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Research team

People directly involved in the Lab research projects

Borja Jiménez-Alfaro (PI)

jimenezalfaro [at] uniovi.es
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​University of Oviedo (Associate Professor, TU)

Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (Director of Science)

​community ecology, biogeography, seed traits


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Jose M Álvarez-Martínez
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(postdoc, research coordinator)


jm.alvarez [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (researcher)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
Jardin Botanico Atlantico (research team)



remote sensing, spatial modeling, landscape ecology
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Luis Carlón
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(postdoc)


carlonluis [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (researcher)
Jardin Botanico Atlantico (scientific curator)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
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plant sistematics, nature conservation, herbarium collections
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Alicia Valdés Rapado
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(postdoc)


valdesalicia [at] uniovi.es 

University of Oviedo (researcher)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (research team)
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Plant ecology, flowering phenology, plant reproduction


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Marta Pérez Suárez
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(postdoc, project manager)


perezsmarta [at] uniovi.es 

University of Oviedo (researcher)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (research team)
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Seed biology, plant genomics, plant physiology


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Giacomo Trotta
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(postdoc)


trottagiacomo [at] uniovi.es 

University of Oviedo (researcher)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
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Plant invasion, Plant ecology, Remote Sensing, Upscaling
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Clara Espinosa Del Alba
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(PhD candidate)

espinosaclara [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (FPI program)

Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (research team)
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alpine vegetation, seed traits, community ecology, plant conservation


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Victor González García
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PhD candidate) 

gonzalezgvictor [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (Severo Ochoa progam)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB (associate)
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (research team)
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conservation biology, forest vegetation, plant diversity, Cantabrian mixed forests
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Jorge González Le Barbier
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(PhD candidate)
lejorge [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (researcher)

Jardín Botánico Atlántico (research team) 
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB (associate)

Plant geography, spatial modelling, forestry
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Ángel Argüelles Longo
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(PhD candidate)


arguellesangel [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (Severo Ochoa program)
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (research team) 
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB

Plant diversity, alpine vegetation, biogeography
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Gonzalo Hernández Romero
​(Technician)


hernandezrgonzalo [at] uniovi.es

University of Oviedo (researcher)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
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spatial analyst, habitat mapping, geocomputing
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Associate members

Collaborators from the research group at the University of Oviedo

Eduardo Fernández-Pascual

fernandezpeduardo [at] uniovi.es
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University of Oviedo (Associate Professor, PCD)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB
​Jardín Botánico Atlántico (advisory board)



functional seed ecology, global change, soil microclimate
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Adrián Lázaro-Lobo

lazaroadrian [at] uniovi.com

University of Oviedo (Assistant Professor, AYD)
Biodiversity research Institute - IMIB
Jardín Botánico Atlántico (advisory board)
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Invasion biology, plant ecology, modeling, conservation biology,
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Pedro Álvarez-Álvarez

alvarezpedro [at] uniovi.es

​University of Oviedo (Full professor, CU)
​Jardín Botánico Atlántico (advisory board)


forest ecology, spatial analysis, climate change, agroforestry, ecosystem resilience

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Susana Suárez-Seoane

s.seoane [at] uniovi.es

​University of Oviedo (Full professor, CU)
Biodiversity Research Institute - IMIB (researcher) 
​Jardin Botánico Atlántico (auditor)


landscape ecology, remote sensing, spatial modeling, fire ecology

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José Valentín Roces (Pipo)

rocesjose [at] uniovi.es

​University of Oviedo (Assistant professor, AYD) 
​Jardín Botánico Atlántico (advisory board)

forest ecology, ecosystem services, spatial analysis, climate change, agroforestry

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Past members/students


Riccardo Testolin

​PhD student (2019-2021)
Title: "Global patterns of taxonomical and functional diversity in alpine vegetation"
Supervised by Borja JIménez-Alfaro and Fabio Attorre at La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
​Current position: University of Bologna, Italy

Emma Ladouceur

​PhD student (2014-2017)

Title: "A biogeographical approach to species selection for the restauration of European grasslands"
Supervised by Borja JIménez-Alfaro and Costantino Bonomi at the University of Pavia, Italy
Current position: University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

Stephanie Frischie

PhD student (2014-2017)

Title: "Trait-based prioritization of native plants for restoring biodiversity in Mediterranean olive orchards"

Supervised by Borja JIménez-Alfaro and Cándido Gálvez at the University of Pavia, Italy
​Current position: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

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