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Rodrigo Manuel Megía Palma. Completed the Doutoramento in Biology in 2016/01/13 by University Complutense de Madrid, which was later certified as well by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. In 2017, his PhD thesis received the Extraordinary Award of Doctorate by University Complutense of Madrid (6 total awards among more than 60 thesis). In 2010, he studied a MS in Conservation of Protected Areas by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He obtained the Diploma of Estudos Avançados in Zoology and Evolution in 2012 by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He graduated in the School of Biology in 2008 by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Rodrigo has published 15 articles in SCI journals (> 80% in Q1). He has received 2 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 2 project(s), Post-doc (no fellowship) in 1 project(s). He also worked as research Technician in 1 project(s) and, was contracted as researcher in 1 project(s). He works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Zoology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Evolutionary Biology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology and Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Parasitology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Evolutionary ecology; Co-evolutionary histories; Host-parasite interactions; Climate change; Next generation sequencing; Sexual selection; Phylogenetics. In 2018, he gained simultaneously the Spanish Juan de la Cierva-formación postdoctoral fellowship of the Government of Spain and a postdoctoral contract in the 2017 Call for Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support - 2017 Call (FCT - Portugal). He currently works as Junior Researcher in CIBIO-InBIO since April of 2019. He is currently guiding several students both in Portugal and in Spain in collaboration with Rafael Barrientos (UCM) and Miguel A Carretero (CIBIO).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rodrigo Manuel Megía Palma

Citation names

  • Megía-Palma, Rodrigo
  • Megía, Rodrigo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C113-5878-9AC6
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1038-0468
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MibbCTMAAAAJ&hl=es
Scopus Author Id
56052945600

