MIGUEL G. MATIAS / BACKGROUND
About
Miguel G. Matias is a Científico Titular (Senior Researcher) at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN–CSIC) in Madrid. His research sits at the intersection of freshwater ecology, macroecology and paleolimnology, combining lake-sediment records, large-scale distribution and food-web modelling, and coordinated experiments to understand how freshwater biodiversity responds to environmental change. Recent work includes reconstructing human and climatic impacts on Azorean lake ecosystems, hierarchical modelling of aquatic species distributions, and PondNet, a proposed global network of climate-change experiments in aquatic ecosystems. He previously held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship at Imperial College London and postdoctoral positions at the MNCN and at CNRS–Université de Montpellier, after a PhD at the University of Sydney.
Current position
[TODO: Miguel — start year]–present: Científico Titular, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN–CSIC), Madrid. [TODO: department/group name]
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Previous positions:
2015 – 2017: Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at Imperial College London
2013 – 2014: Postdoctoral fellowship with Miguel B. Araújo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid. [TODO: Miguel — preferred link for Araújo's group]
2011 – 2012: Post-doctoral fellowship with Nicolas Mouquet at the Evolutionary Community Ecology Group, Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution – CNRS (UMR 5554) Université de Montpellier, France.
2007 – 2010: PhD at the University of Sydney (Australia), School of Biological Sciences based at Centre for Research on the Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities.
2004 – 2005: MRes in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth (UK) in joint collaboration with the Marine Biological Association of the UK
1998 – 2003: Degree in Biology at the University of Azores (Portugal). Major in Marine Biology (4 years coursework + 1 year research project; equivalent to an Honours degree)
Editorial & service
Co-editor, special issue "Towards Experimental Macroecology" ([TODO: Miguel — journal, year]). [TODO: Miguel — editorial board roles, other service]
People
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Opportunities
I welcome enquiries from prospective students and postdocs interested in freshwater macroecology, paleolimnology or food-web ecology. Please get in touch with a short CV and a note on your interests.