JAVIER PÉREZ-TRIS

My research integrates concepts and methods from evolutionary biology, biogeography, behavioural ecology, and conservation biology. Recently, I have been interested in investigating the causes and consequences of phenotypic diversity in animals, the ecological and evolutionary determinants that shape their relationships with parasites and other obligate symbionts, and how their life strategies vary in humanized environments. These questions have led me to study various vertebrates, invertebrates, protists, bacteria, and viruses in different corners of the world, in close collaboration with colleagues and students. My recent teaching activity in the Degree in Biology has focused on Zoology and Analysis of Animal Biodiversity, allowing me to work with students on both theoretical and practical approaches to zoology. In postgraduate studies, I participate in courses of a methodological nature (Methods in Zoological Research, Master in Zoology), a conceptual nature (Evolution of Life Histories, Master in Evolutionary Biology), and an applied nature (Characterisation and Monitoring of Threatened Animal Populations, Master in Conservation Biology). My undergraduate and master’s students benefit from my research by using my own data to develop classroom case studies, learning tools and concepts I have helped to develop, or joining my lab to take their first steps in research.