.
Coordinator of Aquatic Ecology Group, ICREA Research Professor. Anthropogenic impacts (climate change, eutrophication, increased salinity) on the…
Associate professor.
Impact of global change (e.g. pollution, water abstraction, invasive species, habitat alteration, global warming,…) on freshwater ecosystems. In…
I am an ecosystem ecologist, specialized in food web and global ecology, and interested in the understanding of the response of populations…
Assistant professor
My research is focused on how environmental factors and anthropogenic impacts affect biodiversity and size structure of aquatic communities. In…
Dr. Àngels Leiva
Research assistant
Effects of organic pollutants and metals on freshwater ecosystems. In particular, physiological changes and effects on reproduction and survival.
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Jordi Compte
Postdoc (2019). Project: Fundación Biodiversidad Project: Estanques temporales mediterráneos: refugios de biodiversidad a conservar.
Postdoc
Postdoc H2020 PONDERFUL project.
Postdoc
Postdoc H2020 PONDERFUL project. Interactions between biodiversity, ecosystems functions and climate in ponds.
Postdoc
Postdoc H2020 PONDERFUL project. Environmental and biotic factors influencing the size structure of aquatic communities in Mediterranean ponds.
PhD Students
Katterine Rincón Palau
PhD student (UVic predoctoral fellowships). Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in Mediterranean ponds (H2020 PONDERFUL project).
Victoria Frutos Aragón
PhD student (FI fellowship). Contributions of temporary ponds to freshwater biodiversity and services (H2020 PONDERFUL project).
Lena Fehlinger
PhD Student (GFF NOE Excellence Stipend for Studies). In my project I investigate the biodiversity of macrofauna of high-altitude ponds, under the aspects of water permanence and cattle pressure. I include artificial ponds as potential support systems for aquatic diversity.
Technicians
Dr. Diana van Gent
Project Manager
Project Manager H2020 PONDERFUL project: Pond ecosystems for resilient future landscapes in a changing climate.
Sara Barrancos Martorell
Technician (Programa Investigo AGAUR). I am working with the phytoplankton samples of H2020 PONDERFUL Project: species identification, taxonomy, cell counts and measurements.
Ester Boix Muns
Technician (TRANSPONDER Project). Fieldwork and laboratory technician.
Past members
Dr. Zeynep Ersoy
PhD student (2015-2018). Biotic and environmental factors shaping size distributions in freshwater food webs.
Dr. Ignasi Arranz
PhD student (2014-2017). Size structure of lake fish along environmental gradients and effects of climate change.
Dr. Nupur Nagar
Postdoc Ramón y Cajal Universitat de Barcelona
Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Vic (2014-2016). Research line on freshwater salinization.
Dr. Mireia Aguilera
Dr. Charlotte Evangélista
I am a freshwater ecologist with a research background on functional and trait-based ecology. My research focuses on the consequences of intraspecific variability for the higher levels of biological organization. I am particularly interested in how human activities modulate trait variability within species, and from there, key ecosystem functions. I use a combination of fieldwork and experimental approaches.
Visiting scientist
Lisa-Marie Braun
Size-density relationships of aquatic communities in response to strength of predator-prey interactions.
