Given that evolutionary change ultimately begins at the population level, my main research line focuses on understanding population dynamics and genetics of plants. I am interested in the study of factors that govern spatiotemporal variability of plant populations at the demographic and genetic levels. To this end, I integrate knowledge from field studies (demographic surveys), greenhouse experiments (inbreeding depression experiments), and modeling (matrix population models). Some of the plant species I have worked with are Lobularia maritima (Brassicaceae), Hypericum cumulicola (Hypericaceae), Ramonda myconi (Gesneriaceae), Scabiosa columbaria (Dipsacaceae), Tragopogon pratensis (Compositae), Hypochaeris radicata (Compositae), and Succisa pratensis (Dipsacaceae).

In addition, I am also interested in the evolution of floral morphology from both ecological and molecular points of view. In particular, I want to investigate the link between the genetic basis for changes in flower morphology and the ecological conditions that ultimately may determine the success of new variants. To achieve this goal I am currently focusing on the expression of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in the relict plant Ramonda myconi (Gesneriaceae) in populations across the species’ distribution range in NE Spain.