Carlos Ruiz Carreira

Associate Professor at the University of La Laguna. My main line of research focuses on understanding how evolutionary patterns and processes shape bee diversity from a phylogenetic perspective. I am also interested in understanding the response of bees to different anthropogenic impacts in order to establish appropriate conservation measures.

I began my research activity as an internal student of the Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology of the U. Murcia in 1999. In 2002 I obtained a collaboration scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports that allowed me to start my research career. In 2004 I began my doctorate on the molecular phylogeny of carabids, with an FPU scholarship, which allowed me to carry out numerous short stays in centers of international prestige. These stays allowed me to collaborate with renowned researchers in their areas, which generated joint publications in various impact journals.
After the doctorate, I carried out several postdoctoral stays in a new line of research on native bees: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (Mexico, 2010-2011), Universidad Técnica de Manabí (Ecuador, 2012) and Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador, 2013- 2015), where I had the opportunity to collaborate and lead several research projects. Later I returned to the University of Murcia where I collaborated in various R&D projects. In 2018 I joined the University of La Laguna as an Assistant Professor. My lines of research throughout my research activity focus on understanding how evolutionary patterns and processes model insect biodiversity from a phylogenetic perspective. I have published 22 articles in international journals indexed in the JCR. In addition, I have published five articles in national or international magazines, 3 book chapters, a book and editor of an international conference memoir. I currently have two research periods: 2006-1015 and 2016-2021.