WELCOME TO ELISA P BADAS’ RESEARCH GROUP
I am an evolutionary biologist with a broad interest in the evolution of ageing and the underlying mechanisms explaining why individuals age differently (to see a more detailed description on my current and previous research projects go to Research).
Since the start of my scientific career my research line has been oriented towards disentangling life-history trade-offs with a particular focus on the interplay between ageing, reproduction, parasitism, ornamentation and social effects. My research trajectory and the research projects I have either participated in or led follow a structured flow, going from a general perspective, exploring ageing trade-offs as a whole at the start of my research career, to more specific but highly relevant questions in the field of the evolutionary biology of ageing, this is, pinpointing the underlying mechanisms of ageing and the impact of social effects.
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher holding a María-Zambrano Fellowship at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), in the Evolutionary and Conservation Biology group (check out our Instagram!). I currently work on a project entitled ‘Physiological and social stress effects on ageing in two species under changing environments: Eleonora’s falcon and acorn woodpecker.’
Some of my broad research interests
Senescence
I study the decline in reproductive performance with age in natural populations that gather long-term longitudinal data throughout an individual’s lifetime.
Mechanisms
It is of paramount importance to
unravel the underlying mechanisms driving
within- and between- individuals differences in ageing patterns. To this end, I look at changes in physiological and molecular biomarkers.
Sociality
I am interested in the study of how social interactions shape within- and between-individual patterns in ageing.
Gender bias
The loss of women in advanced positions in academia is still a worrying matter and I am interested in studying whether unconscious biases play a role.
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