HUMBERTO GRACIAN FERRON JIMENEZ
PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
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Department: Cavanilles Institute Biodiversity and Evolut. Biol. (ICBBE)
Department: Cavanilles Institute Biodiversity and Evolut. Biol. (ICBBE)
Subjects taught and teaching methods
Academic training
- Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas. Universitat de València. 27/07/2012 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- Doctor en Biología. Universtitat de València. 05/04/2019 (Ph.D.).
- Máster en Paleontología. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 09/09/2013 (Official Master).
Journal Publications
- FERRON, H., PLA, C., MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C., ESCUDERO-MOZO, M. J.; H. BOTELLA (2014) Morphometric Discriminant Analysis of isolate chondrichthyan scales for paleoecological inferences; the Middle Triassic of the Iberian Chains (Spain) as a case of study. Journal Of Iberian Geology, 40(1), pp. 87 - 97 . ISSN: 1698-6180
- BOTELLA, H.; MANZANARES, E.; FERRON, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C. (2014) Obruchevacanthus ireneae gen. et sp. nov., a new Ischnacanthiforme (Acanthodii) from the Lower Devonian of Spain. Paleontological Journal, 48(10), pp. 1067 - 1076 . ISSN: 0031-0301
- MANZANARES, E.; PLA, C.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; FERRÓN, H. G.; BOTELLA, H. (2017) Lonchidion derenzii sp. nov., a new lonchidiid shark (Chondriychtyes, Hybodontiforms) from the Late Triassic of Spain with remarks on lonchidiid enameloid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37(1), p. e1253585 . ISSN: 0272-4634
- FERRÓN, H. G.; BOTELLA, H. (2017) Squamation and ecology of thelodonts. Plos One, 12(2), p. e0172781 . ISSN: 1932-6203
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2018) The evolution of gigantism in active marine predators. Historical Biology, 30(5), pp. 712 - 716 . ISSN: 0891-2963
- MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; ESPARZA, C.; CARRILLO-BRICEÑO, J. D.; MANZANARES, E.; HAMMANN, C.; FERRÓN, H. G.; BOTELLA, H. (2018) A Serravallian (Middle Miocene) shark fauna from Southeastern Spain and its palaeoenvironment significance. Historical Biology, 30(3), pp. 422 - 432 . ISSN: 0891-2963
- FERRÓN, H. G. (2017) Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks. Plos One, 12(9), p. e0185185 . ISSN: 1932-6203
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C. (2017) Life in the Palaeozoic: an overview of land and sea ecosystems. Bulletin Of Geosciences, 92(4), pp. 439 - 442 . ISSN: 1214-1119
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2018) Patterns of ecological diversification in thelodonts. Palaeontology, 61(2), pp. 303 - 315 . ISSN: 0031-0239
- MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; CARRILLO-BRICEÑO, J. D.; FERRÓN, H. G.; MANZANARES, E.; HERRAIZ, J. L.; HAMMANN, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2017) Tiburones de aguas profundas en el Mioceno medio de Alicante: implicaciones para la recuperación de los ecosistemas abisales mediterráneos después de la crisis mesiniense. Isurus, 10, pp. 50 - 61 . ISSN: 1888-9441
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2017) Ecomorphological inferences in early vertebrates: Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi) caudal fin from palaeoecological data. Peerj, 5, p. e4081 . ISSN: 2167-8359
- MANZANARES, E.; PLA, C.; FERRÓN, H. G.; BOTELLA, H. (2018) Middle-Late Triassic chondrichthyans remains from the the Betic Range (Spain). Journal Of Iberian Geology, 44 (1), pp. 129 - 138 . ISSN: 1698-6180
