Isaac Garrido Benavent (Quatretonda, 1988) has a degree in Biology from the Universitat de València (2011), a Master in Biodiversity-Botany Specialty from the University of Barcelona (2012), and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2017). The PhD stage was sustained with the help of a University Teacher Training Grant (FPU), enjoyed at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, which belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He is currently a 'Profesor Permanente Laboral' at the Department of Botany and Geology of the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Valencia (2020). He is co-IP of a Knowledge Generation research project of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and has participated or participates in the research and work team of other six projects, highlighting one of National Parks (2023), a PROMETEO (Generalitat Valenciana, 2021), one related to Citizen Science (LiquenCity, FECYT, 2018) and another funded by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, 2021). His research encompasses different approaches to the diversity, taxonomy, phylogeny and phylogeography of lichenized fungi (lichens) and non-lichenized fungi, as well as lichenized algae, from Antarctic, bipolar and Mediterranean environments, which has resulted in 81 scientific publications in national and international journals, with approximately 50% indexed and 60% open access. He has also authored 76 contributions to national and international congresses, conferences and workshops. He collaborates with different national (MNCN-CSIC, RJB-CSIC) and international research groups from several European countries, Canada and China. He is a reviewer for numerous scientific journals, such as Journal of Biogeography and Microbial Ecology. He is also a reviewer of scientific projects and PhD grant proposals for the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) since 2018, as well as Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) postdoctoral contracts. He is a member of the scientific committee and editor of the Bulletin of the Societat Micològica Valenciana (SOMIVAL). He has taught courses on mycology and phylogeny in academic and sociocultural settings, and has been a guide in mycological excursions. Finally, and as the most significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge on the biodiversity of fungi and algae, he has been the author in the description of 22 new species of fungi and algae, from the Mediterranean to Antarctica, and also for these groups of organisms, a new order, four new genera, a new section and four new combinations.

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Personality, Evaluation, and Psychological Treatments at the University of Valencia, and I am also affiliated with the Polibienestar Institute. I have been a member of the research group I-PSI-TEC (www.ipsitec.com // @ipsitec) since 2012. Additionally, I am a researcher in the CIBEROBN group “Pathophysiology of Obesity and Nutrition” (CB06/03/0052), an initiative of the Carlos III Health Institute.

My academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, awarded with the Extraordinary Prize in 2010, followed by a Master’s in Advances in Research and Treatments in Psychopathology and Health, as well as a Master’s in General Psychology, all completed at the University of Valencia. In 2012, I obtained a predoctoral FPI contract to carry out my doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Rosa M. Baños at the University of Valencia. During my fellowship, I was awarded a research stay of three months at Boston University. In July 2018, I obtained my PhD with the distinction of Excellent Cum Laude and an International Mention.

My research lines are framed within experimental psychopathology, focusing on the study of emotional and cognitive processes in psychological disorders; the development of clinical and health psychology interventions supported by Information and Communication Technologies; and the identification of protective variables in psychopathology, as well as the promotion of the well-being dimension in mental health.

I have participated in various national, European, and regional projects as a team member or researcher. Currently, I am co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Baños on a national project funded under the 2024 call of the R&D&I Plan, focused on promoting positive body image in women across different life stages.

[Biography, english version]

[Biography, english version]