Education
2008. BSc Biology, University of La Laguna (Spain)
2009.MSc Management and Conservation of Biodiversity, University of Barcelona (Spain)
2010-2016. PhD at Jordano's Lab, Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD-CSIC (Spain)
2017-2019. CONICET postdoctoral fellow at the Garibaldi's Lab, IRNAD (Bariloche, Argentina)
Research visits
2007. Seneca Grant, University of Salamanca (Spain)
2012. Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources CIBIO (Portugal); Cristina García Lab
Awards
2017. 'Ecosistemas Award' (Revista ecosistemas) for the best thesis synthesis presented in 2016
Talks
2018. New Fund Workshop, Puerto Blest (Argentina). Safeguarding pollination services in a Changing World.
2018. New Fund Workshop, Quillota (Chile). Biodiversity Conservation and ecosystem services provision to improve economic, environmental and social performance in small-holder farms.
2017 XIV MEDECOS- XIII AEET meeting, Univ. Sevilla (Spain). "Persisting in defaunated landscapes: reduced plant population connectivity after seed dispersal disruption". Symposium Seed dispersal & frugivory in changing Mediterranean landscapes. N. Pérez-Méndez, P. Jordano, A. Valido. Oral presentation
2016 International Conference on Island, Evolution and Conservation. Univ. Açores (Portugal) “The signatures of Anthropocene defaunation: Cascading effects of the seed dispersal collapse on islands“. N. Pérez-Méndez, P. Jordano, C. García, A. Valido. Oral presentation.
2015 Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Meeting 2015. Univ. Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)“Defaunation-driven downsizing of frugivorous lizards determines genetic diveristy and connectivity of Neochamaelea pulverulenta (Rutaceae) populations on the Canary Islands“. N. Pérez-Méndez, P. Jordano, A. Valido. Poster.
2015 Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Meeting 2015. Univ. Kwazulu-Natal (South-Africa). “Downsized mutualisms: Demographic and genetic consequences of lizard body size reduction for an insular plant species“. N. Pérez-Méndez, P. Jordano, C. García, A. Valido. Oral presentation.
2015 XII ECOFLOR Congress. Estación Biológica de Doñana (Spain). "Defaunation-driven downsizing of seed dispersers reduces seed-mediated gene flow and enhances fine-scale genetic structure of an insular plant species". N. Pérez-Méndez, P. Jordano,C. García, A. Valido.Oral presentation
2014. XI ECOFLOR Congress, University of Cádiz (Spain). "Frugivores body-size reduction: consequences for early plant recruitment".N. Pérez-Méndez, P. Jordano, A. Valido. Oral presentation
2013. X ECOFLOR Congress, University of Sevilla (Spain). "Labilidad sexual en Neochamaelea pulverulenta". M. Méndez, N. Pérez-Méndez, A. Valido. Oral presentation
2013.4th Meeting of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology, SESBE - University of Barcelona (Spain). "Do environmental stress and plant size influence sexual lability in Neochamaelea pulverulenta (Rutaceae)?". M. Méndez, N. Pérez-Méndez, A. Valido. Oral presentation
2013. SCAPE Meeting, Lammi Biological Station (Finland). "Do environmental stress and plant size influence sexual lability in Neochamaelea pulverulenta (Rutaceae)?". M. Méndez, N. Pérez-Méndez, A. Valido. Oral presentation
2010. XX Congress of the Spanish Society of Ornithology SEO (Spain). "Trophic segregation of two sympatric gull species: an isotopic approximation". N. Pérez-Méndez, J. González-Solís. Oral Presentation
Seminars and Workshops
2018. Newton Fund Workshop, Chile. Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision to improve economic, environmental and social performance in small-holder farmers.
2012. Jornadas LEM, Estación Biológica de Doñana (Spain). "Neochamaelea pulverulenta gene flow: extinction effects of Canarian Giant Lizards". Oral presentation.
Organized meetings
25th-29th June 2012. "Spatial Ecology". Estación Biológica de Doñana (Spain)
Journal reviewer
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Land degradation and development
