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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
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.
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
Seminars
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
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
