Rubén Bernardo Madrid

Rubén Bernardo Madrid is a Researcher affiliated with the Department of Physics at Umeå University, Sweden. He holds a postdoctoral position and focuses on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of biogeography, macroecology, evolutionary biology, and physics. His work explores global biodiversity patterns, species assembly mechanisms, and the influence of historical ecological processes on current biodiversity.

Education: Completed his PhD and initial postdoctoral research at the Doñana Biological Station-CSIC (Spain), studying population dynamics, human-wildlife conflicts, and invasive species. He now leads independent research on biogeographical regions, species assemblage universality, and ancestral evolutionary signals.

Key Research Themes: 1) Universal biodiversity organization across biogeographical regions, 2) Trophic guild proportionality in bird assemblages, 3) Phylogenetic influences on species morphology and distribution, 4) Biogeographical region delineation via phylogenetic data.

Collaborations: Co-supervised PhD and Master’s students on topics like human-bear conflicts and illegal wildlife trade. Active in research groups like the Complex Systems group at IceLab, focusing on network analysis and ecological modeling.

Publications: Over 20 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Nature Ecology & Evolution, Ecology Letters, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B, addressing biodiversity conservation, invasive species impacts, and ecological community dynamics.