Mar Ferrer Suay has a degree in Biology from the University of Valencia (2004-2009). She obtained a PhD in Biodiversity from the University of Barcelona with International Mention (2010-2014). She has completed three Master's degrees: in Biodiversity: conservation and evolution (2009-2010, UV), in Pest Control and Management (2015, UV) and in Secondary Education Teaching (2018-2019, UV). She was a postdoctoral researcher at the “American Museum of Natural History” (2016, New York, USA) and Juan de la Cierva-Formación at the University of Valencia (2016-2018).

She is specialist of the Charipinae subfamily, small wasps that act as hyperparasitoids of aphids and cause serious problems in biological control programs. She has completed eight predoctoral stays. She has described more than 50 species new to science and established a multitude of trophic relationships. She currently has a recognized six-year period of research and is PI of a Project of the Generalitat Valenciana focused on the use of molecular markers to define the limits between species and resolve the phylogeny of the group.

She teaches in the Biology Degree and in the Master of Biodiversity: Conservation and Evolution, of which she is also a member of the Academic Commission. She is also co-director of the Master's Degree in Pest Control and Management. She participates in activities such as BioGrau, External Practices, Biology Olympiads, Motivem and Projecte Natura.

PhD in Biological Sciences (with extraordinary award) and Full Professor of Zoology in the University of Valencia. He has more than 40 years of experience as Professor of Zoology and Animal Parasitology, having taught courses and conferences in a large number of European and American academic institutions. For 20 years, he has directed the European Seminars on Marine Mammal, Biology and Conservation at the Menéndez Pelayo International University. In his research career, on marine resources, he has carried out 58 R&D projects and competitive contracts in different countries of the world , whose results have been reflected in more than 300 publications in the form of chapters of books and scientific articles and 10 publications of scientific divulgation. In recent years, his work has focused on the biology of parasites and their impact on aquaculture and wild populations of fish and other marine vertebrates (such as cetaceans and sea turtles), as well as the study of the impacts of human activities on marine fauna and, especially, in the context of global change following an "One Health" approach. His knowledge transfer activities have led him to develop 55 agreements or collaboration contracts with different regional, national and international institutions, as well as national and foreign companies. Research and Development Awards: XII Edition of the University-Society Awards of the Social Council of the University of Valencia (2005) and Applied Research for the Conservation of Biodiversity, III Biodiversity and Society Awards of the Department of the Environment of the Generalitat Valenciana (2016).

[Biography, english version]

[Biography, english version]