Postdoctoral researchers
Postdoctoral researchersLaura Concostrina Zubiri, Postdoctoral researcher Marie Curie. (03/2018-01/2021). She is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cantabria. Personal web page.
Miguel Berdugo, Postdoctoral researcher (09/2016 – 12/2019). He is now a postdoctoral researcher at ETH in Zürich. Personal web page.
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Postdoctoral researcher (08/2016 – 12/2019). He is now a “Ramón y Cajal” researcher at Pablo de Olavide University. Personal web page.
Pablo García-Palacios, Postdoctoral researcher (01/09/2016 – 15/11/2019). He is now researcher “Ramón y Cajal” at the Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (CSIC), Madrid. Personal web page.
David Sánchez Pescador, Postdoctoral researcher (02/2016 – 04/2019). He is currently working in University Rey Juan Carlos (Móstoles, Spain), as postdoctoral researcher. Personal web page.
Jiansheng Ye, Postdoctoral researcher (12/2017 – 09/2018). He is currently a Professor at Lanzhou University (China). Personal web page.
Hugo Saiz, Postdoctoral researcher (02/2016 – 04/2019). He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern (Switzerland). Personal web page.
Yoann le Bagousse-Pinguet, post-doctoral researcher funded by the Marie Curie program and the BIODESERT project (10/2015 – 10/2018). He is currently a tenured scientist at Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (CNRS, France). Personal web page
Rocío Herández Clemente, post-doctoral researcher funded by BIODESERT project and the “Juan de la Cierva incorporación” program (10/2017 – 04/2018). She is currently a lecturer at Swansea University. Personal web page
Mónica Ladrón de Guevara, post-doctoral researcher funded by the BIOCOM and BIODESERT projects (06/2015 – 032018). She is currently a Marie Curie research fellow at CREAF/Arizona State University. Personal webpage
Dinorah Mendoza Aguilar, post-doctoral researcher funded by CONACYT (11/2016-11/2017).
José Raggio. Post-doctoral researcher (06/2016 – 12/2016). He is now a Assistant Professor at Complutense University of Madrid. Personal webpage
Matthew A. Bowker. “Juan de la Cierva” Research Fellow (04/2008-04/2010). He is now an Assistant Professor of Forest Soils & Ecosystem Ecology, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff (Arizona, USA). Personal webpage
Sara Mouro. Post-doctoral researcher of the Portuguese FCT (04/2008-09/2010). She works now at Parexel International.
José Luis Quero. Post-doctoral researcher (01/2010- 09/2012). He is now an Assitant Professor at the University of Córdoba.Personal webpage
Raúl Ochoa-Hueso. Post-doctoral researcher (05/2012 – 08/2013). He is now a Hawkesbury Institute Research Fellow in Global Change at the Hawkesbury Institute, Sydney (Australia). Personal webpage
Graduate students
Concha Cano Díaz. Graduate student (2016-2020). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 29 June 2021 (in Spanish): Cianobacterias edáficas: nuevas perspectivas sobre su ecología, distribución global y respuesta frente al cambio climático.
Marina Dacal de Tomás. Graduate student (2016-2019). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 22 June 2021 (in Spanish): Regulación microbiana de los efectos del cambio climático en los ecosistemas a distintas escalas espaciotemporales.
Angela Lafuente. Graduate student (2015-2019). She is currently postdoctoral researcher at the Michigan Technological University (United States).Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 21 May 2019 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Intercambio de gases suelo-atmósfera y propiedades microbianas en ecosistemas áridos bajo el efecto del cambio global
Alberto Benavent. Graduate student (2014-2018). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 18 October 2018 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Sucesión vegetal y microbiana en áreas recientemente deglaciadas de regiones polares. Factores abióticos y bióticos que controlan la biodiversidad dentro del cambio global
Miguel Berdugo. Graduate student (2014-2017). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 15 September 2017 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Umbrales climáticos en la estructura y funcionamiento de las zonas áridas a escala global
Juan Gaitán. Graduate student (2012-2016). Currently he is a tenured researcher at INTA-Castelar (Argentina). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 22 December 2016 (in Spanish): Atributos estructurales y funcionales de los ecosistemas áridos y semiáridos de la Patagonia y su relación con factores abióticos y el uso antrópico.
Enrique Valencia Gómez. Graduate student (2010-2015). PhD Thesis defended on 23 October 2015 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Atributos de las comunidades bióticas y funcionamiento del ecosistema en zonas áridas: efectos del cambio climático e implicaciones para la restauración.
Cristina Escolar Miguel. Graduate student (2008-2014). Personal webpage. Currently she is a teacher in a primary school. PhD Thesis defended on 24 March 2014 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Efectos del cambio climático en la estructura y funcionamiento de ecosistemas semiáridos dominados por la costra biológica.
Manuel Delgado Baquerizo. Graduate student (2010-2013). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 17 May 2013 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Efectos del cambio climático sobre la dinámica del nitrógeno en ecosistemas áridos a distintas escalas espaciales.
Santiago Soliveres Codina. Graduate student (2006-2013). Personal webpage PhD Thesis defended on 13 December 2010 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish):Efectos del estrés abiótico y factores bióticos en las interacciones planta-planta: implicaciones para el funcionamiento y la restauración de los ecosistemas semiáridos.
Andrea del Pilar Castillo Monroy. Graduate student and post-doc (2006-2011). She is now a researcher at the Escuela Politécnica Nacional, in Quito (Ecuador). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 16 November 2010 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Ecología funcional de la costra biológica en ambientes semiáridos gipsícolas de la Península Ibérica.
Pablo García Palacios. Graduate student (2006-2010). Personal webpage. PhD Thesis defended on 9 November 2010 (in English, with introduction and general discussion in Spanish): Ecología funcional de ecosistemas emergentes: relaciones entre composición, estructura y función a distintos niveles de organización.
