Mario Márquez Toribio
Predoctoral researcher
Research:
Descifrando cómo las floraciones de cianobacterias tóxicas pueden limitar los servicios ecosistémicos de las aguas dulces a la biodiversidad acuático-terrestre.
Joining Date:
12/2025
Address:
IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
E-mail:
mario.marquez@imdea.org
Graduated in Biology by the Autonomous University of Madrid, Mario studied courses of the environmental itinerary during his studies such as applied zoology, geobotany or aquatic systems. He completed the curricular internship as an assistant in animal care at FIEB Foundation. His bachelor’s thesis was made in collaboration with the Entomology Collection of the National Museum of Natural Science on the morphological diversification and distribution of four species of the tenebrionid Hispanomelia.
Subsequently, he completed a Master’s degree in Environmental and Resource Management at the University of Southern Denmark in Esbjerg. His master’s thesis dealt with nutrition and development of black soldier fly larvae at the Department of Zoophysiology of the University of Aarhus (Denmark).
He also collaborates with IBEROZOA Association where he is representative of the Entomology Section. There he carries out activities such as giving informative workshops, media speeches, organization of seminars and lectures, teaching and organizational support in courses, and guided tours in nature, all with the aim of promote environmental and scientific education.
He is currently working on his doctoral thesis within the Aquatic Ecology and Biotechnology group. The thesis project focuses on studying how toxic cyanobacterial blooms can limit the ecosystem services of freshwater to aquatic-terrestrial biodiversity (PIPF-2024/ECO-36009, funded by the Community of Madrid).