Email addresses

  • rodrigo.megia@gmail.com (Professional)
  • rodrigo.megia@cibio.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661, Vila do Conde, Vairao, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Zoology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02/17 - 2020/02/21
Concluded
 Ecological Niche Modelling - From Theory to Practice (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/02/15 - 2019/03/01
Concluded
 Factorial designs in natural science (Pós-Graduação)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2018/02/19 - 2018/03/19
Concluded
 Course for Research with Animals and Animal Experimentation (Pós-Graduação)
Fundación General Universidad de Granada Empresa, Spain
 Excelent
2018/02/16 - 2018/03/02
Concluded
 Advanced techniques of regression in natural sciences with R (Pós-Graduação)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2016/01/13
Concluded
 Zoology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Spain
"Molecular characterization of lizard parasites and their influence on colour ornaments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Excelent "cum laude"
2015/05/12 - 2015/05/14
Concluded
 Physiological models of climate change impacts on reptiles and amphibians in R (Pós-Graduação)
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Campus de Móstoles, Spain
2014/07/08 - 2014/07/18
Concluded
 Genealogies and phylogenies of DNA: reconstruction and applications (Pós-Graduação)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2012
Concluded
 n/a (DEA)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 APTO
2011/11/29 - 2011/12/02
Concluded
 I National Course about Evolution - Sexual selection (Postgraduate Certificate)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
2010
Concluded
 Máster en Espacios Naturales Protegidos (Master)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 APTO
2008
Concluded
 Biologia (Graduado)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 APTO
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - 2025/04/01 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - 2023/01/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/01 - 2018/03/31 Research staff Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2015/09/09 - 2015/12/10 Research staff Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2015/05/07 - 2015/09/06 Research staff Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2012/10/01 - 2014/09/30 Contrato predoctoral CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2010/10/01 - 2012/09/30 Grant: FPI predoctoral fellowship (BES2010-038427). Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología del Gobierno de España Ministerio de Educación Consejo de Universidades, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/06/01 - Current A REPTILE MODEL AND 3600 M OF ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT TO INFER THE ECTOTHERM RESPONSES IN PORTUGAL
PTDC/BIA-CBI/28014/2017
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/09/01 - 2023/09/01 WETADAPT: Adaptive and plasticity potential of ectotherm physiology to respond to climate change
J1-2466
Researcher
National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenia
 Slovenian Research Agency
Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Modulators of parasite-host relationships: climate and interactions between organisms
PGC2018-097426-B-C21
Researcher
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Influence of climatic variables on the incidence of parasitic diseases
CGL2015-67789-C2-1-P
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Influence of the parasitism on the secondary sexual characters
CGL2012-20026-C02-01 Y 02
PhD Student Fellow
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Concluded
2010/10/01 - 2011/12/31 Evolution of  host-parasite interactions: quantifying the transmission success and effects of co-infection
CGL2009-09439
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/02/01 - 2018/04/01 Biotic and abiotic drivers of the spatio-temporal variation in host-parasite interactions
CGL2014-55969-P
Research Technician Fellow
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. V. Roca; F. Gómez-Ramírez; I. Espasandín; R. Megía-Palma; A. Perera; F. Martínez-Freiría. "First helminthological data on the Iberian adder, Vipera seoanei". Parasitology Research (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07849-9.
    10.1007/s00436-023-07849-9
  2. Megia-Palma, R.; Redondo, L.; Blazquez-Castro, S.; Barrientos, R.. "Differential recovery ability from infections by two blood parasite genera in males of a Mediterranean lacertid lizard after an experimental translocation". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/59366370/.
    10.1002/JEZ.2732
  3. Blázquez-Castro, S.; Barrientos, R.; Megía-Palma, R.. "Unusual double erythrocyte infection by heterogeneric parasites in the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Herpetology Notes 16 (2023): 669-672. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85172795290&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  4. Serén, N.; Megía-Palma, R.; Simcic, T.; Krofel, M.; Guarino, F.M.; Pinho, C.; Žagar, A.; Carretero, M.A.. "Functional responses in a lizard along a 3.5-km altitudinal gradient". Journal of Biogeography 50 12 (2023): 2042-2056. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85170564282&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jbi.14711
  5. Aguilar, P.; Pérez i de Lanuza, G.; Martínez-Gil, H.; Dajcman, U.; Simcic, T.; Pinho, C.; Žagar, A.; Megía-Palma, R.. "Color morphs of the fire salamander are discriminated at night by conspecifics and predators". Journal of Zoology (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85177786362&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jzo.13131
