Anna Traveset

Traveset is a Research Professor at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies – IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB) (Catalan: ''Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats''; Spanish: ''Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados'') based in Mallorca, and Collaborating Professor at the University of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: ''Universitat de les Illes Balears'', UIB; Spanish: ''Universidad de las Islas Baleares''). In 2017, she received the Rey Jaime I Award for Environmental Protection (Rey Jaime I Awards Foundation). Furthermore, she currently holds the position of Institutional Representative of the CSIC in the Balearic Islands.

Her research focuses on the study of ecological and evolutionary interactions between species, specifically on how these are altered by different drivers of global change. She has also carried out many studies on the reproductive biology of vulnerable or threatened plant species. She stands out for the significant contributions she has made in the knowledge and understanding of biodiversity in insular ecosystems. Her fieldwork is mainly focused on the Balearic Islands, although she also coordinates projects in the Canary Islands, Berlengas, Galapagos, and Seychelles and participates in others in the Ogasawara Archipelago (Japan), and in mainland Europe (Sweden, Germany, Belgium), and North America (Mexico). Provided by Wikipedia