Carlos Lara-romero
Academic Coordinator For Environmental, Energy, And Social Sustainability
Spain
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Top SchoolCarlos Lara-romero is an Associate Professor of Botany and Academic Coordinator for Environmental, Energy, and Social Sustainability at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, with nine years of professional experience at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and biodiversity conservation. He leads the Biological Big Data Laboratory, developing reproducible pipelines and data models that inform decision-making for pollinator conservation, invasive species management, and crop wild relative preservation. His work bridges fundamental research and applied policy, contributing to national conservation efforts and serving as Subject Editor for Plant Biology and Mediterranean Botany. Carlos combines hands-on field experiments and genomic big-data analytics with capacity-building in statistics and programming, fostering data literacy across collaborators. He has a track record of international collaboration—including visiting research at ETH Zürich—and a knack for turning complex ecological questions into operational tools for resilience under environmental change. An uncommonly pragmatic scientist, he aligns academic research with institutional sustainability strategies and open-science practices.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D in Natural Resources Conservation, Ph.D in Natural Resources Conservation at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Spanish, English
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CarlosLaraR/R-ecology
May 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:115 commits, 112 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
CarlosLaraR/teaching_R
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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