Javier de la Casa Sánchez

The relationship between humans and their environment concerns me as much as it excites me.

I studied Biology at the Complutense University of Madrid and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and specialised in ecosystem restoration at the University of Alcalá. Currently, thanks to an FPU contract, I work at CREAF as a pre-doctoral researcher. My research line aims to evidentiate and understand the relevant shifts in the elemental composition (elementome shifts) of the Biosphere in the “Anthropocene” paradigma. To do so, we look at deep-time and modern archives of environmental changes: lake sediments and tree-rings.

Besides my interest in global change research, I believe that civil disobedience is a legit way, specially for academia, to advocate for the policies needed to face our environmental and humanitarian challenges.