LEIRE MENDEZ FERNANDEZ
- Knowledge area
- Physiology
- Department
- Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology
- Centre
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Electronic mail
- leire.mendez@ehu.eus
My research career started 14 years ago at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain, with the focus on the understanding on metal uptake and toxicity of metal mixtures in aquatic ecosystems, and the use of metal bioaccumulation in macroinvertebrates as an ecological monitoring tool. Thus, my master thesis, doctorate and postdoctoral career where developed in this research line, namely ecotoxicology, within the Animal Ecotoxicity and Biodiversity research group. Simultaneously with my research career, I wanted to expand my knowledge and skills in regards to sustainability and ecology, and I completed a postgraduate course in Environment and Sustainability at the UPV/EHU. During this course, I had the opportunity to participate in a collaborative project with different stakeholders to promote sustainability in the city of Bilbao (Basque Country).
In 2018, I was involved in the project of “Ecosystem Services of Euskadi” at the “UNESCO Chair in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development”, from the Dept. Plant Biology and Ecology (UPV/EHU). I was the responsible of the research line of water ecosystem services, mainly regulation ones, and the development of adequate indicators at different spatial scales, with an applied focus for management purposes under the Water Framework Directive. In 2019, I started working on the RENATUR Interreg Europe project also at the UNESCO Chair, where I conducted different task in order to promote, con