Group Members

Roger Vila

Principal Investigator


e-mail: roger.vila@csic.es

webs:   https://biologiaevolutiva.org/rvila

            https://researchgate.net/profile/Roger_Vila2

            https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=rogervila

Loukia Spilani


PhD student - FI scholarship


Project: Genomics of speciation in butterflies








Mattia Menchetti

PhD student “laCaixa” INPhINIT fellowship


Project: Exploring the evolution and diversity of European ants


e-mail: mattiamen@gmail.com

web: www.mattiamenchetti.com

           www.researchgate.net/profile/Mattia_Menchetti       

Valéria Marques

PhD student - FPI - Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores 2020



Project: Speciation in butterflies: Uncovering cryptic diversity through genomics

Cecília Corbella

Lab Technician


e-mail: cecilia.corbella@ibe.upf-csic.es

 

Claudia Patricia Sañudo

MSc Student, completed 2009

Minor thesis: A molecular and morphological approach to the taxonomic problem of the genus Aricia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)


e-mail: oropendola.iris@gmail.com

Carla Minguet

Undergraduate Student, completed 2011


e-mail: carlaminguetpa@gmail.com

web: www.psrg.org.uk/people.html

Gerard Talavera

PhD Student, completed 2012

Thesis: Phylogenetic inference at different insect taxonomic levels


e-mail: gerard.talavera@csic.es

web: www.kyanja.com/GerardTalavera

Vlad Dinca

PhD Student, completed 2011

Thesis: Diversity, biogeography and chromosomal evolution in European butterflies


e-mail: sudistu@yahoo.com

web: www.zoologi.su.se/research/vlad_butterflies/

Former Group Members

Juan Hernández Roldán

PhD Student, completed 2012

Thesis: El género Pyrgus en Europa: sistemática, ecología y patrones biogeográficos (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)


e-mail: hernandez.roldan@gmail.com

Martha Cecilia Erazo

MSc Student, completed 2012

Minor thesis: Dynamics in the contact zone of three cryptic butterfly species: Effects of climate change and species interactions


e-mail: marthacerazo@gmail.com

web: co.linkedin.com/pub/martha-cecilia-erazo/60/531/555/

Mònica Navarro
Undergraduate Student, completed 2013
Minor thesis: A new cryptic species of butterfly in the European mountains?

e-mail: monica.iberianature@gmail.commailto:monica.iberianature@gmail.comshapeimage_5_link_0

Josep Roca

Lab Technician 2013-2015; 2018-2019


e-mail: jlroca4222@gmail.com

Lucas Kaminski

Postdoc (CAPES fellowship), completed 2015


Molecular phylogeny and biogeography in Aricoris (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)


e-mail: lucaskaminski@yahoo.com.br

web: https://www2.ib.unicamp.br/labor/site/?page_id=419 

Patricia Giménez

Undergraduate Student, completed 2016

Minor thesis: A new cryptic species of butterfly in the European mountains?


e-mail: paty6gp@gmail.com

Kiyriaki Vasileiou

Student (Erasmus Mundus Programme), completed 2016


e-mail: nefeligreen@yahoo.com

Marga Marín

Lab Technician 2006-2016


e-mail: mayika13@hotmail.com

Andrei Deulofeu Brils

Undergraduate Student, completed 2016

Minor thesis: The phylogeography of the butterfly genus Maniola


e-mail: andreidb93@gmail.com

Raluca Voda

PhD Student, completed 2015


Biogeography of the Mediterranean butterflies


e-mail: raluca.voda@ibe.upf-csic.es

web: https://lacienciaalteumon.cat/en-busca-de-papallones-per-la-mediterranea/

Leonardo Dapporto

Marie Curie Postdoc, completed 2016


Biogeography of the Mediterranean butterflies


e-mail: leondap@gmail.com

web: https://www.santuariodellefarfalle.it/

Mattia Menchetti

MSc Student (Erasmus + Traineeship), completed 2016

IO databases: an integrated and open access database for barcodes, occurences, behavioural and ecological traits of European butterflies


e-mail: mattiamen@gmail.com

web: www.mattiamenchetti.com

           www.researchgate.net/profile/Mattia_Menchetti       

Leonardo Platania

Postgraduate (Erasmus + Traineeship), completed 2016


e-mail: leonardo.platania@gmail.com

web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonardo_Platania       

Camille Pitteloud

Lab Technician, 2016


e-mail:camille.pitteloud@gmail.com

Joan Carles Hinojosa Galisteo

MSc Student, completed 2016

Minor thesis: European Thymelicus: “a box full of surprises”


e-mail: sirsphingidae2@gmail.com

Vlad Dinca

Marie Curie Postdoc, completed 2017


EUGENMAP — Genetic map of European butterflies


e-mail: sudistu@yahoo.com

web: www.zoologi.su.se/research/vlad_butterflies/

Sämi Schär

"Early Postdoc Mobility", Swiss National Science Foundation, completed 2017



e-mail: saemi.schaer@gmail.com

Aurélien Gaunet

MSc Student, completed 2017

Minor thesis: The sibling species Iphiclides podalirius and I. feisthamelii


e-mail: gaunet.aurelien@gmail.com

Giulia Magini

Student (Erasmus Mundus Programme), completed 2017


e-mail: giulia.magini@stud.unifi.it

Joan Carles Hinojosa Galisteo

Lab Technician, 2017


e-mail: sirsphingidae2@gmail.com

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Markus Franzén

Postdoctoral research


e-mail: markus.franzen@lnu.se

Gerard Talavera

Marie Curie Postdoc


MIGRATION — Phylogeography and population genomics of the butterfly Vanessa cardui


e-mail: gerard.talavera@csic.es

web: www.gerardtalavera.com

        researchgate.net/profile/Gerard_Talavera

Isaac Kay-Lavelle

Student (Erasmus Mundus Programme), completed 2019


e-mail: isaac.kay-lavelle@student.manchester.ac.uk

Teresa Soto

Undergraduate Student, Completed 2020

Eric Toro

JAE-Intro, Completed 2020


e-mail: etd530@gmail.com

Maria Serracanta

Undergraduate Student, Completed 2021

Elisabetta Sbrega

MSc Student, Completed 2021

Eric Toro

Master student, Completed 2022


e-mail: etd530@gmail.com

Elisabetta Sbrega - Completed 2022

Scientific support personnel


e-mail: elisabetta.sbrega@gmail.com

Enrico Schifani - Completed 2022

Visiting PhD student - University of Parma



e-mail: enrico.schifani@unipr.it

Joan Carles Hinojosa - Completed 2022

Postdoctoral research


Project: Exploring the butterfly speciation continuum



e-mail: sirsphingidae2@gmail.com