Dr. Blanca Jimeno
I am an integrative biologist with broad experience in ecophysiology, behavioural biology and molecular ecology. My main research interest is developing interdisciplinary approaches to investigate physiological and molecular processes underlying organismal responses to environmental challenges. My research brings together endocrinology, metabolism physiology, behavioural ecology, and (epi)genomics, in free-living and captive birds.
NEWS & EVENTS
Expanding the interdisciplinary approach: ornithology meets archaeology
September 2025
Super excited about collaborating with the National Archaeological Museum (Madrid, Spain) organizing and giving three workshops and one plenary talk. With these activities I aim to show the new approaches and emerging knowledge on the caeltiberian culture that we can obtain when integrating biology into the archaeological research. I will focus on our previous work identifying and interpreting the birds represented in ancient caeltiberian pottery. Both innitiatives are taking place within the context of a temporary exhibition at the museum. More information here.
Back at my home country... with a new contract
July 2025
These last years have been a rollercoaster in terms of travelling and moving among different locations. Happy to be able to do research in Spain again thanks to a postdoctoral contract at the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain), as part of the awesome Eco-Evo-Devo lab. Looking forward to expanding my current research line into new species and study systems!
New postdoc project starts
January 2025
I have just started and lead a new research project as a MSCA-cofund (DS Train) fellow at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis / University of Oslo (Norway), where I will take my ongoing research line further, to investigate the patterns linking epigenetic potential and dispersal propensity across species at a global scale.
Latest Media & Outreach
Outreach talk... in an archaeology enviroment
December 2023
It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to share our work at the "Fragmentos de agua y cielo" exhibition with the people from the Asociación de Amigos de la Arqueología (Friends of Archaeology Association). I took them on a journey to the ancient landscapes and bird species that the ancient Numancia pottery (II c. BC) has unraveled to us. The audience was highly welcoming and I learnt a lot from these people coming from a - not so - distant discipline. Grateful for the invitation and hoping for this to be the first of many talks here!
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