- FERRÓN, H. G.; PAREDES-ALIAGA, M. V.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2018) Bioluminescent-like squamation in the galeomorph shark Apristurus ampliceps (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Contributions to Zoology, 87(3), pp. 187 - 196 . ISSN: 1383-4517
- Martínez-Pérez, C., Martín-Lazaro, A., Ferrón, H.G., Kirstein, M., Donoghue, P.C.J., Botella, H. (2018) Vascular structure of the earliest shark teeth. Acta Geologica Polonica, 68(3), pp. 457 - 465 . ISSN: 0001-5709
- Ferrón, H.G., Holgado, B., Liston, J.J., Martínez-Pérez, C., Botella, H. (2018) Assessing metabolic constraints on the maximum body size of actinopterygians: locomotion energetics of Leedsichthys problematicus (Actinopterygii, Pachycormiformes). Palaeontology, 61(5), pp. 775 - 783 . ISSN: 0031-0239
- FERRÓN, H. G.; HERRÁIZ, J.; BOTELLA, H.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C. (2019) Pre-Messinian ecological diversity of Mediterranean sharks revealed by the study of their dermal denticles. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 34(2), pp. 289 - 298 . ISSN: 2255-0550
- MANZANARES, E.; ESCUDERO-MOZO, M. J.; FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2020) MIDDLE TRIASSIC SHARKS FROM THE CATALAN COASTAL RANGES (NE SPAIN) AND FAUNAL COLONIZATION PATTERNS DURING THE WESTWARD TRANSGRESSION OF TETHYS. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 539, p. 109489 . ISSN: 0031-0182
- FERRÓN, H. G. (2020) Evidence of endothermy in the extinct macropredatory osteichthyan Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. ISSN: 0272-4634
- MARTINEZ-PEREZ, C.; NAVAS-PAREJO, P.; LARA-PEÑA, A.; FERRÓN, H. G.; PALAFOX, J.; BOTELLA, H. (2020) Late Devonian (Famennian) chondrichthyes from Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39(6), p. e1764008 . ISSN: 0272-4634
- COOPER, J. A.; PIMIENTO, C.; FERRON, H. G.; BENTON, M. J. (2020) Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: A 2D reconstruction. Scientific Reports, 10, p. 14596 . ISSN: 2045-2322
- FERRON, H. G.; GREENWOOD, J. M.; DELINE, B.; MARTINEZ-PEREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H.; SANSOM, R. S.; RUTA, M.; DONOGHUE, P. C. J (2020) Categorical versus geometric morphometric approaches to characterising the evolution of morphological disparity in Osteostraci (Vertebrata, stem-Gnathostomata). Palaeontology, 63(5), pp. 717 - 732 . ISSN: 0031-0239
- FERRON, H. G.; MARTINEZ-PEREZ, C.; RAHMAN, I. A.; SELLES DE LUCAS, V.; BOTELLA, H.; DONOGHUE, P. C. J (2020) Computational fluid dynamics suggests ecological diversification among stem-gnathostomes. Current Biology, 30, pp. 1 - 6 . ISSN: 0960-9822
- Ballell, A.; Ferrón, H. G. (2021) Biomechanical insights into the dentition of megatooth sharks (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp. 1 - 9 . ISSN: 2045-2322
- Humberto G. Ferrón, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Imran A. Rahman,Víctor Selles de Lucas, Héctor Botella and Philip C. J. Donoghue (2021) Functional assessment of morphological homoplasy in stem-gnathostomes. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 288, p. 20202719 . ISSN: 0962-8452
- Figueirido, B.; Serrano, F. J.; Pérez-Ramos, A.; Esteban, J. M.; Ferrón, H. G.; Martín-Serra, A. (2022) Body-axis organization in tetrapods: a model-system to disentangle the developmental origins of convergent evolution in deep time. Biology Letters, 18(4), p. 20220047 . ISSN: 1744-9561
- Lovrenčić, L.; Ferrón, H. G.; Grbin, D.; Maguire, I. (2022) Insight into the noble crayfish morphological diversity: a geometric morphometric approach. Knowledge And Management Of Aquatic Ecosystems, 423(9) . ISSN: 1961-9502
