Has been part of 4 CREAF projects Projects involved in 4DRIVERS Characterization of forest genetic resources of Pinus pinaster: importance of genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity to respond to a drier environment AGENTS Adaptation to climate from a multivariate perspective: the role of selection and demography in the GENetic variation and plasticity of functional TraitS (AGENTS) j.ramirez@creaf.uab.catOffice: CM7/24researchergate profile I am an evolutionary ecologist focused on understanding how forest tree species respond to climate, particularly drought, the functional mechanisms involved in such a response and the potential of populations to face climate change. I am especially interested in elucidating the roles of phenotypic plasticity, genetic variation and adaptive evolution of functional traits for forest tree populations to respond to a drier climate. I address these questions by using techniques and analyses from different fields such as quantitative genetics, ecophysiology and genomics which provide a multidisciplinary perspective to my research. I obtained my PhD in Advanced Forestry Research from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM, 2010). As a postdoc, I have developed my work in the Spanish Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (now ICIFOR-INIA, CSIC), Australian National University, University of Minnesota, Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) and National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE-Pierroton). Some recent publications:- Solé-Medina A, J.J. Robledo-Arnuncio, J.A. Ramírez-Valiente. 2022. Multi-trait genetic variation in resource-use strategies and phenotypic plasticity correlates with local climate across the range of a Mediterranean oak (Quercus faginea Lam.). New Phytologist 234:462-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17968- Ramírez-Valiente JA, L. Santos-del-Blanco, R. Alía, J. J. Robledo-Arnuncio, J. M. Climent. Adaptation of Mediterranean forest species to climate: lessons from common garden experiments. 2022. Journal of Ecology 110: 1022-1042. Special Feature on Common gardens. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13730- Ramírez-Valiente J.A., A. Solé-Medina, T. Pyhäjärvi, O. Savolainen, K. Heer, L. Opgenoorth, D. Danusevicius, J.J. Robledo-Arnuncio. 2021. Adaptive responses to temperature and precipitation variation at the early-life stages in Pinus sylvestris. New Phytologist 232: 1632-1647. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17678- Ramírez-Valiente, J. A., R. López, A. L. Hipp, I. Aranda. 2020. Correlated evolution of morphology, gas exchange, growth rates and hydraulics as a response to precipitation and temperature regimes in oaks (Quercus). New Phytologist 227:794-809. Q1, D1. IF: 10.15, Ranking = 7/234 (Plant Sciences). See also the commentary to our paper: Cavender-Bares J, Fontes C, Pinto-Ledezma J. 2020. New Phytologist 227: 659-663.