  6. Megia-Palma, Rodrigo; Martinez, Javier; Fitze, Patrick S.; Cuervo, Jose J.; Belliure, Josabel; Jimenez-Robles, Octavio; Cabido, Carlos; Martin, Jose; Merino, Santiago. "Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position, and co-phylogenetic relationships of Karyolysus, a common blood parasite of lizards in the western Mediterranean". International Journal for Parasitology (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/56065540/.
    10.1016/J.IJPARA.2022.12.006
  7. Rodrigo Megía-Palma; Dhanashree Paranjpe; Robert D Cooper; Pauline Blaimont; Barry Sinervo. "Natural parasites in conjunction with behavioral and color traits explain male agonistic behaviors in a lizard". Current Zoology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoac095.
    10.1093/cz/zoac095
  8. Anamarija Žagar; Tatjana Simcic; Urban Dajcman; Rodrigo Megía-Palma. "Parasitemia and elevation as predictors of hemoglobin concentration and antioxidant capacity in two sympatric lizards". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 270 (2022): 111233-111233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111233.
    10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111233
  9. Jimena Rivera-Rea; Juan Carlos González Morales; Victor Fajardo; Rodrigo Megía-Palma; Elizabeth Bastiaans; JAVIER MANJARREZ. "Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle". The Science of Nature 109 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-022-01793-x.
    10.1007/s00114-022-01793-x
  10. Rodrigo Megía-Palma; Santiago Merino; Rafael Barrientos. "Longitudinal effects of habitat quality, body condition, and parasites on colour patches of a multiornamented lizard". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 6 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03182-w.
    10.1007/s00265-022-03182-w
  11. Megía-Palma, R.; Barja, I.; Barrientos, R.. "Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites and ectoparasites as biomarkers of heat stress close to roads in a Mediterranean lizard". Science of The Total Environment 802 (2022): 149919. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149919.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149919
  12. Johann Van Niekerk; Rodrigo Megía-Palma; Giovanni Forcina. "Thermoregulatory function and sexual dimorphism of the throat sack in Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) across Africa". Avian Research 13 (2022): 100047-100047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100047.
    10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100047
  13. Dajcman, Urban; Carretero, Miguel A.; Megía-Palma, Rodrigo; Perera, Ana; Kostanjšek, Rok; Žagar, Anamarija. "Shared haemogregarine infections in competing lacertids". Parasitology (2021): 1-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182021001645.
    10.1017/s0031182021001645
  14. Rutschmann, Alexis; Dupoué, Andréaz; Miles, Donald B.; Megía-Palma, Rodrigo; Lauden, Clémence; Richard, Murielle; Badiane, Arnaud; et al. "Intense nocturnal warming alters growth strategies, colouration and parasite load in a diurnal lizard". Journal of Animal Ecology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13502.
    10.1111/1365-2656.13502
  15. Barrientos, Rafael; Megía-Palma, Rodrigo. "Associated costs of mitigation-driven translocation in small lizards". Amphibia-Reptilia (2021): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10040.
    10.1163/15685381-bja10040
  16. Van Niekerk, Johann H.; Megía-Palma, Rodrigo; Forcina, Giovanni. "Call variation of Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena) across Africa defies the effects of spatial gradients". Ibis (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12945.
    10.1111/ibi.12945
  17. Megía-Palma, Rodrigo; Barrientos, Rafael; Gallardo, Manuela; Martínez, Javier; Merino, Santiago. "Brighter is darker: the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis revisited in lizards". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab081.
    Accepted • 10.1093/biolinnean/blab081
  18. Drechsler, R. M.; Belliure, Josabel; Megía-Palma, Rodrigo. "Phenological and intrinsic predictors of mite and haemacoccidian infection dynamics in a Mediterranean community of lizards". Parasitology (2021):
    Accepted
  19. Drechsler, R.M.; Belliure, J.; Megía-Palma, R.. "Phenological and intrinsic predictors of mite and haemacoccidian infection dynamics in a Mediterranean community of lizards". Parasitology 148 11 (2021): 1328-1338. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107501224&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0031182021000858
  20. Megía-Palma, R.; Arregui, L.; Pozo, I.; Žagar, A.; Serén, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Merino, S.. "Geographic patterns of stress in insular lizards reveal anthropogenic and climatic signatures". Science of The Total Environment 749 (2020): 141655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141655.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141655
  21. Megía-Palma, R.; Jiménez-Robles, O.; Hernández-Agüero, J.A.; De la Riva, I.. "Plasticity of haemoglobin concentration and thermoregulation in a mountain lizard". Journal of Thermal Biology 92 (2020): 102656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102656.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102656
  22. Megía-Palma, R.; Paranjpe, D.; Blaimont, P.; Cooper, R.; Sinervo, B.. "To cool or not to cool? Intestinal coccidians disrupt the behavioral hypothermia of lizards in response to tick infestation". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11 1 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072157589&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101275
