I am a primatologist, currently a lecturer at the University of Barcelona - Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, at the Faculty of Psychology.
I am interested in the study of living primates, including behavioral and morphological adaptations, and their interactions with the habitat; in particular feeding ecology, growth and development.
Nowadays I am also a Co-Director of the Research Department of the Jane Goodall Institute - Spain.
My current research is focused in these main projects:
- Dental ecology of living primates in order to elucidate which factors explain the tooth wear and microwear patterns, both in well-known and anonymous primates.
- Growth and development of wild mountain gorillas monitored by the Karisoke Research Center in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, in collaboration with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
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Behavioral ecology of the chimpanzee population of Dindefelo, Senegal, as well as other primate species, in collaboration with Jane Goodall Institute Spain.
