DANIEL PAREJO-PULIDO / ACADEMIC CV
Academic CV
Academic qualifications, research appointments, international experience, professional training and other academic merits.
01 / ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2019–2025
PhD
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Thesis: An experimental evaluation of signalling models of avian nestling begging behaviour
Supervisors: Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez, Tomás Redondo Nevado and Javier Viñuela Madera
Defended: 31 January 2025
Grade: Excellent, cum laude (unanimously)
Additional distinction: International PhD Mention
- 2018–2019
- 2014–2018
02 / RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS & FELLOWSHIPS
- 2026–2029
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dates: 1 December 2026 – 1 December 2029
Programme: SONATINA
Funding: National Science Centre (NCN), Poland
- 2024–2025
INVESTIGO Research Contract
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC, CSIC–UCLM–JCCM), Spain
Dates: 16 March 2024 – 15 March 2025
Programme: INVESTIGO
Reference: INVESTIGO-CSIC-072024000449
Funding: Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social; Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
- 2019–2023
Predoctoral Research Contract
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC, CSIC–UCLM–JCCM), Spain
Dates: 18 November 2019 – 18 November 2023
Programme: Plan Propio, University of Castilla-La Mancha
Reference: 2019-PREDUCLM-11785
- 2017–2018
Departmental Collaboration Scholarship
Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Zoology, University of Extremadura, Spain
Period: Academic year 2017–2018
Awarding body: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Status: Awarded during the Bachelor’s Degree
03 / PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
- 2022–2025
BIRDNET
Project: Influencia de la posición dentro de la red social para el éxito reproductivo y la supervivencia de un ave social
Influence of position within the social network on reproductive success and survival of a social birdReference: PID2021-126673NB-I00
Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain)
Duration: September 2022 – August 2025
Funding amount: €158,577
Principal investigators: Diego Gil Pérez and Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez
04 / INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STAYS
- 2023
Predoctoral Research Stay
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Research group: Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Research Group, Department of Biology
Period: April–July 2023
Duration: Three months
Context: Conducted during the predoctoral research contract at IREC
05 / ACCREDITATIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Functions a) Animal Care, b) Euthanasia and c) Performing Procedures
Training under Order ECC/566/2015 for the use of wild fauna for scientific purposes.
Functions A) Animal Care and B) Euthanasia
Training in rodents and lagomorphs.
06 / TRAINING
15 courses · 514 hours
- 2024
Bayesian Inference in Ecology with R
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)
Ciudad Real (Spain), 13–15 May 2024. 12 hours
- 2023
Mosquitoes, Diseases, and Global Change
University of Granada
Online, 30 November–11 December 2023. 63 hours
- 2022
Statistics with 'R' for Researchers
University of Vigo
Online, 10 October–9 November 2022. 160 hours
- 2022
Theory and Practice of Mixed Models with Fixed and Random Effects. Application to Natural Sciences using R
Society of Friends of the National Museum of Natural Sciences
Madrid (Spain), 21 February–4 March 2022. 40 hours
- 2021
Advanced Data Visualization with R
University of Castilla-La Mancha
Online, 11–25 November 2021. 15 hours
- 2021
Workshop on Experimental Design: Statistics for Researchers
University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ciudad Real (Spain), 11–20 January 2021. 25 hours
- 2020–2021
Environmental Education Management and Facilitation (Environmental Volunteering)
Provincial Council of Badajoz
Online, 14 December 2020–8 January 2021. 52 hours
- 2020
Occupational Risk Prevention in R&D
University of Castilla-La Mancha
Online, 17 July–31 August 2020. 50 hours
- 2020
Outreach and Personal Branding for Researchers
University of Castilla-La Mancha
Online, 2–29 March 2020. 25 hours
- 2019
Power Lines and Birds. Advanced Level, Environmental Sector Professionals
Group for the Rehabilitation of Native Fauna and Its Habitat
Online, 12 December 2019. 12 hours
- 2019
Mosquitoes: Much More Than Insects!
University of Extremadura
Faculty of Biology, Badajoz (Spain), 3 July 2019. 4 hours
- 2019
Tracking the Iberian Wolf
Extremadura Society of Zoology
La Garganta, Cáceres (Spain), 9–10 February 2019. 12 hours
- 2016
Introduction to Tracks and Signs Course
Extremadura Society of Zoology
Don Benito, Badajoz (Spain), 1–2 October 2016. 16 hours
- 2016
Introduction to Herpetology Course
Extremadura Society of Zoology
Don Benito, Badajoz (Spain), 17–18 September 2016. 16 hours
- 2016
Introduction to Herpetology
Association for the Defense of Nature and Resources of Extremadura (ADENEX)
La Fontanita, Montánchez, Cáceres (Spain), 7–8 April 2016. 12 hours
07 / LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Spanish
- Native language.
- English
- B2 — Cambridge English: First Certificate in English (FCE).Cambridge English Language Assessment, University of Cambridge. Grade C. Awarded in 2014.
08 / OTHER MERITS
- 2018
Monitor, XIII Spanish Biology Olympiad
Organised by Spanish Biology Olympiad Association. Badajoz (Spain), 15 April 2018.
- 2017
Winner, 1st Photography Contest of the Spanish Association of Biology Students
11 December 2017.
- 2014
First place, IX Biology Olympiad, Regional Phase of Extremadura
Organised by Spanish Biology Olympiad Association. Villanueva de la Serena (Spain), 14 November 2014.