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Short CV

• Professional background
  • GAIN Xunta de Galicia, Oportunius Fellow – (March 2018 – current)
  • University of Vigo, UVIGO (Spain) – research fellow (June 2016-March 2018)
  • Bren School for Environmental Science and Policy, UCSB (USA) – visiting researcher (March-May 2016, January-June 2015, July-September 2019)
  • Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) – Research Fellow (2014 – 2016)
  • Bren School for Environmental Science and Policy, UCSB (USA) – visiting researcher (year 2013)
  • Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) – Postdoctoral researcher (2009 – 2014)
  • University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) – Post-doctoral Researcher (2008)
  • University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) –PhD student (2005 – 2008)
  • Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) – Research Assistant (2004)

• Academic Background
  • 2008- PhD Economics (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Cum laude with European Mention
  • 2006- Advanced Studies Grade (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
  • 2004- Environmental Sciences (University of Salamanca, Spain)

• Merits & Awards 

  • 2024 – Member of the Blue Food Futures Science Committee. Coordinated by the Stanford  Center for Ocean Solutions (US).

  • 2023 – Marine Sustainability Award, Banc Sabadell Foundation, Spain.
  • 2022 – Lead Author IPCC 6th Assessment Report, WG2, Ocean and Coastal Ecosystems chapter.
  • 2022–Featured in Científicas e Innovadoras Platform, Science and Innovation Ministry of Spain and FECYT.
  • 2021–Featured in AcademiaNet, network of outstanding women in science, Swiss National Science Foundation.
  • 2021–Women in Science Award, IES Val Miñor(local high school)
  • 2019 – Contributing Author, Blue Papers for the High Level Panel for an Ocean Economy.
  • 2016 – Oportunius researcher recognition, GAIN-Xunta de Galicia.
  • 2015- ERC Starting Grant – European Research Council. Project CLOCK: Climate Adaptation to shifting stocks (2016-2020).
  • 2012- Bizkaia Xede Mobility Grant – Marie Curie Outgoing Fellowship (BC3 – UCSB).

  • 2010- Extraordinary Prize of 2007-2008 PhD theses from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

• Research Stays

  • Centre: Bren School for Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA). Duration: 2019 (2M), 2017 (2M), 2016 (3M), 2015 (3M), 2023 (12M)
  • Centre: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. City: Venice (Italy) Date: February-May 2008. 4M.
  • Centre: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). New Delhi (India). Date: September 2009. 1W.
  • Centre: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE). Date: May 2011. 2W.

• Participation in Research Projects  

  • ACTNOW: Advancing understanding of cumulative impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing. GRANT NUMBER 101060072. EUHorizon Europe.2023-2027. Role: task leader, PI in partner institution.
  • Programa de Ciencias Mariñas de Galicia, PT10: Economía do mar. Intervención transformadora no entorno litoral de Galicia. Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, MITERD. Role: contributing partner.
  • OCEANS +: Aproximaciones Científicas en la implementación de las Estrategias Marinas: Herramientas de Gestión. Tarea 7, Servicios ecosistémicos Marinos. Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, MITERD 2023 – 2024. Role: contributing partner.
  • SOST-ERIZO: Índice de Sostenibilidad del Erizo de Mar. REDEMAR–Xunta de Galicia. 2023. Role: Lead partner.
  • How can fisheries contribute more to a sustainable future?, Norwegian Research Council. Led by the Theoretical Ecology Group from the University of Bergen (Norway). 2022-2024 (36 months). Role: PI in partner institution.
  • CLOCK: Climate Adaptation to Shifting Stocks. ERC 2015 Starting Grant. European Research Council. October 2016-2022. Role: Principal Investigator.
  • FutureMARES: Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity. EU Research and Innovation Programme Horizon 2020, Led by University of Hamburg, 2020-2024 (48 months). Role: Work package leader.
  • MPA-Engage: Engaging Mediterranean key actors in Ecosystem Approach to manage Marine Protected Areas to face Climate change. EU Interreg-MED program, led by IMC-CSIC, January 2020–June 2022 (32 months). Role: PI in partner institution.
  • Axuda complementaria aos beneficiaries do programa StG do Consello Europeo de Investigación, XUNTA, Consellería de Educación. 2016-2019. Role: PI.
  • IHH: Illuminating Hidden Harvest, Spanish Case study. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Worldfish and Duke University project. 2019. Role: co-PI.

• Students advisory work  (PhD) 

  • Iratxe Rubio. New insights into industrial fisheries: adaptations to Climate Change from an integrative point of view. DoMar, PhD supervisor. Sobresaliente Cum Laude, international mention. September 2021.

  • Diego Salgueiro-Otero. Small Scale Fisheries and Adaptation to Climate Change. DoMar, PhD supervisor. Xunta pre-doc fellowship, 2018. Sobresaliente, internacional mention. February 2022.

  • Alba Aguión. Climate Change implications for benthic resources under spatial management: the stalked barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) fishery in Galicia. DoMar, PhD co-director with Dr. Gonzalo Macho. FPU fellowship 2017, Ministry of Science, Spain. Sobresaliente, internacional mention. May 2022.

  • Xochitl E. Ilosvay. Adaptation responses of marine social-ecological systems linked to hotspots of rapid biodiversity change. DoMar, PhD ongoing(2020-2024). Funded by UVIGO pre-doc fellowships. Co-supervised with Jorge García Molinos, Hokkaido university (Japan). Prospective defense: July 18 2024.