- HERRAIZ, J. L.; RIBÉ, J.; BOTELLA, H.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; FERRÓN, H. G. (2020) Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes). Biology Letters, 16(11) . ISSN: 1744-9561
- Jose Luis Herraiz, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Humberto G. Ferrón, Sylvain Adnet, Héctor Botella & Carlos Martínez-Pérez (2022) First fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, p. e2114360 . ISSN: 0272-4634
- Humberto G. Ferrón, Antonio Ballell, Héctor Botella & Carlos Martínez-Pérez (2022) Biomechanics of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), p. e2090260 . ISSN: 0272-4634
- GAI, Z.; LI, Q.; FERRÓN, H. G.; KEATING, J. N.; WANG, J.; DONOGHUE, P. C. J.; ZHU, M. (2022) Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages. Nature, 609(7929), pp. 959 - 963 . ISSN: 0028-0836
- FERRÓN, H. G.; PALACIOS-ABELLA, J. F. (2022) Grouping behaviour impacts on the parasitic pressure and squamation of sharks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 289(1975), p. 20220093 . ISSN: 0962-8452
- JOBBINS, M.; RÜCKLIN, M.; FERRÓN, H. G.; KLUG, C. (2022) A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology. Frontiers In Ecology And Evolution, 10, p. 1007 . ISSN: 2296-701X
- GREIF, M.; FERRÓN, H. G.; KLUG, C. (2022) A new Meckel's cartilage from the Devonian Hangenberg black shale in Morocco and its position in chondrichthyan jaw morphospace. Peerj, 10, p. e14418 . ISSN: 2167-8359
- FERRÓN, H. G.; DONOGHUE, P. C. J. (2022) Evolutionary analysis of swimming speed in early vertebrates challenges the 'New Head Hypothesis'. Communications Biology, 5(1), pp. 1 - 8 . ISSN: 2399-3642
- FERRÓN, H. G. (2023) Illuminating the evolution of bioluminescence in sharks. Palaeontology, e12641 . ISSN: 0031-0239
- ZHIKUN GAI, Z.; LIN, X.; SHAN, X.; FERRON, H. G.; DONOGHUE, P. C. J. (2023) Postcranial disparity of galeaspids and the evolution of swimming speeds in stem-gnathostomes. National Science Review, 10, p. nwad050 . ISSN: 2095-5138
Other Tasks
- Evolution and Global Change. 4 hours. (Red temática CronoBird y Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad).
- Introductory course on the use of Pico Scan 3D. 16 hours. (Departamento de Geología (Universitat de València)).
- PhD grant. Formación de Profesorado Universitario (FPU13/02660). (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte).
- PhD grant. Beca Carmen y Severo Ochoa. (Ayuntamiento de Valencia).
- Spanish Society of Paleontology. ().
- Bioblau. ().
- Mention to Academic Excellence (Bachelor of Biology). (Conselleria d'Educació, Cultura i Esport de la Comunitat Valenciana).
- Honors Degree. (Universitat de València).
- European Geosciences Union. ().
- Geological Society of Spain. ().
Other publications
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2014). Resultados preliminares sobre la endotermia regional de cretoxirhínidos y su posible implicación en el gigantismo de los otodóntidos (Lamniformes, Elasmobranchii) ¡Fundamental! . (pp. 25 - 25) .
- MANZANARES, E.; FERRÓN, H. G.; SUÑER, M.; HOLGADO, H.; CRESPO, V. D.; MANSINO, S.; FAGOAGA, A.; MARQUINA, R.; GARCÍA-SANZ, I.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; JOANES-ROSÉS, M.; CASCALES-MIÑANA, B.; MARIN-MONFORT, M. D. (2016). New Perspectives on the evolution of Phanerozoic biotas and ecosystems . (pp. 1 - 204) .
- CRESPO, V. D.; MANZANARES, E; MARQUINA-BLASCO, R; SUÑER, M; HERRÁIZ, J. L.; GAMONAL, A.; ARNAL, F. A. M.; FERRÓN, H. G. ; GASCÓ, F.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C. (2018). Palaeontology in the virtual era . (pp. 1 - 211) .
