Núria Bonada is Full Professor in Biology and Ecology at the University of Barcelona, Serra Húnter Fellow, ICREA-Academia since 2022, member of the Research Institute of Biodiversity (IRBio), and head of the Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM) research group.

She has focused her research on the ecology of river ecosystems, combining fundamental, applied, and social aspects. In particular, she has been interested in understanding the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on freshwater biodiversity (mainly macroinvertebrates) to improve river conservation and management worldwide, and how citizens can contribute to this research and benefit from it.

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Núria will give a lecture preliminary entitled Freshwater biodiversity in Mediterranean climate regions: current status and future trends.