People

• 2020-
  Científico Titular, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Spain
• 2014-2020
  Ramón y Cajal fellow, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, Spain
  
• 2013
  Investigador FCT fellow, Center for Environmental Biology, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  
• 2010-2012
  Marie Curie Intra-European fellow, Department of Ecology, Systematics and Evolution, University of Paris-Sud 11, France
• 2010
  JAE-Doc fellow, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, Spain
• 2005-2009
  Doctoral studies at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Spain

I serve as Associate Editor for Functional Ecology and as editorial board member for Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. I have previously served as Associate Editor for The Auk: Ornithological Advances (2015-2020) and on the editorial board for the Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2016-2020).

I am part of the European Network for Melanin Research (EuMelaNet) to promote multidisciplinary research on melanins and melanogenesis and bridge the gap between basic and applied research in this field.

Prizes and distinctions

• 2019
  Francisco Bernis Prize in Research. Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO/BirdLife).
• 2018
  I3 Certificate for an Outstanding Scientific Trajectory. Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO).
  
• 2014
  Young Prize in Scientific Culture. Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Ayuntamiento de Sevilla.
• 2010
  Extraordinary Prize for Doctoral Thesis. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid.

Jeniffer Martínez González (2023-) Co-supervised with M. Zougagh

PhD student (Univ. Castilla-La Mancha grant)

María Frontela (2025-2026)26)023-) Co-supervised with M. Zougagh

Master student

Past members

Julene Gómez Vicioso (2023-2024)

JAE Intro grantee (CSIC grant) and PhD student (Comunidad de Madrid grant)

Sergio del Rey Moreno (2023-2025)

Lab technician (MICIU project contract)

Marina García Guerra (2022-2023)

Sol Rodríguez Martínez (2017-2022)

Sara Borrego (2016-2018)

Lab technician (MINECO project contract)

 Rafael Márquez (2016-2018)

Lab technician (Garantía Juvenil CSIC contract)