- ZAMORA, S.; VALENZUELA-RÍOS, J. I.; ÁLVARO, J.; BOTELLA, H.; CARLS, P.; CASCALES-MIÑANA, B.; DOJEN, C.; ESTEVE, J.; FERRÓN, H. G.; GUTIÉRREZ-MARCO, J. C.; LIAO, J-C; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; PATES, S.; PEREIRA, S.; VILLAS, E.; COLMENAR, J. (2020). 63rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association. Field guidebook: Palaeozoic fossil assemblages from the Iberian chains (northeast Spain) Cuadernos del Museo Geominero . Volume. 31 . (pp. 1 - 97) .
- FERRÓN, H. G. (2019). Megalodón, un tiburón de sangre caliente ¡Fundamental! . Volume. 32 . (pp. 1 - 46) .
- VLACHOS, E; CRUZADO-CABALLERO, P.; CRESPO, V. D.; RÍOS-IBÁÑEZ, M.; ARNAL, F. A. M.; HERRAIZ, J. L.; GASCÓ-LLUNA, F.; GUERRERO-ARENAS, R.; FERRÓN, H. G. (2021). Palaeontology in the virtual era . (pp. 1 - 304) .
- VLACHOS, E; MANZANARES, E; CRESPO, V. D.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; FERRÓN, H. G.; HERRÁIZ, J. L.; GAMONAL, A.; ARNAL, F. A.; GASCÓ, F.; CITTON, P. (2020). Palaeontology in the virtual era . (pp. 1 - 204) .
Previous Tasks
- Becario JAE INTRO. CSIC (Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid). 01/06/2010 - 31/08/2010.
- Becario de colaboración. Departamento de Geología (Universitat de València). 01/09/2011 - 30/07/2012.
- Prácticas de empresa. Museu de Geologia de la Universitat de València. 01/02/2012 - 31/05/2012.
- Becario en Área de Medio Ambiente. Ayuntamiento de Torrent. 01/07/2012 - 31/07/2012.
- Contrato predoctoral FPU. Universitat de València. 16/09/2014 - 16/09/2018.
- Marie Curie Research Fellow. University of Bristol. 01/06/2019 - 31/05/2021.
- APOSTD fellow. University of Valencia. 16/11/2021 - 31/12/2022.
Stays abroad in Research Centers
- Barcelona. SPAIN, 2014. Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales. **Doctorand - Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales.
- Villigen. SWITZERLAND, 2014. Escaneado de muestras fósiles y actuales en el Synchrotron TOMCAT. **Doctorand.
- Berlin. GERMANY, 2015. Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales. **Doctorand.
- AUSTRALIA, 2015. Revisión de material fósil de acantodios y otros grupos. Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales. Entrenamiento en técnicas de paleohistología y cladística. **Doctorand.
- Barcelona. SPAIN, 2015. Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales. **Doctorand.
- l'Arboç. SPAIN, 2015. Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales. **Doctorand.
- Madrid. SPAIN, 2016. Consulta de colecciones de condrictios actuales. **Doctorand.
- Bristol. UNITED KINGDOM, 2016. Formación en softwares de análisis de fluidos computacional. **Doctorand.
- Uppsala. SWEDEN, 2017. Formación en técnicas tomográficas. **Doctorand.
- Bristol. UNITED KINGDOM, 2019. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (01/06/2019-01/06/2021). **Post-doctoral.
Organization of R+D activities
- 16th International Symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates, Campaña de campo. .
Activity interests
- Early vertebrate evolution. Vertebrates, our own evolutionary lineage, constitute one of the most diversified and successful groups of animals. Debate over the origin and evolution of vertebrate bodyplan has occupied biologists and palaeontologists alike for centuries but discussions around this topic have been hindered because living vertebrates (i.e., cyclostomes, chondrychtyans and osteichyans) are unrepresentative of the ancestral lineages in which the bodyplan was established. The fossil record is therefore crucial to inform on early vertebrate evolution by revealing the timing and tempo of character acquisition and testing hypotheses on the driving factors. We are interested in elucidating the scenarios in which the major groups of vertebrates emerged and to shed light onto the underlying selective forces that drove the main evolutionary transitions of the group. . .
