Passionate about palaeontology, insects and evolution since I was a child, my first real contact with research was as an undergraduate in several paleontological and entomological fieldwork campaigns. I went on to complete a PhD in the University Complutense de Madrid in 2021. My work has focused on the evolutionary ecology and biogeography of insects, mainly swallowtail butterflies. I have also collaborated in research on beetles, ants, and several groups of vertebrates, and I have a long record of paleontological fieldwork in Spain.

Currently, my project aims to study broadscale (in time and space) evolutionary patterns linked to past climate changes using a multidisciplinary approach, combining traditional ecology and palaeontology methodologies.

PROJECTS

Current projects

Name of the project: MITE Mapping Insect Taxonomy and Evolution. Funding
Type of project: Non-Competitive.
Entity where project took place: University of Vigo.
Funding entity: Mapas Lab
PI: Sara Gamboa Jurado-Centurión.
Type of participation: PI
Start-End date: 19/10/2024 – 30/11/2025.
Total amount: 20,000 €.

Name of the project: “Paleo en el Barrio: Ciencia de proximidad”. 3rd edition.
Proyecto FECYT FCT-23-19134.
Type of project: Competitive.
Entity where project took place: MNNC-CSIC and UVigo.
Funding entity: FECYT.
Co-PI: A. Oliver, R. de Iriarte and T. Gallego.
Type of participation: team member
Start-End date: 01/10/2024 – 30/09/2025.
Total amount: 96,450 €.

Name of the project: Cuantificando la pérdida de información del registro fósil (LOST). PID2021-123202NA-I00.
Type of project: Competitive.
Entity where the project took place: UVigo.
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
PI: S. Varela.
Type of participation: Postdoc researcher.
Start-End date: 01/09/2022 – 31/08/2025.
Total amount: 45,000 €.

Name of the project: Mapping cradles and graves. H2020-ERC-2020-STG-947921.
Type of project: Competitive.
Entity where the project took place: Mapas Lab, UVigo.
Funding entity: H2020-ERC-2020.
PI: S. Varela.
Type of participation: Postdoc researcher.
Start-End date: 01/06/2020- 30/11/2025.
Total amount: 1.499.924 €.

Name of the project: Paleoecological and paleoclimatic multiproxy analysis of the Iberian and South American fossil record during the late Cenozoic: an interhemispheric approach.
Type of project: Competitive.
Entity where the project took place: Universidad Complutense
Funding entity:  Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2022-138275NB-I00)
PI: Laura Domingo Martínez y María Soledad Domingo Martínez
Type of participation: team member
Start-End date: 01/09/2023-31/08/2027
Total amount: 168,750 €.

Past projects
Name of the project: Environmental stress as a driver of evolutionary innovations.
Type of project: Competitive.
Entity where project took place: Universidad Complutense Madrid.
Funding entity: Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Contract for the training of young doctors. Ministry of Universities and Next Generation Programme
PI: Sara Gamboa Jurado-Centurión.
Type of participation: PI
Start-End date: 01/03/2022 al 28/02/2024
Total amount: 70,700 €.

Name of the project: Taxonomic and phenotypic diversification of Cenozoic terrestrial large herbivores.
Entity where project took place:  University or Alcalá de Henares
Funding entity: Atracción de Talento, Comunidad de Madrid (2017-T1/AMB-5298).
PI: Juan L. Cantalapiedra.
Type of participation: Team member
Start-End date: 2018-2021
Total amount: 245,172 €

Name of the project: Comparación multidisciplinar inter-hemisferio: estudio biogeoquímico y paleobiológico combinado del registro fósil español y argentino en el Cenozoico final (PanHem).
Entity where project took place:  Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Funding entity:  Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PGC2018-094955-A-I00)
PI: Laura Domingo Martínez
Type of participation: Team member
Start-End date: 01/01/2019-30/09/2022
Total amount: 145,200 €

Name of the project: Los yacimientos paleontológicos seudocarsticos del Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid) en el contexto de los cambios ambientales del Mioceno Superior de las cuencas centro-ibéricas.
Entity where project took place:  CSIC. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CGL2015-68333-P).
PI: Jorge Morales Romero; Pablo Peláez Campomanes de Labra
Type of participation: Team member
Start-End date: 2016-2019
Total amount:  237.160 €

Name of the project: Impatti antropici nei prati aridi attraverso lo studio delle comunità di coleotteri.
Entity where project took place: Universitá degli studi di Napoli Federico II.
Funding entity: Universitá degli studi di Napoli Federico II.
PI: Sara Gamboa Jurado-Centurión.
Type of participation: PI
Start-End date: 2012-2013
Total amount: 2,000 €.