Maitane Erdozain Ibarra

Chercheur

PROGRAMME / Bioéconomie, santé et gouvernance

Academic training: Dr. Maitane Erdozain earned a PhD from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, with a thesis titled "Linking Stream Ecosystem Integrity to Catchment and Reach Conditions in an Intensively Managed Forest Landscape" (2013-2017) and partly supported by a LaCaixa scholarship. She also holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Water Management from Kristianstad University, Sweden, where during her thesis she focused on the theoretical design of a riparian buffer zone that aims to reduce the amount of sediments reaching streams due to forestry in the Basque Country. Additionally, they completed a bachelor’s in biology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), receiving the Extraordinary Degree Award in 2012. She also pursued a Master's in Secondary Education from Udako Euskal Unibertsitatea (UEU) with a thesis titled " Are We Promoting the Holistic Development of Students? Developing Emotional Intelligence in Secondary Education".
Professional experience: Currently, as a Postdoctoral Researcher at CTFC, she contributes to the H2020 SUPERB project on upscaling forest restoration by gathering practical knowledge about successful forest restoration efforts across Europe. She also leads the REFORADAPT project, which identifies successful forest restoration and adaptation cases in Spain using participatory methods with experts in the field. Additionally, she contributes to the FIRE-ADAPT project on integrated fire management and engages in various topics such as mushroom production, urban forest management and cultural ecosystem services. Prior to this, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Canadian Rivers Institute, Canada, where she assessed the cumulative impacts of forest management on stream ecosystems by measuring a wide range of abiotic (water quality, sediments, mercury, dissolved organic carbon…) and biotic (fish condition, benthic macroinvertebrates, leaf decomposition…) indicators and linking them to catchment characteristics. Throughout her career, she has gained extensive experience in advanced sampling methods (e.g., LiDAR, DNA metabarcoding, stable isotopes), interdisciplinary research and scientific communication, as demonstrated by her scientific publications available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maitane-Erdozain.