- Evolution of flight in pollinators. Major modern groups of flower-pollinating insects radiated synchronously to angiosperms (flowering plants) in the mid-Cretaceous as a result of one the most formative episodes of coevolution in the history of life. Elucidation of the adaptations in modern groups of pollinators that underpinned this transition has been a central question to clarify the factors that underlid the establishment of the angiosperm-pollinator coevolutionary systems and prompted the rapid diversification and supremacy of the flowering plants (i.e., the so-called Darwin's 'abominable mystery'). Flight performance of pollinators holds a high potential to impact plant-pollinator coevolutionary dynamics by directly affecting foraging efficiency, maneuverability, and plant community connectivity. We are interested in understanding which modifications in the locomotor system of pollinators occurred during this evolutionary transition. . .
- Animal terrestrialization. Constraining the timing and tempo of animal terrestrialization is a central question in evolutionary biology. However, the debate around this topic has been hampered because some of the groups that occupy key phylogenetic positions to comprehend this evolutionary transition are now extinct and have few or no ecological analogues in which to support reliable palaeoecological inferences. Computational techniques such as Finite Element Analyses or Computational Fluid Dynamics are essential modern methods for studying fossils, providing important functional information that resolves many palaeoecological questions in a quantitative, testable way. We are interested in applying these biomechanical approaches to illuminate our understanding on arthropod and vertebrate terrestrialization events. . .
- Body size evolution and thermophysiology. Body size is a critical biological trait for all organisms, determining different aspects of their physiology, anatomy, ecology, and life history. The influence of body size goes beyond the individual level, reaching multiple scales of organization and affecting the structure and dynamics of ecological networks, with implications for food web stability, the patterning of energy fluxes, and the responses to perturbations. For these reasons, the evolution of gigantism has long been a topic of considerable interest among biologists. We are interested in understanding the nexus between body size, (thermo)physiology, and ecology in a macroevolutionary scale employing isotopic data, modelling, and biomechanical approaches. . .
- The nature of organismal evolution. The discussion over the contingency vs. determinism in evolution is a long-standing debate in biological research. On one hand, some argue that the history of life is the result of a series of chance events, in which case, the outcomes of evolution are unpredictable and replaying the tape of life with a different sequence of events would lead to a different result. On the other side, others perceive organismal evolution to be highly constrained and determined, either by the extent of integration and interdependence of body parts or else by functionally optimal 'attractors' that render evolutionary outcomes positively inevitable. We are interested in testing competing hypotheses on the nature of organismal evolution using marine tetrapods as parallel natural evolutionary experiments from which to derive general nomothetic principles. . .
Participations in Conferences
- Endotermia regional en megalodon: la clave de su gigantismo. (Ciclo de conferencias 'Parlem del mar'. BioBlau), 10/11/2016. SPAIN.
- Descubriendo el escenario evolutivo de los primeros vertebrados: una aproximación desde la dinámica de fluidos computacional. (Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología (IIPG) de la Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN)), 19/06/2020. ARGENTINA.
- Unravelling the scenario of early vertebrate evolution through computational analysis of the fossil record. (Palaeobiology Discussion Group Seminars of the University of Bristol), 30/04/2021. UNITED KINGDOM.
- Flight innovations in Lepidoptera within the context of plant-pollinator coevolution. (Palaeobiology Discussion Group Seminars of the University of Bristol), 15/10/2021. UNITED KINGDOM.
- Unravelling the ecological scenario of early vertebrate evolution with computational techniques. (Canadian Museum of Nature Seminar series), 30/06/2021. CANADA.
- Desvelando el escenario evolutivo de los primeros vertebrados a través de la paleontología virtual. (XX Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología), 20/04/2022. SPAIN.
