Researcher

Arnald Marcer Batlle

I have a degree in Biology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1989) and a Master's degree in Environmental Management (Yale, 1991 and UAB, 2010). I have been a researcher at CREAF since 1995. 
I have a degree in Biology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1989) and a Master's degree in Environmental Management (Yale, 1991 and UAB, 2010). I have been a researcher at CREAF since 1995.
 
My research focuses on the design and development of Information Systems applied to environmental management, especially in protected areas, and on the modelling of biodiversity and the analysis of its protection. I lead and coordinate projects for the development of software tools applied to different areas of environmental management, e.g. natural heritage management, protected areas, biodiversity databases and georeferencing of biological materials.
 
I have participated and continue to participate in European and national research projects (e.g. DAISIE, MONTES, Dormant) in public administration contracts. I teach in the Master in Remote Sensing and GIS taught by CREAF-UAB and I have participated in other masters and postgraduate courses in Spanish universities.
 
Research Interests:
  • Explain and map biodiversity distribution at all levels and scales, temporal and spatial 
  • Assessment of biodiversity conservation and protection
  • Biodiversity informatics

I have participated in different european and spanish resarch projects (e.g. DAISIE, MONTES, Dormant, React) and contracts with the public administration. I collaborate as a lecturer in different master and postgraduate studies.

 
Ph D. in Terrestrial Ecology (UAB, 2013), Master in Environmental Sciences (UAB, 2009 and Yale, 1991), Bachelor's degree in Biology (UAB, 1989).
 

 

Has participated in:

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Interreg projects
Active

Exploring invisible biodiversity in Pyrenean lakes, sentinels of climate change, through high-resolution portable genomics

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ERC fellowships
Active

Elemental Ecology: towards an element-based functional ecology

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National projects
Inactive

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Últimes publicacions:

2023 | Journal Article

Marcer, Arnald; Escobar, Agustí; Chapman, Arthur; Wieczorek, John

GeoPick: Georeferencing Made Easy. e111036-

2023 | Journal Article

Bruno Agudo, A.; Xavier Picó, F.; Mateo, Rubén G.; Marcer, Arnald; Torices, Rubén; Álvarez, Inés

Unravelling plant diversification: Intraspecific genetic differentiation in hybridizing Anacyclus species in the western Mediterranean Basin,(en) - Unravelling plant diversification: Intraspecific genetic differentiation in hybridizing Anacyclus species in the western Mediterranean Basin. -

2022 | Journal Article

Méndez-Vigo, Belén; Castilla, Antonio R.; Gómez, Rocío; Marcer, Arnald; Alonso-Blanco, Carlos; Picó, F. Xavier

(en) - Spatiotemporal dynamics of genetic variation at the quantitative and molecular levels within a natural Arabidopsis thaliana population,Spatiotemporal dynamics of genetic variation at the quantitative and molecular levels within a natural Arabidopsis thaliana population. 2701-2716

2022 | Journal Article

Marcer, Arnald; Chapman, Arthur D.; Wieczorek, John R.; Xavier Picó, F.; Uribe, Francesc; Waller, John; Ariño, Arturo H.

(en) - Uncertainty matters: ascertaining where specimens in natural history collections come from and its implications for predicting species distributions,Uncertainty matters: ascertaining where specimens in natural history collections come from and its implications for predicting species distributions. e06025-