Inmaculada Pascual Elizalde

Inmaculada Pascual Elizalde serves as a Full Professor in the Department of Environmental Biology at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra, with active affiliations at the Institute of Biodiversity and Environment (BIOMA) and leadership of the Stress Physiology in Plants research group.

Her academic credentials include:

• Doctorate from the University of Navarra (2003) for her thesis "Study of the application of sewage sludge in the rural Mediterranean area: effects on crops and soil," supervised by Dr. Manuel Sánchez Díaz and Dr. Carmen Antolín Bellver.

Her research centers on Environmental Stress Physiology in Plants, investigating physiological responses to anthropogenic stressors like sewage sludge application in Mediterranean agroecosystems. Through the Stress Physiology in Plants group, she examines soil-crop interactions, nutrient cycling, and sustainable waste management practices that impact biodiversity conservation and agricultural resilience. Her work bridges fundamental plant biology with environmental policy applications, emphasizing Mediterranean ecosystem preservation under climate change pressures.

As a core member of BIOMA, she contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives addressing biodiversity loss and environmental sustainability, focusing on physiological adaptations of native flora to pollution stressors and developing eco-physiological indicators for environmental monitoring.