- Megalodon: su gigantismo y extinción. (Conferencia invitada del 18° Aniversario del MUPE), 02/12/2022. SPAIN.
Participations in Conferences
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2014). Inferencias sobre la estructura de paleocomunidades de Condrictios mediante el uso de morfometría y análisis discriminante de escamas aisladas. (Communication). IV Symposium of Paleontology in Chile Libro de Resumenes, pp. 35 . Valdivia . CHILE
- FERRÓN, H. G.; BOTELLA, H. (2014). Estudio de las dinámicas de originación y extinción de los condrictios paleozoicos. (Communication). XII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología Arreguín-Rodríguez, G., Colmenar, J., Díaz-Berenguer, E., Galán, J., Legarda-Lisarri, A., Parrilla-Bel, J., Puértolas-Pascual, E. & Silva-Casal, R. (Eds.). 2014. New Insights on Ancient Life, 246 pp. Boltaña, Huesca . Boltaña . SPAIN
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2014). Resultados preliminares sobre la endotermia regional de cretoxirhínidos y su posible implicación en el gigantismo de los otodóntidos (Lamniformes, Elasmobranchii). (Poster). XXX Jornadas de Paleontología de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología ¡Fundamental! 24: 1, 282 . Teruel . SPAIN
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MANZANARES, E.; CRESPO-ROURES, V. D.; RUIZ-SÁNCHEZ, F. J.; MARQUINA, R. (2015). Dentículos dérmicos fósiles de raya (Rajiformes, Batoidei) del Cuaternario de las islas Columbretes (Castellón, España). (Poster). XIII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología Current Trends in Paleontology and Evolution, 123-124 . SPAIN
- FERRÓN, H. G.; HOLGADO, B. (2015). Estudio preliminar de las implicaciones del tamaño corporal sobre la tasa metabólica de Leedsichthys problemacitus (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes). (Poster). XIII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología Current Trends in Paleontology and Evolution, 121-122 . Cercedilla . SPAIN
- FERRÓN, H. G.; BOTELLA, H. (2015). Inferences in thelodont lifestyles from the study of their squamation. (Communication). 13th International Symposium On Early And Lower Vertebrates Abstract volume. 13th International symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates. 14 . Melbourne . AUSTRALIA
- FERRÓN, H. G.; PALACIOS-ABELLA, J. F. (2015). Ectoparasites vs shark squamation: implications of grouping behaviour on sharks parasitism. (Poster). 9th International Symposium on Fish Parasites Book of abstracs: 9th International Symposium on Fish Parasites. 115 . Burjassot . SPAIN
- HUMBERTO G. FERRÓN, HÉCTOR BOTELLA, MARCO ANSÓN Y CARLOS MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ (2015). Caracterización morfométrica de la aleta caudal en tiburones para inferencias morfológicas en Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi). (Poster). XIII Encuentro de Jovenes Investigadores en Paleontologia Current trends in paleontology and evolution, 118-120 (ISBN 978-84-606-7282-1) . Cercedilla . SPAIN
- FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; MARTÍN-LÁZARO, A.; BOTELLA, H. (2015). The study of the relationship between squamation pattern and lifestyle as a potential tool for ecological inferences in deep water sharks. (Poster). 19th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association Book of Abstracts . Peniche . PORTUGAL
- MARTÍN-LÁZARO, A.; GISBERT-CARDONA, V.; FERRÓN, H. G.; MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C.; BOTELLA, H. (2015). Tomografía computerizada aplicada al estudio de la dentición en tiburones primitivos. (Poster). XXXI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología Libro de resúmenes. XXXI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. pp. 162-164. (ISBN 978-84-8439-920-9) . Beaza . SPAIN
Participation in Committees and Representations
- Comite editorial de revista cientifica. Editor asociado de la Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 2021.
Projects
- Estudio del proceso de formación del esmaltoide en vertebrados basales para el desarrollo de materiales biomiméticos con una aplicación en odontología (). 2013 - 2014. Ajuntament de València. . PI: Humberto Gracián Ferrón Jiménez.
