Herrando Pérez Salvador

Investigación

CURRENT ROLE: I serve as Science Manager in Miguel B. Araújo's lab [www.maraujolab.eu] (February 2024-present).

RESEARCH: I am a quantitative ecologist focused on the curation and analysis of biodiversity data. My work spans taxa and habitats and bridges contemporary ecology with deep-time perspectives, with a growing emphasis on palaeoecology. My core strength is careful, methodical work that improves the quality, consistency and reliability of biological data resources. I aim to improve the accuracy of Quaternary megafaunal chronologies using radiocarbon dating of fossil collagen.

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• I have published 37 peer-reviewed scientific papers (20 as first author), lectured 15 postgraduate courses on multivariate statistics, developed two statistical R packages, and described four species new to science. Since 2011, I have actively engaged in science communication, producing more than 100 printed articles and blogs, contributintg to knowledge dissemination across academic and public audiences.

TRAINING: My career has been built through a BSc in Biology/Zoology (1991), an MPhil in marine ecology (1992-1996) and a PhD in population dynamics (2007-2012), with postdoctoral work spanning ecophysiology (2013-2015), palaeoecology (2012-2013, 2018-2020, 2021-present), ecological monitoring (2021-2022) and fire ecology (2022-2023). Throughout, I experienced nine years of career interruptions, primarily due to parenting responsibilities, while maintaining research engagement, productivity and resilience.