CV
| 2014 - Present |
Researcher and Data Scientist Ynsect |
| 2013 - 2014 |
Visiting Scholar Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte |
| 2008 - 2013 |
PhD Ecology and Evolution Experimental Station of Arid Zones - CSIC |
| 2013 |
PhD Ecology and Evolution Dissertation: Ecological and evolutionary consequences of invertebrates’ movement for biotic interactions Advisor: Dr. Jordi Moya Laraño Committee: Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Gironés, Adela González-Megías, José Antonio Hódar, Jose M. Montoya, Stefan Scheu Experimental Station of Arid Zones - CSIC |
| 2009 |
Master in Diversity and Function of Mediterranean Ecosystems Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| 2007 |
Bachelor degree in Biology Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| 2012 |
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte - University of Tours, France Development of a general model to study the movement of insect pests within trees: the case of apple maggot flies Advisor: Jérôme Casas |
| 2011 |
Department of Physics - University of Split, Croatia Development of a C++ spatially explicit Agent Based Model to study trophic interactions driven by soil invertebrates’ movement - Part II Advisor: Dejan Vinkovic |
| 2010 |
Department of Physics - University of Split, Croatia Development of a C++ spatially explicit Agent Based Model to study trophic interactions driven by soil invertebrates’ movement Part - I Advisor: Dejan Vinkovic |
| 2009 |
Department of Biology - University of Kentucky, US Development of a cellular automata model to study spatial and temporal dynamics of japanese beetle pest in a homogeneous crop Advisor: Phillip H. Crowley |
| 2012 |
Fellowship for stays at foreign institutions Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte - University of Tours, France Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
| 2011 |
Fellowship for stays at foreign institutions University of Split, Croatia Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
| 2010 |
Fellowship for stays at foreign institutions University of Split, Croatia Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
| 2009 |
Fellowship for stays at foreign institutions University of Kentucky, US Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
| 2008 - 2012 |
Doctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation |
| 2007 |
1st applied statistical prize awarded by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Idescat |
| 2014 - 2016 |
Development of insect mass production technology for Tenebrio molitor Financing: Ynsect/private Project leader: Fabrice Berro |
| 2015 - 2016 |
DataKillers: a data mining R-package for industrial insect mass production Project leader: Oriol Verdeny Vilalta |
| 2015 |
Metabolic heat production of Tenebrio molitor Financing: Ynsect/private Project leader: Fabrice Berro |
| 2011 - 2014 |
Leaf litter food webs across rainfall gradients Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Project leader: Jordi Moya Laraño |
| 2008 - 2011 |
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the National Parks’s Network: molecular ecology of leaf-litter food webs in beech forests Financing: Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment Project leader: Jordi Moya Laraño |
| 2007 - 2008 |
Bridging, climbing, running and walking: morphological adaptations for the movement of male spiders Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Project leader: Jordi Moya Laraño |
| 2016 |
Power and Care – A mind and life dialogue with H.H. the Dalai Lama Brussels, Belgium |
| 2016 |
PyData and EuroPython conference Bilbao, Spain |
| 2015 |
Hello Tomorrow conference - Global Summit for Science & Tech Entrepreneurship Ynsect – Feeding 10 billion Paris, France |
| 2014 - 2016 |
Ynsect scientific monthly seminars * Évry, France |
| 2013 |
IX EEZA-CSIC Scientific Marathon * Verdeny-Vilalta O., Aluja M., Casas J. Foraging paths in complex environments: relative roles of architectural complexity and intrinsic stimulus strength on flies foraging for fruits Almeria, Spain |
| 2011 |
12th European Ecological Federation Congress Melguizo-Ruiz N., Verdeny-Vilalta O., Arnedo M.A., Moya-Laraño J. Disentangling food web spatial structure: variance components, model selection and path analysis Ávila, Spain |
| 2010 |
3rd Workshop of the ESF Research Networking Programme SIZEMIC ** Verdeny-Vilalta O., Cosic K., Vinkovic D., Moya-Laraño J. An agent-based model to study soil food web dynamics under water stress in beech forests Barcelona, Spain |
| 2010 |
1st European Community Genetics ** Verdeny-Vilalta O., Moya-Laraño J. Linking quantitative genetics to food web dynamics Manchester, UK |
| 2009 |
Thomas Hunt Morgan Biological Sciences Building Seminars * Verdeny-Vilalta O., Modelling crop damage dynamics by the beetle Popillia japonica Kentucky, US |
| 2009 |
Thomas Hunt Morgan Biological Sciences Building Seminars * Verdeny-Vilalta O., Fox C.W., Wise D.H., Moya-Laraño J. Foraging mode affects the evolution of egg size in generalist predators embedded in complex food webs Kentucky, US |
| 2008 |
IX Iberian Society of Arachnology * Verdeny-Vilalta O., Moya-Laraño J. Does foraging mode limit the fecundity of spiders? Córdoba, Spain |
| 2008 |
XII National Congress and IX Ibero-American of Ethology ** Verdeny-Vilalta O., Moya-Laraño J. Does foraging mode limit the fecundity of spiders? Valencia, Spain |
| * Oral presentation, ** Poster presentation |