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. 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
Victoria Frutos Aragón
PhD student (FI fellowship). Contributions of temporary ponds to freshwater biodiversity and services (H2020 PONDERFUL project).
Irum Shahzadi
PhD student (Joan Oró (AGAUR) fellowships) enrolled on the PONDERFUL project. My thesis aims to assess the functional diversity of pond ecosystems and how climatic and anthropogenic factors shape the interaction among the different aquatic communities, including zooplankton, macroinvertebrates and macrophytes across a broad spatial scale (latitudinal and climatic gradient) in Europe.
Technicians
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
Beatriu Pinós (AGAUR)
Former Postdoc
H2020 PONDERFUL project
Katterine Rincón Palau
Former PhD student (UVic predoctoral fellowships). 2021 – 2025. Zooplankton diversity and size structure: effects of hydroperiod, land use and interactions with ecosystem functions
Lena Fehlinger
Former PhD Student (GFF NOE Excellence Stipend for Studies). 2023 – 2026. Macroinvertebrates and amphibians in mountain ponds: water permanence, artificial pond creation and cattle management
Dr. Diana van Gent
Former Project Manager
H2020 PONDERFUL project
Sara Barrancos Martorell
Former Technician (Investigo AGAUR)
Visiting scientist
Lisa-Marie Braun
Size-density relationships of aquatic communities in response to strength of predator-prey interactions.
