Profesores e Investigadores

Departamentos

Curriculum Vitae

Carlos Lara Romero
Profesor/a Ayudante Doctor/a
1
Quinquenios
2021
2
Sexenios investigación
2022

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 Evolutiva de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Grupo docente

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

Centro/Instituto de investigación

Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Contacto

carlos.lara@urjc.es
Información general
Información general
Presentación

  • As a Lecturer in Botany at URJC, my primary goal is to advance our understanding of ecological systems and their conservation. My academic career is marked by significant research contributions, including 59 publications spanning book chapters, reports, and scientific articles.  Collectively, these works have accumulated 881 citations on Google Scholar (h-index = 19, i10 index = 26). Notably, 23 research articles are published in journals ranked in the top 25%, with 15 publications ranked in the top 25% of the world's most cited according to CiteScore.

    I have demonstrated leadership throughout my research career    . I have taken on leadership roles in research projects funded by the EU programmes and the Spanish National Plan for RD&I. Most of my contracts and research projects as Principal Investigator (PI) received funding through competitive calls, totalling ca. 770 k€. Currently, I serve as the PI of two active research and transfer projects, overseeing a team of over ten researchers. I have supervised students on their undergraduate (10) and masters (3 completed and 2 in progress) final projects, resulting in publications in prestigious journals. I have supervised the completion of a PhD thesis, with one ongoing. Furthermore, I have taken the initiative to organize multiple symposia at scientific conferences and seminars, fostering intellectual discourse and interdisciplinary collaboration, thus contributing to a vibrant academic environment.

    My research has an international dimension, demonstrated through my participation in several currently active international consortia and working groups: GrENE-net (https://grene-net.org/), sINTERVAL (https://www.idiv.de/en/sinterval), fungreen (http://fungreenproject.weebly.com/), and COUSIN (https://cousinproject.eu/). Additionally, 50% of my publications have been co-authored by international researchers, and 91% of my citations originate from foreign institutions (Source: WoS). In addition, I have 32 months of experience working in world-renowned research centres, and I serve as subject editor for the international journals Plant Biology (IF: 3.9) and Mediterranean Botany (IF: 1.0).

    I am deeply committed to advancing open science, dissemination, and technology transfer. I have taken a proactive role in shaping national strategies for plant conservation, while simultaneously establishing repositories focused on plant conservation and genetic resources. These efforts have significantly enriched our understanding of the conservation status of vascular plant species in both Spain and Europe. I have also contributed to the Spanish Red Book of Threatened Species. Furthermore, through organizing specialized courses in statistics and programming and serving as the Coordinator of the Biological Big Data Laboratory at URJC, I foster interdisciplinary collaboration and promote data-driven use in biodiversity and conservation, emphasizing the importance of data literacy in these fields.

Méritos
Docencia y asignaturas impartidas en el curso actual

  • Grado

    PLAN ASIGNATURA
    (2026) GRADO EN BIOLOGIA (MOSTOLES) IINFORMATICA APLICADA
    (2317) GRADO EN BIOLOGIA (MOSTOLES) IIINFORMATICA APLICADA
    (2365) GRADO EN BIOLOGIA (MOSTOLES) IIIBOTANICA
    (2365) GRADO EN BIOLOGIA (MOSTOLES) IIIINFORMATICA APLICADA
    (2106) GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES (MOSTOLES)ECOLOGIA
    (2337) GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES (MOSTOLES)ECOLOGIA
    (2337) GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES (MOSTOLES)GESTION Y CONSERVACION DE FLORA Y FAUNA
    (2340) GRADO EN FARMACIA (ALCORCON)BOTANICA
    (2343) GRADO EN RECURSOS HIDRICOS (MOSTOLES)BIOLOGIA

    Máster universitario oficial

    PLAN ASIGNATURA
    (6342) MÁSTER INTERUNIVERSITARIO EN RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMASRESTAURACIÓN EN AMBIENTES EXTREMOS
    (6342) MÁSTER INTERUNIVERSITARIO EN RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMASRESTAURACIÓN GENÉTICA DE POBLACIONES
    (6373) MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN TÉCNICAS DE CONSERVACIÓN BIODIV.ECOLOGIA (MÓSTOLES)RESTITUCIÓN GENÉTICA DE POBLACIONES