  23. Megía-Palma, R.; Paranjpe, D.; Reguera, S.; Martínez, J.; Cooper, R.D.; Blaimont, P.; Merino, S.; Sinervo, B.. "Multiple color patches and parasites in Sceloporus occidentalis: Differential relationships by sex and infection". Current Zoology 64 6 (2018): 703-711. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063298829&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/cz/zoy007
  24. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Cuervo, J.J.; Belliure, J.; Jiménez-Robles, O.; Gomes, V.; Cabido, C.; et al. "Molecular evidence for host–parasite co-speciation between lizards and Schellackia parasites". International Journal for Parasitology 48 9-10 (2018): 709-718. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047097203&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.03.003
  25. Megía-Palma, R.; Jorge, A.; Reguera, S.. "Raman Spectroscopy Reveals the Presence of Both Eumelanin and Pheomelanin in the Skin of Lacertids". Journal of Herpetology 52 1 (2018): 67-73. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042069904&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1670/16-140
  26. Álvarez-Ruiz, L.; Megía-Palma, R.; Reguera, S.; Ruiz, S.; Zamora-Camacho, F.J.; Figuerola, J.; Moreno-Rueda, G.. "Opposed elevational variation in prevalence and intensity of endoparasites and their vectors in a lizard". Current Zoology 64 2 (2018): 197-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054657901&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/cz/zoy002
  27. Palma, Rodrigo. "Manipulation of parasite load induces significant changes in the structural-based throat color of male Iberian green lizards". Current Zoology (2017): https://academic.oup.com/cz/article/doi/10.1093/cz/zox036/3835630.
    10.1093/cz/zox036
  28. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Paranjpe, D.; D'Amico, V.; Aguilar, R.; Palacios, M.G.; Cooper, R.; et al. "Phylogenetic analyses reveal that Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa) detected in American lizards are closely related to the genus Lankesterella: Is the range of Schellackia restricted to the Old World?". Parasites and Vectors 10 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031114761&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13071-017-2405-0
  29. García-Roa, R.; Megía-Palma, R.; Ortega, J.; Jara, M.; López, P.; Martín, J.. "Interpopulational and seasonal variation in the chemical signals of the lizard Gallotia galloti". PeerJ 2017 12 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85037159055&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7717/peerj.3992
  30. Palma, Rodrigo. "Structural- and carotenoid-based throat colour patches in males of Lacerta schreiberi reflect different parasitic diseases". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2016): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-016-2205-0#citeas.
    10.1007/s00265-016-2205-0
  31. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Nasri, I.; Cuervo, J.J.; Martín, J.; Acevedo, I.; Belliure, J.; et al. "Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella, and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards". Organisms Diversity and Evolution 16 1 (2016): 275-288. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961144420&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13127-015-0253-3
  32. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Merino, S.. "A structural colour ornament correlates positively with parasite load and body condition in an insular lizard species". Die Naturwissenschaften 103 7-8 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015352202&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00114-016-1378-8
  33. Aguilar, J.R.-D.; Palma, R.M.; Badás, E.P.; Martínez, J.; Merino, S.. "Testing a new method for reducing ectoparasite infestation in nest-boxes". Ardeola 63 2 (2016): 383-393. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989184648&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.13157/arla.63.2.2016.sc5
  34. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Acevedo, I.; Martín, J.; García-Roa, R.; Ortega, J.; Peso-Fernández, M.; et al. "Phylogeny of the reptilian Eimeria: Are Choleoeimeria and Acroeimeria valid generic names?". Zoologica Scripta 44 6 (2015): 1-9. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943602879&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/zsc.12126
  35. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Merino, S.. "Molecular characterization of haemococcidia genus Schellackia (Apicomplexa) reveals the polyphyletic origin of the family Lankesterellidae". Zoologica Scripta 43 3 (2014): 304-312. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898465195&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/zsc.12050
  36. Megía-Palma, R.; Martínez, J.; Merino, S.. "Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA gene sequences of Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa: Lankesterellidae) reveals their close relationship to the genus Eimeria". Parasitology 140 9 (2013): 1149-1157. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879827719&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0031182013000553
  37. Harvey, D.J.; Gange, A.C.; Hawes, C.J.; Rink, M.; Abdehalden, M.; Al Fulaij, N.; Asp, T.; et al. "Bionomics and distribution of the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus (L.) across Europe". Insect Conservation and Diversity 4 1 (2011): 23-38. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78651113498&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00107.x

