Pablo Capilla Lasheras

Pablo Capilla Lasheras is an Affiliate Researcher at the School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow. His research focuses on ecology, urban impacts on wildlife, avian physiology, and evolutionary biology. He has been funded by organizations such as the Wild Animal Initiative and Wellcome Trust.

• 2023–Present: Research Associate (Wild Animal Initiative-funded)
• 2019–2023: Research Assistant, University of Glasgow
• 2015–2019: PhD in Biology, University of Exeter
• 2014–2015: MSc in Quantitative Methods, University of Glasgow
• 2009–2013: BSc in Environmental Biology, Complutense University of Madrid

His research interests include urban effects on animal behavior, gut microbiome roles in migration, and evolutionary trade-offs in cooperative breeding. He has published widely on topics like urbanization impacts on avian health, clutch size dynamics, and chronotype effects on reproduction.

Grants include:

• "It Takes Guts to Grow in the City": Wild Animal Initiative (2022–2023)
• "Animal and Human Health Consequences of Gut Microbiome Variation": Wellcome Trust (2022)

His work explores urbanization’s multifaceted effects on wildlife, integrating physiological, behavioral, and ecological perspectives.