    Enseñanzas propias

    PLAN ASIGNATURA
    (4719) EXPERTO/A EN ANÁLISIS DE DATOS GENÓMICOS Y METAGENÓMICOS ANÁLISIS DE DATOS GENÓMICOS II: METAGENÓMICA
HISTÓRICO DOCENTE (ÚLTIMOS 10 CURSOS ACADÉMICOS)

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

  • Publicaciones más relevantes de los últimos 10 años. (* Corresponding author)
    1. Traveset, A; Lara-Romero, C*; Santamaría, S; Cousins, SAO (2/12) 2024. Effect of green infrastructure on restoration of pollination networks and plant performance in semi-natural dry grasslands across Europe. J. Appl. Ecol., 61: 1015¿1028 1.     JIF: 5.7 (7/64, Biodiversity Conservation, Q1).
    2. Sacristán-Bajo, S; García-Fernández, A; Lara-Romero, C; Prieto-Benitez, S; Tabarés, P; Morente-López, J; Rubio Teso ML; Alameda-Martín, A; Torres, E; Iriondo, JM. 2023. Population origin determines the effectiveness of facilitated adaptation for the advancement of flowering onset in Lupinus angustifolius (Fabaceae). Evolutionary Applications, 16: 62-73. JIF: 4.929 (12/52, Evolutionary Biology, Q1).
    3. Lara-Romero, C*; Ruiz-Benito, P; Castro-Díez, P. 2022. Functional traits and propagule pressure explain changes in the distribution and demography of non-native trees in Spain. Journal of Vegetacion Science, 33: e13131. JIF: 3.389 (13/70, Forestry, Q1).
    4.  Morente-López, J; Kass, J; Lara-Romero, C; Serra-Díaz, P; Soto-Correa, JC; Anderson, R; Iriondo, JM 2022. Linking ecological niche models and common garden experiments to predict phenotypic differentiation in stressful environments: assessing the adaptive value of marginal populations in an alpine plant. Global Change Biology, 28: 4143-4162. JIF: 13.211 (1/65, Biodiversity Conservation, D1; 5/173 Ecology, D1).
    5. Morente-López, J; Lara-Romero, C; Garcia-Fernádez, A; Rubio-Teso, ML; Prieto-Benítez, S; Iriondo, JM. 2021. Gene flow effects on populations inhabiting marginal areas: origin matters.  Journal of Ecology, 109: 139-153. JIF: 6.38 (21/279, Plant Science, D1; 23/174, Ecology Q1).
    6.  Morente-López, J; Scheepens, J.F; Lara-Romero, C; Ruiz-Checa, R; Tabarés, P; Iriondo JM.  2020. Past selection shaped phenological differentiation among populations at contrasting elevations in a Mediterranean alpine plant. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 170: 103894. JIF: 5.545 (20/235, Plant Science, D1).
    7.  Lara-Romero, C *; Seguí, J; Pérez-Delgado, A; Nogales, M; Traveset, A. 2019. Beta diversity and specialization in plant-pollinator networks along an elevational gradient. Journal of Biogeography, 46: 1598-1610. JIF: 3.732 (35/168, Ecology, Q1).
    8. Lara-Romero, C*; García, C;  Morente-López, J; Iriondo, J.M. 2016. Direct and indirect effects of shrub encroachment on alpine grasslands mediated by plant-pollinator interactions. Functional Ecology, 30: 1521¿1530.  JIF: 5.63 (14/153, Ecology, D1). 
    9. Lara-Romero, C*; de la Cruz, M; Escribano-Ávila, G; García-Fernández, A; Iriondo, JM. 2016. What causes conspecific plant aggregation? Disentangling the role of dispersal, habitat heterogeneity and plant¿plant interactions. Oikos, 125: 1304¿1313. JIF: 4.03 (32/153, Ecology, Q1). 
    10. Lara-Romero, C*; García-Fernández, A; Robledo-Arnuncio, J.J.; Roumet, M; Morente-López, J; López-Gil, A; Iriondo, J.M. 2016. Individual spatial aggregation correlates with between-population variation in ffine-scale genetic structure of Silene ciliata (Caryophyllaceae). Heredity, 116: 417-423. JIF: 3.961 (34/153, Ecology, Q1).

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