Department: Biología

Research institute: Instituto de Investigación Marina (INMAR)

Area: Ecology

Research group: Estructura y Dinámica de Ecosistemas Acuáticos

Áreas PAIDI: Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente

Doctor by the Universidad de Cádiz with the thesis Influencia de las propiedades foliares, la hidrodinámica y el cambio global en las interacciones entre angiospermas marinas y sus consumidores 2017. Supervised by Dr. Juan Jose Vergara Oñate, Dr. Fernando Guillermo Brun Murillo.

Rocío Jiménez-Ramos completed her PhD with distinction in 2017 at Cádiz University. She was awarded with the Excellence Award for the PhD in Science. Her main research focused on carbon export by herbivory processes and blue carbon stocks in seagrass ecosystems. She is currently also leading RECOUNT project (JIN2020, funded by Ministry of Science and Innovation) to quantify the carbon remineralization in coastal habitats.