Profesores e Investigadores

Departamentos

Curriculum Vitae

María Isabel Martínez Moreno
Catedrático/a de Universidad
Vicerrector/a de Ordenación Académica
4
Quinquenios
2020
3
Docentia
2020-21
5
Sexenios investigación
2021

Centro

E.S. CC. Experimentales y Tecnología

Departamento

Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica

Área

Botánica

Grupo de investigación

Grupo de investigación de alto rendimiento en Ecología, Sistemática y Evolución de Hongos y Líquenes de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Grupo docente

Grupo de Innovación Docente Reconocido en Metodologías Activas para el fomento del aprendizaje significativo en el ámbito de la Biología

Contacto

isabel.martinez@urjc.es
Información general
Información general
Presentación

  • I am a Full Professor of the Biodiversity and Conservation Unit in the Department of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry of the Rey Juan Carlos University. Currently I have four recognized periods of research activity. My main research interests focus on lichens, approaching this field from a variety of disciplines, such as conservation biology, community ecology of epiphytic and terricolous lichens, population dynamics of threatened species, taxonomy, systematic, phylogeny and evolution. I keep international collaborations with researchers from Ecuador, Chile, México, Italy, Austria, Portugal, UK, Sweden, USA, etc. I am also involved in several research networks financed by different institutions: REMEDINAL, which is focused on restoration and biodiversity topics and ECOMETAS, dedicated to detect ongoing topics on Ecology and Biodiversity studies. I have supervised eight Doctoral Thesis, and three more are in process. I have also been the leading researcher of 14 R&D projects financed by some important entities such as the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environment, etc. Moreover, I have participated as a researcher in 22 projects financed by UE, OHL, Ferrovial, BBVA, CAM, CYTED, URJC, etc. As indicators of my scientific productivity, I have published more than 135 articles, most of them in scientific SCI journals (Science, Ecology Letters, Ecological Applications, Philosophical Transactions, Oikos, Biological Conservation, Journal of Ecology,  etc.). I also have written several books and book chapters. On the other hand, I have presented more than 90 contributions to national or international conferences. Regarding my activity as a professor, I have taught many subjects in the Enviromental Sciences and Biology degrees. I have also participated in different subjects of different Master Degrees. Related to my management activity, I want to highlight that I collaborated with the Spanish National Research Agency (2014-2018), leading the area of  "Evolution, Systematics and Plant Conservation", belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Currently, I am a technical collaborator as evaluator at the Andalusian Knowledge Agency (DEVA-AAC) .  I want also to highlight that I was the elected president of the Spanish Lichenological Association since 2011 to 2018. Moreover, I was Subdirector in the Rey Juan Carlos University, being responsible of the curricula development, during 4 years. I am a reviewer of many scientific journals too, as well as reviewer of research projects of the Spanish National Plan and other foreign entities (Argentina, Chile, the Netherlands, EU, etc.). I am also a member of the Editorial Committee of the journal "Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid". I am interested in science diffusion activity, so I have participated in the Science Week, Researchers Night, etc. Furthermore, I have organized different academic activities, such as the 1st Science and Human Rights Conference in the URJC, the Spanish Biology Deans Conference, or the XXI Criptogamic Botany Meeting.

Méritos
  • Área de biodiversidad y conservación

    Web personal page: http://biodiversos.org/personal/isabel-martinez-romero/
    Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabel_Martinez/?ev=hdr_xprf
    Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es&user=EzYTOGAAAAAJ


Docencia y asignaturas impartidas en el curso actual

  • Grado

    PLAN ASIGNATURA
    (2026) GRADO EN BIOLOGIA (MOSTOLES) IECOSISTEMAS IBERICOS
    (2317) GRADO EN BIOLOGIA (MOSTOLES) IIECOSISTEMAS IBERICOS
    (2337) GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES (MOSTOLES)GESTION DE ESPACIOS PROTEGIDOS Y VIDA SILVESTRE
    (2106) GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES (MOSTOLES)GESTION DE ESPACIOS PROTEGIDOS Y VIDA SILVESTRE
HISTÓRICO DOCENTE (ÚLTIMOS 10 CURSOS ACADÉMICOS)

