SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Over the years I have built a strong profile in animal demography and modeling of population processes in a wide range of environments that has given me ample experience in both field data collection and analytical techniques. Such experience has allowed me to better understand how scientific research is made and has provided me with a transversal set of quantitative tools to deal with large, often complex, ecological datasets. Ample international and institutional mobility has given me experience in project participation and in leading research collaborations among multiple institutions, as well as experience in teaching and scientific outreach, through the organization of training courses and disseminating events (e.g. public talks, workshops).
ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL SKILLS
Analysis and modelling of encounter data on marked animals (i.e. unistate, multi-event, robust design and spatial capture-recapture models) using R and specialized software (MARK, E-SURGE, U-CARE and DENSITY).
Analysis and modelling of species' detection data (Single-season and Dynamic Occupancy models) using R and software PRESENCE.
Matrix population models and PVA using R and specialized software (ULM, Populus and RAMAS)
Data exploration, statistical analyses and graphic design using R.
Bayesian Hierarchical modelling using R and WinBUGS software
FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
Mark-recapture monitoring (using PVC and/or metallic rings for birds, and carapace notching or photo-ID for reptiles) and manipulation of individuals of Scopoli’s shearwater (Calonectris diomedea), Audouin’s gull (Larus audouinii), Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis), Balearic lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) and Mediterranean tortoise (Testudo hermanni) for population census and morphometric measurements. Ebro Delta and Balearic islands, Spain (2009-2013).
Trapping (with fyke nets and lobster pots) and tagging (with T-bar Anchor tags) of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Skagerrak coast, Norway (2013-2015).
Mark-recapture monitoring (using PIT-tags) and manipulation of adult common frogs (Rana temporaria). Asturias, Spain (2017).
Nest census, capture (using mist nets) and manipulation of individuals of Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus). Banneg island, France (2018).
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Nov 2021: Lecturer, Master in coastal ecology, University of Agder, Norway (2021). I taught 6 hours of applied fish ecology (13 students per class).
Mar 2017 – May 2018: Teaching assistant, University of Oviedo, Spain. I organised and taught a 12-hour course on demographic modelling each spring (15 students per class).
Oct 2016 – Dec 2017: Teaching assistant, University of Oviedo, Spain. I taught 7-hours of field ecology for Biology students (groups of 5-7 students) each autumn.
May 2012 – Jun 2013: Instructor in Ornithology, University of Barcelona, Spain. Visits to a wetland area with groups of 15 students each spring.
EVENT ORGANIZATION, OUTREACH AND ADVISORY WORK
Sept 2016 – May 2018: Webmaster and organizer of monthly seminars at UMIB, University of Oviedo, Spain.
May - Nov 2017: Member of the scientific committee organising the Week of Science Exhibit at
the University of Oviedo, Spain.
February 2020: Organizer of the scientific workshop "Long-term consequences of marine spatial protection on local species’ movement dynamics" at Flødevigen Research Station, Arendal, Norway.
November 2021: Organizer of the scientific workshop "Long-term consequences of marine spatial protection on local species’ movement dynamics" at Flødevigen Research Station, Arendal, Norway.
September 2022: Organizer and Participant to the Annual meeting of the NAMMCO Council and Managament Committees, Oslo, Norway.
October 2022: Organizer and Participant to the NAMMCO Food Conference, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
November 2022: Organizer and Rapporteur of the NAMMCO Harbour Porpoise Working Group Meeting, Oslo, Norway.
December 2022: Organizer and Rapporteur of the Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Workshop on Anthropogenic Disturbances to Marine Mammals in the Arctic, Greenland Representation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
January 2023: Organizer and Rapporteur of the Annual Meeting of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee, Greenland Representation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
March 2023: Organizer and Rapporteur of the Annual Meeting of the NAMMCO Management Committees, Online.
March 2023: Participant and Rapporteur of the NAMMCO Panarctic Bearded Seal Workshop, Online.
March 2023: Organizer and Participant to the Annual Meeting of the NAMMCO Council, Tromsø, Norway.
May 2023: Organizer and Rapporteur of the NAMMCO Coastal Seals Working Group Meeting, Greenland Representation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
August 2023: Co-Organizer and Participant to the ICES/NAMMCO Harp and Hooded Seals Working Group Meeting, Tromsø, Norway.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Fernández-Chacón A, Desportes, G. NAMMCO: 30 years of Regional Marine Mammal Management in the North Atlantic”. DIS/DK Study abroad in Scandinavia program, Scandic Ishavhotel. Tromsø,11th October 2022.
Fernández-Chacón A, Villegas-Ríos D, Thorbjørnsen SH, Moland E, Olsen EM. Long-term changes in density and space use of European lobster in marine protected areas vs. adjacent fished sites: insights from spatial capture-recapture modelling (Oral presentation). 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC), Kiel (Germany). 20th of August 2020.
Fernández-Chacón A, Villegas-Ríos D, Moland E, Olsen EM, Carlson S. Protected areas buffer against harvest selection and rebuild phenotypic complexity. Marine group meeting presentation, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Oslo (Norway), 19th June 2019.
Fernández-Chacon A, Cadiou B. Age, Climate and Predators: survival dynamics of European storm petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus) in the Molène archipelago (France). Late lunch talk, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Oslo (Norway), 5th March 2019.
Fernández-Chacon A, Moland E, Olsen EM. Spatially replicated mark-recapture study reveals demographic responses to protection in a harvested marine species. World Conference on Natural Resource Modelling (WCNRM), Barcelona (Spain). 8th June 2017.
Fernández-Chacon A, Nicieza AG, Álvarez D. Intrinsic factors influencing post-release survival of wild and hatchery-reared brown trout introduced in a mountain stream. World Conference on Natural Resource Modelling (WCNRM), Barcelona (Spain). 8th June 2017.
Fernández-Chacon A. Mortality and population dynamics of cod and lobster in Southern Norway: impacts of fishing and benefits of marine protected areas. Department seminar, UMIB, University of Oviedo (Spain). 28th September 2016.
Fernández-Chacon A. Tagging animals to investigate population processes. Lab meeting presentation, Carlson Lab, University of California-Berkeley (USA). 16th November 2015.
Fernández-Chacón A, Olsen EM, Moland E, Espeland SH. Effects of partial protection on Norwegian Atlantic Cod: a demographic evaluation using tagged individuals. 2nd International Ocean Research Conference, Barcelona (Spain). 21st November 2014.
Fernández-Chacón A. Multi-event modelling: the MPA cod case. “Revisiting MPAs and benefits beyond boundaries” international workshop. Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Arendal (Norway). 30th September 2014.
Fernández-Chacón A, Olsen EM, Moland E, Espeland SH. Modelling growth, dispersal and mortality of coastal Atlantic cod in Southern Norway: effects of a recently established Marine Protected Area. IMBER Open Science Conference. Bergen (Norway). 27th June 2014.
Fernández-Chacón A. Analysis of species presence-absence data using site-occupancy models. 2nd Capture-Recapture Data Analysis workshop. Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC), Esporles (Spain). 25th of November 2012.
Fernández-Chacón A, Stefanescu C, Nichols JD, Oro D. Effects of scale dependent habitat factors on the extinction and colonization dynamics of butterfly species inhabiting a biodiversity Hotspot. 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB). Glasgow (Scotland, UK). 1st September 2012.
