Tutoring and opportunities
We are happy to welcome talented individuals to our research group. We invite undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs interested in paleoecology, anthracology and fossil woods, and urban forestry, both from Spain or abroad. We offer strong academic support, continuous research assistance, skill development, and networking opportunities.
Prospective PhD students and postdocs
If you’re interested in pursuing a PhD or postdoc position with us, please send me your CV and a motivating letter explaining your choice of our lab. The funding for a PhD can be competitive due to limited financial support. Selections are based on academic records, prior experiences, recommendations, etc.
What I value most is motivation. Although grades may be required for certain funding opportunities, enthusiasm and critical thinking are, to me, the key elements for successful research. Funding for PhD and postdoc studies typically relies on calls from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Spanish government and private foundations. We’ll assist you in your funding search.
Prospective undergraduate and Master’s students
Motivated grade and master’s students are also very welcome in the lab. We usually have a few master’s and undergraduate students doing their thesis with us, and we also accept students for minor introductory projects. We usually offer small research grants to our Master students (of the various UPM programs), but we also supervise projects based on students’ own ideas when they fit in our lab. Feel free to contact me for an interview. I encourage you to connect with current and past lab members for insights.
Current students:
Enrique Poveda – Degree in Forestry Engineering
Exploración de suelos coluviales como registros de vegetación pasada e incendios (Sierra de Gredos)
Current lab member, co-supervised with Salvia García
Juan Cepeda – Degree in Forestry Engineering
Uso de iNaturalist en el arboreto de Montes. Proyecto de innovación educativa
Current lab member
Luis Estellés – Master in Forest Engineering
Reconstrucción de los paisajes del pasado en la montaña de Javalambre (Arcos de Salinas, Teruel)
Current lab member, co-supervised with Salvia García
Mario Huerta – Master in Forest Engineering
La historia de las poblaciones marginales de Pinus sylvestris más occidentales de su área de distribución (Sierra de Geres, Portugal)
Current lab member,co-supervised with Salvia García
Past students:
Javier Ezquerra – PhD student – 2016
El papel de los pinares en la evolución de los paisajes forestales de las montañas leonesas a lo largo del Holoceno a partir de análisis paleobotánicos. Co-supervised with L. Gil (UPM). Universidad de León
Javier Ortigueira – Degree student- 2021
Estudio de la respuesta del arbolado del arboreto de la ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural tras los eventos extremos de nieve y frío de enero de 2021
Miguel Hernández – Degree student – 2018
Estudio dendrocronológico de siete trozas procedentes de los jardines del Real Sitio de Aranjuez
Co-supervised with S. Vignote
Esteban Collazos – Ingeniero de Montes- 2016
Estudio dendrogeomorfológico del arroyo de las Cerradilllas (Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid).
Elvira Pérez Gil – Ingeniera de Montes – 2012
Hombres y pinos en la sierra de Gredos: perspectivas desde el análisis antracológico de los hornos de montaña.
Co-supervised with I. García Amorena
Ignacio Cañas – Ingeniero de Montes (University of Valladolid) – 2011
Estudio paleobotánico del yacimiento de Pobladura de la Sierra (León).
Elena Moreno – Ingeniera de Montes- 2010
Estudio paleobotánico de la turbera de Tubilla el Lago (Burgos)
Co-supervised with I. García Amorena
Laura Hernández – Ingeniera de Montes – 2009
El paisaje forestal de la cuenca del Duero en tiempos de los vacceos (primer milenio a.c.): Estudio antracológico del yacimiento de Pintia (Padilla del Duero, Valladolid)
