I am a terrestrial ecologist aiming to understand the patterns and responses of biodiversity along disturbance and environmental gradients and the mechanisms underlying them at local, regional and global scales

I am a professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (https://biodiversos.org/raul-gvaldes/) and a research associate at CREAF.

I am interested in climate-driven systems, including water and carbon balances in terrestrial ecosystems. My doctoral thesis was on the ecohydrology of water-limited and energy-limited ecosystems.

I hold a PhD in Fine Arts and a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences. I research human societies' relationships with their ecological environment through science, speculative fiction, and art.

I have a BSc in Biology by the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM, 2018), a MRes in Biodiversity Conservation, Management and Restoration by the University of Granada (UGR, 2019) and

Master's graduate in Environmental Biology from the University of Crete (Greece), and bachelor’s degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece).  

PhD in Geography (UAB, 2013) and BA in Political and Administrative Sciences (UAB, 2008), with experience in academic research, applied research, and teaching. I’ve contributed to publications, conferences, research projects