Has been part of 9 CREAF projects Projects involved in RESET Functional biogeography and resilience of terrestrial ecosystems FORGENIUS Improving access to FORest GENetic resources Information and services for end-USers DISTRESS Understanding the mechanisms behind tree responses to drought-induced stress with increasing tree size Research groups this member belongs to Functional Biogeography: terrestrial ecosystems response to environmental changes and gradients Related linksRafael Poyatos - Publons Rafael Poyatos - Google scholar CV Rafael Poyatos SAPFLUXNET Project rafael.poyatos@uab.cat935814676Office: C5/1120researchergate profile twitter profile orcid profile researcherid profile I have a BSc in Environmental Sciences (2002; Autonomous University of Barcelona, UAB) and a PhD in Biology (2006; Institute of Earth Sciences ‘Jaume Almera’, ICTJA-CSIC and University of Barcelona, UB). I have been postdoctoral researcher at Solfranc Tecnologías, Spain (2007-2008), Durham University, UK, (2008-2009) and CREAF, Spain (2009 – present), with short-term postdoctoral visits at University of Edinburgh, UK, (2012), Ghent University in Belgium (2017) and the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany (2019). Since 2018 I am also Adjunct Lecturer at UAB and since 2019 I hold a Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. I work in the fields of plant and ecosystem physiological ecology, forest ecology, and ecohydrology. I am interested in understanding plant water and carbon fluxes, studying the interactions between the environment, whole-plant physiology and ecosystem processes. My research focuses on plant functioning at multiple spatial and temporal scales, in the context of global change and with a strong focus on trees and forests. I currently coordinate the SAPFLUXNET initiative , in which we curate the first global database of tree water use derived from sap flow measurements. We use SAPFLUXNET to disentangle the determinants of tree transpiration and drought responses at the global scale. I have a teaching profile in Ecology, having lectured in the MSc in Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management (2010-2013) and at several BSc Degrees (2018 – present; Genetics, Environmental Biology, Biology), all at UAB. Interests Physiological ecology of plants and ecosystems. Water and carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Drought responses of plants and ecosystems. Management of ecological data: from field measurements to databases.