- Estudio taxonómico e histológico de dientes de condrictios del Triásico Medio de Chelva (Cordillera Ibérica, España); implicaciones paleobiogeográficas (). 2014. Sociedad Española de Paleontología. . PI: Humberto Gracián Ferrón Jiménez.
- Evolución y diversidad histológica, estructural y funcional del esqueleto de los primeros vertebrados. Aportaciones del registro fósil español (). 2015 - 2017. MINECO. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. . PI: Héctor Botella Sevilla.
- Función del esqueleto en los primeros vertebrados: una nueva aproximación mediante el uso de modelos computacionales (). 2016 - 2017. Generalitat Valenciana. . PI: Carlos Martinez Perez.
- Estudio paleoecológico de las faunas de seláceos del Mioceno medio de Sax (Alicante) (). 2017 - 2018. Sociedad Española de Paleontología. . PI: Humberto Gracián Ferrón Jiménez.
- Te hospital's fossils (). 2019 - 2021. Paleontological Society. . PI: Carlos Martinez Perez.
- Unravelling the scenario of early vertebrate evolution through computational analysis of the fossil record (). 2019 - 2021. European Comission. . PI: Humberto Ferron Jimenez.
- Relationship between squamation patern and lifestyle in extant sharks for paleoecological inferences in extinct groups with similar micromeric squamations (). 2015. European Comission. . PI: Humberto Gracián Ferrón Jiménez.
- Paleontología Virtual III: Desarrollo de herramientas multimedia para el aprendizaje y apoyo de la docencia en prácticas de Paleontología (). 2021 - 2022. Universitat de València. . PI: Carlos Martinez-Perez.
- Paleontología Virtual II: Desarrollo de herramientas multimedia para el aprendizaje y apoyo de la docencia en prácticas de Paleontología (). 2020 - 2021. Universitat de València. . PI: Carlos Martinez-Perez.
Thesis, minor thesis and research reports
- Humberto G. Ferron, (2019). Autecology, lifestyle and hydrodynamics of early vertebrates. (Doctoral Thesis with International Mention). Universitat de Valencia..
- Ludmila Moreno Terrado, (2014). Análisis del patrón de escamación como indicador del modo de vida en tiburones galeomorfos y su aplicación al desarrollo de un atlas de escamación en selaceos. (Final Degree work). Universitat de Valencia..
- Lydia Labrada Castillejos, (2014). Análisis del patrón de escamación como indicador del modo de vida en el superorden escualomorfos y su aplicación al desarrollo de un atlas. (Final Degree work). Universitat de Valencia..
- Joaquín García-Menacho de Vargas, (2016). Diversidad morfológica y funcional de los dentículos dérmicos en tiburones bioluminiscentes. (Final Degree work). Universitat de Valencia..
- María Victoria Paredes Aliaga, (2017). Análisis del microdesgaste dental y dieta en tiburones. (Final Degree work). Universitat de Valencia..
- Antonio Llorens Campillo, (2017). Análisis del microdesgaste dental y dieta en batoideos. (Final Degree work). Universitat de Valencia..
- Ruth María Garrote Gordon, (2017). Cretaceous chondrichthyans from Höver (Germany) and the evolution of bioluminescence in sharks. (Working Master or third cycle over 12 credits). Universitat de Valencia..
- Rafael Doñate Valero, (2017). Reconstruyendo a Hispaniasaurus cranielongatus, un reptil marino del Ladiniense (Triásico medio) de la Cordillera Ibérica. (Working Master or third cycle over 12 credits). Universitat de Valencia..
- Daniel Fernández Serrano, (2019). Estudio de la ictiofauna del Tortoniense (Mioceno superior) de Mallorca (Islas Baleares, Mediterráneo occidental). (Working Master or third cycle over 12 credits). Universitat de Valencia..
