Jose Ignacio Seco Gordillo

Jose Ignacio Seco Gordillo is a Professor at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, affiliated with the Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems. His research spans

• Mercury contamination in marine and Antarctic ecosystems
• Drought physiology and genetics in Mediterranean forests
• Transcriptomic responses to environmental stressors
• Stable isotope applications in ecological studies

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He earned his PhD in Ecology from Universidad de Sevilla in 1998, where his dissertation focused on heavy metal industrial waste toxicity using Daphnia magna bioassays, supervised by Dr. José Vale Parapar and Dr. Constantino Fernández Pereira.

His recent work highlights mercury biomagnification in Southern Ocean food webs, drought adaptation mechanisms in relict conifers, and epigenetic responses to climate change. Articles also demonstrate expertise in isotopic niche analysis and cephalopod biology.

Current projects integrate transcriptomics with conservation strategies, particularly for

• Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica)
• Spanish fir (Abies pinsapo)

, leveraging next-generation sequencing for climate resilience studies.