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Since I finished my MSc in Conservation Biology, I have dedicated myself to developing my professional and academic career working on different research projects until I started my PhD. I am interested in understanding the effects of global environmental change on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. For that, my research focuses on understanding the effects of different global change drivers on biogeochemical coupling of terrestrial ecosystems and its link with their functionality. I love the laboratory work but it would not be the same without the fieldwork. It’s completely necessary for me.

I am an ecologist broadly interested in mitigating the impacts of global change on ecosystem functions and services. My research project (SOFT; Steering Organic Farming Transition), supported by the MSCA program, is focused on understanding the role of soil networks involving microbial communities for biogeochemical processes related to the functioning of agroecosystems. I am also particularly interested in steering the transition from conventional to organic agriculture using soil inoculants. Thus, I seek to apply ecological knowledge to the development of nature-based tools that can help to improve sustainable agriculture, including developing transferable protocols that may help to give life back to infertile soils, and regenerate healthy soils for healthy ecosystems and healthy people.

I am a botanist. My main research interests are centered on (i) plant reproductive biology, (ii) phylogeography of Mediterranean plant taxa and (iii) plant biodiversity and conservation. Recently, I became interested in understanding the effects of global change on natural and urban grassland ecosystems. I teach Plant Biology at Degree on Enviromental Sciences and Master of Conservation and Managment of the Natural environment.

Raúl is an ecosystem ecologist broadly interested in understanding the effects of global change on the biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems and their functioning, for which he uses a wide range of experimental and analytical approaches. In his studies, he typically considers communities of microorganisms, plants, and soil invertebrates, and usually focus on the role of soils and climate as modulators of community response. He is also interested in understanding how global change impacts affect key ecosystem services such as soil fertility, nutrient cycling and above-ground and below-ground carbon storage. Since he joined the Vitivinicultural and Agrifood Research Institute (IVAGRO) at the University of Cádiz, he has also become profoundly interested in viticulture and the development of sustainable strategies that can contribute to regenerate the biodiversity and functioning of vineyards, particularly those of the Marco de Jerez region, Cádiz, in the Southwest of Spain. At the University of Cádiz, Raúl teaches Botany to enologists and biotechnologists.