- Anna Ruiz Buforn, (2019). Diversidad ecológica de tiburones pre-Messiniense en la cuenca de Tarragona (Mediterráneo Occidental). (Final Degree work). Universitat de Valencia..
Currricul@'s texts
- . I graduated with honours in Biology from the University of Valencia (UV, Spain) in 2012, obtaining the 'Mention to Academic Excellence'. I did a Master in Palaeontology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) in 2013, obtaining honorific qualification in my final research project. I obtained my doctorate from the UV in 2019 funded by the Spanish system within the FPU research program. My doctorate thesis was awarded with the Cum Laude score and got the International Mention and Extraordinary Doctorate Award (within both university and autonomic annual calls for outstanding Ph.D. thesis). In June 2019, I was incorporated as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bristol (UoB, UK) within the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship program funded by the European Commission (until June 2021). After this, I got three postdoctoral fellowships, Juan de la Cierva Formacion, Maria Zambrano (I declined both), APOSTD Generalitat Valenciana (2021-2023) and Ramon y Cajal (2023-2028). During my Ph.D. studies, I already demonstrated autonomy and leadership ability as proven by the publication of papers as single and as corresponding author. I did several research stays in international institutions, including close to five months at the Queensland Museum (Australia), three at the Uppsala University (Sweden), three at the UoB (UK) and one at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Germany) (all of them funded either by the FPU program or the European commission within competitive calls). Moreover, I visited many other international institutions during shorter periods of time. As a postdoc, I have performed a two-year stay at the UoB (2019-2021), within one of the most prestigious teams of palaeobiologists and one of the most cited researchers in the world. Recently (November 2021), I returned to the Spanish system of science at the University of Malaga, where I developed my own lines of research contracted by the UV with an APOSTD fellowship for postdoctoral stays. From January 2023, I am Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow at the University of Valencia..
- . Track record: My career achievements include 111 scientific contributions, including: 35 papers in SCI journals (+ 3 in revision, among them, one in National Science Review, IF: National Science Review) (e.g., Naturem, Curr. Biol., Comm. Biol., Proc. B, Sci. Rep., Biol. Lett., PLoS one, Palaeontology), 20 (57%) in Q1 journals, 17 (49%) as first author, and 19 (54%) as corresponding author; 69 abstracts to both Spanish and International meetings; 5 edited books; 1 authored popular book and 1 popular article. My work has received 217 citations (in exponential increase) with an h-index of 9. My work has been covered by Spanish and international media such as BBC, Nature Research Highlights, Science Mag, etc. Awards: The excellence of my research has been awarded by several international institutions (e.g., Stensiö Award, 2020; Taylor & Francis Award for Best Student Article in the J. Vert. Paleo., 2020; Paleonturology: 16th International Award in Palaeontological Research, 2018). Research projects: I have attracted funding for Research and Innovation projects as Principal Investigator from Spanish bodies (e.g. Leonardo BBVA) (Total funds: 54,000¿) and by the European Commission (one SHYNTHESYS project and one Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship of 212,933.76¿). I have also been member of the research group in other four national and two international projects (Total funds: >230,000¿). Student supervision: I have co-tutored/supervised eight bachelor and two MSci projects and I am current co-supervising two MSci ad two Ph.D. students. Other merits include: associated editor of the Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, organization of seven international meetings, speaker at seven invited talks (x3 Spain, Argentina, x2 UK and Canada), teacher in a course of geometric morphometrics (Autonomous University of Mexico), referee for different journals (Nat. Comm., Comm. Biol., Proc. B, Met. Ecol. Evol., Sci. Rep., Evolution, Palaeontology, etc.), R&D management activities (member of the council and governing board in the Department of Geology, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology and Faculty of Biology from the UV for 4 years) and teaching in bachelors and MSci at the UV and UoB (150 hours), involvement in many popular-science activities, and specialized training with about 35 courses (~650 hours) on geometric morphometrics, programming languages (Python and R), machine learning, macroevolutionary analyses, Finite Element Analysis, 3D modelling, etc..
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