Juanjo defended his PhD in Biology at the University of Seville in 1991. After that, he moved to Canada, where he worked as a postdoct for three years at McGill University. His research addresses questions on evolutionary ecology and conservation biology. His model species are generally birds of prey, a group of species with small population sizes and permanent conflicts with human activities. He has also worked with other avian species, either threatened with extinction or species of social or economic interest. He is also interest in the application of new technologies to monitor wildlife populations. He currently leads a project aimed at demonstrating the applicability of light UAVs for wildlife research. He has published more than 170 papers in scientific journals and has supervised to date 7 PhD thesis. Juanjo is the scientific director of Doñana Biological Station CSIC, a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence in Research (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spanish Government).

General research interests

     Evolutionary Ecology