Jose L. Rueda

Jose L. Rueda currently develops its research on benthic habitats and biodiversity at the Centro Oceanografico de Malaga, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (Spain). He graduated and got his phD at the University of Malaga studying the associated biodiversity of littoral habitats. Between 1999 and 2001, he worked in several European projects related to ecophisiology and reproductive biology of bivalves at RIKZ, RIVO, NIOO-CEMO (the Netherlands). Later on he worked at the University of Quensland (Australia) focussing on the ecology of subtropical marine habitats and organisms. Nowadays his research expanded to deep-sea habitats from the Alboran Sea and Gulf of Cadiz. He has participated in more than 40 sampling expeditions worldwide and supervised more than 20 masters and PhD students