Master students
María Concepción Cano Díaz. Ms.C. in Ecology.
Ms.C. thesis: Effects of climate change on the composition and abundance of cyanobacteria associated to biological soil crusts. Defended on 2 July 2015.
Rodrigo Herrera. Ms.C. in Ecological Restoration.
Ms.C. thesis: Effects of Pinus halepensis afforestations on the composition and structure of vegetation in semiarid Mediterranean areas. Defended on 3 October 2013.
Juan Piñeiro Nevado. Ms.c. in Biological Survey and Conservation, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Ms.C. thesis: Assessing the effectiveness of ecotechnology to improve the restoration of degraded semiarid ecosystems. Defended on 17 December 2012.
Nuria Simón. Ms.C. in Ecological Restoration.
Student in training (February – July 2013).
Miguel García Gómez. Ms.c. in Biological Survey and Conservation, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Trabajo fin de máster: Shrub encroachment enhances ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystems. Defended on 20 June 2012.
Enrique Valencia Gómez. Ms.C. in Ecological Restoration
Ms. C. thesis: Expansion of the range of applicability of indices based on the surface characteristics of the soil to predict its operation in areas of spartal and semiarid Mediterraneal scrub. Defended on 07 July 2011.
David Villamor González. Ms.C. in Environmental Science.
Ms.C. thesis: Dynamics of plastic and reusable bag use in a large retailer company. Defended on 29 June 2010.
Jorge Papadopoulos Izquierdo. Ms.C. in Ecological Restoration.
Ms.C. thesis: Vegetation and root dynamics along a chronosequence of roadside slopes. Defended on 18 February 2010.
Miguel García Gómez .Ms.C. in Environmental Science
Ms. C. thesis: Characterization of the ecosystem functionality in the southwest of Madrid using surface edaphic indicators and their correlation with satellite images. Defended on 14 September 2009.
Cristina Escolar Miguel . Ms.C. in Ecological Restoration
Trabajo fin de máster: An assesment at the community level using soil lichen communities and multiple stress gradients. Defended on 14 September 2009.
Pablo García-Palacios.Ms.C. in Environmental Science.
Trabajo fin de máster: Does soil resource availability influence plant community responses to hydroseedings? Results from an experimental study on motorway slopes. Defended on 30 june 2008.
Andrea del Pilar Castillo Monroy. Ms.C. in Environmental Science.
Ms.C. thesis: Assessing the functional role of biodiversity ans spatial pattern: An experimental approach using biological soil crust. Defended on 27 september 2007.
Undergraduate students
Víctor Tabarés Sibille. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of afforestation and aridity on the taxonomic and functional diversity of Pinus Halepensis Mill understorey. Defended on 18 October 2019.
Laura Fernández Brun. BIODESERT project, Bs.C. in Environmental Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Enzymatic activity at both sides of Mar de Hoces: Tierra del Fuego vs. Maritime Antarctica. Defended on 30 October 2017.
Sandra García Aparicio. Bs.C. in Environmental Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of climate change on nitrogen cycling in semiarid areas dominated by biocrusts. Defended on 15 March 2016.
Eduardo Pérez González. Bs.C. in E nvironmental Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of climate change on carbon cycle variables in ecosystems dominated by biological soil crusts. Defended on 3 November 2015.
Sonia Ruiz Pérez. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Influence of storage on the quantification of soil microbial communities using quantitative PCR (qPCR). Defended on 30 October 2015.
Fabiola Santaolalla Caballero. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects os temperature and moisture on the decomposition of biological soil crusts. Defended on 27 July 2015
Carlos Fernández Alonso. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Efects of plant diversity on soil fungi and bacteria. Defended on 27 July 2015
Olga Burgos Gallego . Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of plant species identity and climate change on soil microbial communities. Deffended on 27 March 2015
Laura García Huss. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of clmate change on the decomposition of biological soil crusts. Defended on 7 November 2014.
Patricia Giner Pichel. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of clmate change on plant functional traits. Defended on 15 July 2014.
Silvia de la Calle Pérez. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of plant species richness on the resopnse of soil microbial communities to climate change. Defended on 15 July 2014.
Noelia Saavedra Berlanga. Bs.C. in Environmental Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of climate change on the phenology of different plant functional types. Defended on 3 July 2014.
Miriam Navarro Ruiz. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Interspecific variability in soil enzyme responses to climate change. Defended on 14 October 2013.
Tatiana Mondragón. Bs.C. in Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Student in training (June – July 2013).
Rocío Chaves Jiménez. Bs.C. in Biology, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Effects of plant species richness on soil enzyme responses to climate change. Defended on 12 July 2013.
Lorenzo Bartolomé Sánchez. Bs.C. in Environmental Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Ecotechnology as a tool for restroing degraded drylands: a meta-analysis. Defended on 17 July 2009.
Cristina Escolar Miguel. Bs.C. in Environmental Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University.
Undergraduate thesis: Analysis of the structure an spatial pattern of the biological crust in drylands. Defended on 24 July 2007.
Laboratory/field technicians
Miguel García Gómez. Field and laboratory technician (01/2016 – 06/2018).
Miriam Navarro Ruiz. Field and laboratory technician (02/2016 – 02/2018).
Daniel Encinar Calvo. Field and laboratory technician (October 2013 – May 2016).
Patricia Alonso Valiente. Laboratory technician (January 2009-October 2010). She works now at Rey Juan Carlos University.
Javier Gutiérrez Illán. Field and laboratory technician (May – July 2010)
Rebecca L. Mau. Laboratory and field technician (March 2009-April 2010). She works now at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff (Arizona, USA).
Alicia Puche Herrero (June – July 2010 and June – July 2011).