After 45 years of studying ants I came to the conclusion that it was worth devoting much more effort to them. A deep knowledge of their diversification has allowed me

I am a terrestrial ecologist aiming to understand the patterns and responses of biodiversity along disturbance and environmental gradients and the mechanisms underlying them at local, regional and global scales

I am a professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (https://biodiversos.org/raul-gvaldes/) and a research associate at CREAF.

Forestry engineer and master in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR), with a double degree awarded by the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy) and the University of Valladolid