Francisco Villazón-Orozco

Francisco Villazón-Orozco

Lab and field technician

Elemental Diversity and Macroecology research team

Francisco L. Villazón-Orozco is a technician for the E-TRAITS project, supervised by Dr. Marcos Fernández-Martínez and Dr. Guille Peguero. During his MSc, his research focused on drought and litter quality effects on soil fauna contributions to decomposition. He specializes in arthropod ecology and is currently starting a PhD on the coordination between elementomes, functional traits, and life-history strategies in Arthropoda.

Interests
  • Ecological networks
  • Arthropod ecology and taxonomy
  • Socioecology
Education
  • MSc in Ecology, management and restoration of the natural environment, 2024

    Universitat de Barcelona

  • BSc in Ecology, 2020

    Pontifical Xavierian University