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Pedro Jordano is a Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at Doñana Biological Station (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of Seville. Using tools from field ecology, molecular genetics, and theoretical ecology, his research focuses on the study of biological diversity from both ecological and evolutionary perspectives, with a particular interest in how interactions between plants and animals shape complex ecological systems. A former coordinator of the ERC Starting Grants panel in Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology and director of the master’s degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at Pablo Olavide University, he has also chaired the Environmental Science and Technology Area of Spain’s National Research Agency (Ministry of Science and Innovation/Ministry of Universities). He holds the Mercer Award of the Ecological Society of America, the Marsh Award of the British Ecological Society, and the National Research Award in Environmental Sciences and Technologies.
