My main line of research is the documentation of biodiversity in the oceans from an evolutionary perspective. I am interested in discovering forms and ways of life of current marine invertebrates (with a special predilection for annelids) and understanding the origins and processes responsible of shaping current diversity and distributions.

I work in systematics, taxonomy and phylogeography of marine invertebrates using an integrative approach and a variety of data sources, theoretical frameworks and analytical methodologies. I try to reconstruct the historical processes that could be responsible for the contemporary geographical distributions of individuals (phylogeography) or the recognition of the boundaries between species (as entities of independent evolution). These methodologies can be applied to conservation and biosecurity, by allowing the detection of invasive or translocated species.

In addition, I am also interested in the functional morphology and evolution of certain organs, such as chemoreceptors and eyes (or photoreceptors). For this I use microscopy and gene expression techniques.

1997: Degree in Biological Sciences (Environmental Biology), Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM).

2004: PhD in Biology, UAM.

2004-2005: Lecturer, Department of Biology, UAM.

2005-2007: Postdoc, Australian Museum, Sydney (MEC / Fulbright)

2008-2011: Postdoc, Australian Museum (Australian Biological Resources Studies).

2012-2015: Postdoc, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU University Museum), Trondheim.

2015-2017: Researcher at NTNU and Coordinator of the Research School in Biosystematics (ForBio).

2018- Ramón y Cajal Fellow, Biology Department, University of the Balearic Islands.