Other

Other output
  1. Seasonal changes in male color patches and parasite load of the male lizard Sceloporus torquatus. 2023. Rivera-Rea, J.; Gonzalez-Morales, J.C.; Megia-Palma, R.; Bastiaans, E.; Quintana, E.; Manjarrez, J.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85171325265&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-3256931
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/01/09 Testing a mechanistic hypothesis: how does climate predict the distribution of parasites in lizards? 9th World Congress of Herpetology
University of Otago (Otago, New Zealand)
2020/01/05 Cool or not to cool? Intestinal coccidians disrupt the thermoregulatory response to tick infestation 9th World Congress of Herpetology
University of Otago (Otago, New Zealand)
2020/01/03 Conservatism and plasticity in the ecophysiology of a lizard across a steep environmental gradient 9th World Congress of Herpetology
University of Otago (Otago, New Zealand)
2019/09/02 How (will) ectotherms cope with changing environments? A test with a lizard under contrasting ecological pressures XX European Congress of Herpetology
University of Milan (Milan, Italy)
2019/03/10 Road proximity may compromise antiparasitic response and fat storage in a generalist lizard: A translocation field experiment African Conferences for Linear Infrastructure & Ecology (ACLIE, 2019)
Kruger National Park (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2018/12/05 Climatic variables predict the mean local abundance of blood parasites of the genus Karyolysus (Coccidia: Adeleorina) in an endemic insular host lizard, Gallotia galloti Trends in Biology and Evolution (Tibe) 2018
CIBIO-InBIO (Vairao, Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/05 Exploring the functional role of metabolism in Gallotia galloti across 3600 m of altitudinal gradient XV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología - XIX Congreso Español de Herpetología
FUNDACION GENERAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA (Salamanca, Spain)
2018/08/19 Are telomeres good indicators of environmental stress? Answers from lizard altitudinal gradients II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology – Montpellier 2018
European Society for Evolutionary Biology, the American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biologists (Montpellier, France)
2016/10/08 The Lacertidae (Squamata) also produce pheomelanin: A new study using Raman spectroscopy reveals eumelanin and pheomelanin in the skin of lizards XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología
Universitat de Lleida (Lérida, Spain)
2016/10/05 Is rock-paper-scissors game played in the Canaries? A consistent colour polymorphism in Gallotia galloti XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología
Universitat de Lleida (Lérida, Spain)
2016/10/05 Season-dependent UV-yellow ventral coloration in the Tenerife gecko, Tarentola delalandii. What is a nocturnal species doing with a color ornament? XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología
Universitat de Lleida (Lérida, Spain)
2016/10/05 Do parasites causally affect the structural-based coloration of Gallotia galloti? An experiment with free-ranging lizards XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología
Universitat de Lleida (Lérida, Spain)
2016/09/20 Ticks affect phenotypical and behavioural traits of male lizards during the breeding season: An experiment with free-ranging lizards Eco-Ethology 2016. International Congress of the Spanish Society of Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2016/01/18 Common patterns in colouration related to infection: divergent evolution in birds and reptiles V Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva
Univesity of Murcia (Murcia, Spain)
2016/01/18 Haemococcidians in Iberian and African Lacertidae: adaptation matters V Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva
University of Murcia (Murcia, Spain)
2016/01/18 Adaptation of chemical signals to microclimatic conditions in an insular lizard species V Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva
University of Murcia (Murcia, Spain)
2015/06/16 Elevational variation in ecto- and endoparasites load in the lizard Psammodromus algirus in Sierra Nevada (Spain) IV Congreso Ibérico de Ecología
SPECO/AEET, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/09/30 Why is sex costly? An ecological study of a multiparasite system XIII Congreso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/09/30 Molecular phylogeny of coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina) in lizards: some answers to evolutionary questions XIII Congreso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/09/30 UV-chin reflectance is positively related to blood parasite infection in male Gallotia galloti (Lacertidae: Gallotini) XIII Congreso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2013/08/07 Molecular detection of haemosporidian parasites infecting both red and white blood cells in a Mabuya skink (Reptilia: Squamata) Vilnius International Conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife
The Nature Research Centre and the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2012/07/05 Microscopic and molecular survey of blood parasites of the endemic Schreiber’s green lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in the central mountains of the Iberian Peninsula The 31st IUBS General Assembly and Conference on Biological Sciences and Bioindustry
International Union for Biological Sciences (Suzhou, China)
2012/01/17 Molecular detection of hematic parasites in the Iberian green lizard First Iberian conference of Animal Systematics
Autonomous University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2011/11/21 Molecular detection of hematic parasites in the Iberian green lizard Congress of the Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology
Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology/Higher Research Council (Madrid, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016/09/20 - 2016/09/23 International congress of evolutionary ecology and animal behaviour (2016/09/20 - 2016/09/23)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidad de Granada, Spain
2011/11/21 - 2011/11/25 National congress of the Spanish society of evolutionary biology (2011/11/21 - 2011/11/25)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva, Spain

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018/10/01 - 2018/10/02 PhD travel award's committee
Advisor / Consultant
 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020/10/01 Description of the most relevant results of a publication led by the stakeholder. El día. La opinión de Tenerife.
2020/10 Description of the most relevant results of an investigation led by the stakeholder. Europa Press
2020/10 Description of the most relevant results of an investigation led by the stakeholder. El Diario
2020/10 Description of the most relevant results of an investigation led by the stakeholder. 20 minutos
2020/10 Description of the most relevant results of an investigation led by the stakeholder. ABC Canarias

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2020/10/07 - 2020/10/07 Más de uno Canarias (Onda Cero) Climate change and anthropic effect on insular populations of lizards in relation with our lattest publication.

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/09 - Current Microorganisms (2076-2607) MDPI AG

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020/01 - 2020/09 CATCHING UP ON PARASITE ECOLOGY IN SOME ANURAN AND LIZARD SPECIES OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA Julia Cao Sánchez
2020/01 - 2020/09 The Mesoamerican giant toad (Rhinella horribilis) as bio-indicator of habitat quality in the tropical forest Carmen Duque Amado
2018/03/01 - 2018/09/10 Effects of the parasite load and the immune response on the ventral coloration in males Sceloporus torquatus Rivera, Jimena
2017/04/04 - 2017/07/06 Are anti-malarial drugs effective in lizards?: An experiment with Gallotia galloti Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio
2014/04/27 - 2014/06/25 Study of the age and parasites in Iberian lacertids applying skeletochronology Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio
2014/04 - 2014/06 Herpetology, ecophysiology, color analysis Kelsey Paulin and Caroline Wertin
2013/02 - 2013/09 Applications of the image analysis in biology García-Garrido, Carolina
Distinctions

Award

2017 Extraordinary Doctorate Award
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Other distinction

2017 "The most interesting talk" Award
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain