Josep Penuelas or Josep Peñuelas i Reixach (Vic, 1958) is a Catalan ecologist and researcher internationally recognized for his contributions in the fields of ecology and the

environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

. He was a student of

Ramon Margalef Ramon Margalef i López (Barcelona 16 May 1919 - 23 May 2004) was a Spanish biologist and ecologist. He was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona. Margalef, one of the most prominent scientists th ...

. His research in the field of global ecology requires high levels of interdisciplinarity: global ecology, global change, climate change, pollution,

atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A s ...

- biosphere, biogenic volatile organic compounds, remote sensing, plant ecophysiology, function and structure of plants and terrestrial ecosystems, chemical ecology, ecometabolomics, microbial ecology, macroecology and

evolutionary ecology Evolutionary ecology lies at the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology. It approaches the study of ecology in a way that explicitly considers the evolutionary histories of species and the interactions between them. Conversely, it can ...

, biogeochemistry with a focus on phosphorus, environmental sustainability, food security, and global health. Included in the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers lis
in ecology and environment, plant and animal sciences, agricultural sciences, geosciences, and all fields of science

National and international recognition

He has received various distinctions, both national and international (Comte de Barcelona 1990; NASA 1993; Japanese Ministry of Science 1998
Medi Ambient Institut d'Estudis Catalans-Caixa Sabadell
2008
I National Research Award of Catalonia
2010
Silver Badge of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans
2014
Rey Jaime I Award
2015; Dr. Honoris Causa by the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia (2016); Adoptive son of Figueres, 2016
President of the jury of the Nature awards for scientific tutoring
2017; Ramon Margalef Award for Ecology from the Generalitat de Catalunya 2016
Special Mention at the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona
in the category of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2017; Scientist distinguished by the Chinese Academy of Sciences 2018 and 2022
Marsh Award for Climate Change Research Prize by the British Ecological Society
2018; IV Ramon Muntaner Award for Excellence 2018
Ciutat de Barcelona Prize in Earth and Environmental Sciences
2018; Collegiate of Honor of the Col•legi de Biòlegs de Catalunya 2019
nominated among the four-hundred most influential scientists in all fields and among the ten most influential scientists in ecological and environmental sciences (Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford - METRICS)
2019; chose
American Geophysical Union 2020 Fellow
for his exceptional contributions in the Earth and space science
his Imbalance-P project project elected between the highlighted 15 examples of how ERC researchers have truly transformed science
(among 10,000 ERC grantees); ranked 56th among all researchers in Spain and Spaniards abroad based on the newes
Webometrics Ranking
2021; recognized as a
Expertscape World Expert in Climatic Processes
most productive ecologist of the world
GlobalauthorID 2021 ranking
; 1st position in the ranking of leading ecology and evolution scientists of Spain
Research.com
2022
Highly cited scientist in ecology/environment, plant and animal sciences, agricultural sciences, geosciences and in all scientific fields of the ISI essential science indicators
(since 2016), Premio Nacional de Investigación Alejandro Malaspina 202

among many others)). He has been president of the :ca:Institució Catalana d'Història Natural, Institució Catalana d'Història Natural (ICHN), advisor to th
Consell Assessor per al Desenvolupament Sostenible
(CADS) of the Generalitat de Catalunya, member of th
Group of experts for the climate emergency
(GEC) (Barcelona City Hall) (since 2021) and member of th
Group of Experts on Climate Change in Catalonia
(since 2009).

External links

Global Ecology Unit
* ERC Synergy Grant
IMBALANCE-P

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