Listado de proyectos (Últimos 10 años)
Códigos de investigador
Publicaciones

  • - Hurtado, P.; Matos, P.; Aragón, G.; Branquinho, C.; Prieto, M.; Martínez, I. (2020). How much matching there is in functional, phylogenetic and taxonomic optima of epiphytic macrolichen communities along an European climatic gradient? Science of the Total Environment 712: 136533.
    - Hurtado, P.; Prieto, M.; Martínez-Vilalta, J.; Giordani, P.; Aragón, G.; .......; Martínez, I. (2020). Disentangling functional trait variation and covariation in epiphytic lichens along a continent-wide latitudinal gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192862.
    - Hurtado, P.; Prieto, M.; Aragón, G.; de Bello, F.; Martínez, I. (2020). Intraspecific variability drives functional changes in lichen epiphytic communities across Europe. Ecology 101: e03017. 
    - Cardós, J. L. H.; Prieto, M.; Jylhä, M.; Aragón, G.; Molina, M. C.; Martínez, I.; Rikkinen, J. (2019). A case study on the re-establishment of the cyanolichen symbiosis: where do the compatible photobionts come from? Annals of Botany 124: 379388.
    - Hurtado, P.; Prieto, M.; Aragón, G.; Escudero, A.; Martínez, I. (2019). Critical predictors of functional phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity are geographically structured in lichen epiphytic communities. Journal of Ecology 107: 2303-2316.
    - Cardós, J. L. H.; Martínez, I.; Aragón, G.; Ellis, C. J. (2018). Role of past and present landscape structure in determining epiphyte richness in fragmented Mediterranean forests. Landscape Ecology 33: 1757-1768.
    - Concostrina-Zubiri, L.; Martínez, I.; Escudero, A. (2018). Lichen-biocrust diversity in a fragmented dryland: fine scale factors are better predictors than landscape structure. Science of the Total Environment 628-629: 882-892.
    - Cardós, J. L. H.; Aragón, G.; Martínez, I. (2017). A species on a tightrope: Establishment limitations of an endangered lichen in a fragmented Mediterranean landscape. American Journal of Botany 104: 527-537.
    - Merinero, S.; Aragón, G.; Martínez, I. (2017). Intraspecific life history variation in contrasting habitats: Insights from an obligate symbiotic organism. American Journal of Botany 104: 1099-1107.
    - Merinero, S.; Méndez, M.; Aragón, G.; Martínez, I. (2017). Variation in the reproductive strategy of a lichenized fungus along a climatic gradient. Annals of Botany 120: 63-70.
    - Prieto, M.; Martínez, I.; Aragón, G.; Verdú, M. (2017). Phylogenetic and functional structure of lichen communities under contrasting environmental conditions. Journal of Vegetation Science 28: 871881.
    - Aragón, G.; Belinchón, R.; Martínez, I.; Prieto, M. (2016). A survey method for assessing the richness of epiphytic lichens using growth forms. Ecological Indicators 62: 101105.
    - Cardós, J. L. H.; Martínez, I.; Calvo, V.; Aragón, G. (2016). Epiphyte communities in Mediterranean fragmented forests: importance of the fragment size and the surrounding matrix. Landscape Ecology 31: 1975-1995.
    - Aragón, G.; Abuja, L.; Belinchón, R.; Martínez, I. (2015). Edge type determines the intensity of forest edge effect on epiphytic communities. European Journal of Forest Research 134: 443451. 
    - Matos, P.; Pinho, P.; Aragón, G.; Martínez, I.; Nunes, A.; Soares, A. M. V. M.; Branquinho, C. (2015). Lichen traits responding to aridity. Journal of Ecology103: 451458. 
    - Merinero, S.; Martínez, I.; Rubio-Salcedo, M.; Gauslaa, Y. (2015). Epiphytic lichen growth in Mediterranean forests: Effects of proximity to the ground and reproductive stage. Basic and Applied Ecology 16: 220-230. 

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