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Environmental Data Scientist | Statistics (R/Python), GIS & Research Support

Profile Summary

I am an Environmental Scientist and Data Scientist with 10+ years of research and consulting experience in environmental science, ecology, agriculture and plant sciences. I help researchers, organisations and companies turn complex data into robust analyses, models, publications and evidence-based decisions. I hold a PhD in Ecology, Environmental Sciences and Plant Physiology and an MSc in Data Science, and have worked as a researcher and lecturer in Biostatistics and Data Science at the University of Oxford and the University of Barcelona. My expertise includes statistical analysis and modelling, experimental design, R and Python, machine learning and AI, GIS and spatial analysis, remote sensing, image analysis, biodiversity monitoring and ecological modelling. I have extensive experience working with environmental, agricultural, ecological and biological datasets, from experimental studies to large spatial and climatic datasets. I can support projects at different stages, including: - statistical analysis and interpretation - experimental design and methodology - R and Python analysis and reproducible workflows - machine learning and predictive modelling - GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis - ecological and biodiversity modelling - data quality control and code review - scientific figures and data visualisation - scientific writing, statistical review and manuscript editing - responses to reviewers and journal submission support - research proposals and technical reports My research has resulted in 30+ scientific publications, including work in ecology, biodiversity, plant science, environmental modelling, artificial intelligence and remote sensing. I also serve as a Data Editor for Ecology Letters and regularly review manuscripts for international scientific journals. I work collaboratively and transparently, with particular emphasis on scientific rigour, reproducibility, clear communication and practical solutions tailored to each project. Not sure which analysis or methodology your project requires? Feel free to contact me with your research question and data, and I can help define the most appropriate approach.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Statistics
• ☆ Plant Physiology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ R
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

University of Oxford

- Present

Departmental Lecturer in Biostatistics and Data Science

University of Oxford

October 2025 - Present

Postdoctoral researcher

University of Oxford

June 2022 - Present

Postdoctoral researcher

Universitat de Barcelona

September 2020 - Present

PhD Student

Universitat de Barcelona

September 2016 - September 2020

Education

MSc Data Science

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

February 2019 - January 2023

PhD Ecology, Environmental Sciences and Plant Physiology

Universitat de Barcelona

September 2016 - September 2020

MSc Environmental Agrobiology

Universitat de Barcelona - Campus Mundet

September 2015 - July 2016

BSc Environmental Sciences

Universitat de Barcelona

September 2011 - July 2015

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Erola Fenollosa, Sean E. H. Pang, Cory Merow, Antoine Guisan, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Roberto Salguero‐ Gómez (2026). From niche theory to demographic realities: the demographic niche concept for understanding range‐wide population dynamics . Ecography.

Erola Fenollosa, Sean E. H. Pang, Natalie J. Briscoe, Antoine Guisan, Roberto Salguero-Gómez (2026). Powerful yet challenging: mechanistic niche models for predicting invasive species potential distribution under climate change . Ecography.

Erola Fenollosa, Garrett Cohen, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez (2026). Retrospective image analysis for long‐term demography using Google Earth imagery . Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

Erola Fenollosa, Joel L Pick, Bethany J Allen, Benedicte Bachelot, Kevin R Bairos-Novak, Jack A Brand, Barbara Class, Tad Dallas, Pietro B D'Amelio, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, et al. (2026). The SORTEE guidelines for data and code quality control in ecology and evolutionary biology . Peer Community Journal.

Erola Fenollosa, Sergi Munné‐Bosch, Marta Pintó‐Marijuan (2025). Invasion Amid the Shadows: Ecophysiological Dissimilarity and Microhabitat Constraints on an Exotic Succulent in a Mediterranean Ecosystem . Physiologia Plantarum.

Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Erola Fenollosa (2025). IA y Big Data para la biología de invasiones: descubrir, modelar y predecir las dinámicas poblacionales de las especies invasoras . Ecosistemas.

E. Fenollosa, P. Fernandes, A. Hector, H. King, C. S. Lawson, J. Jackson, R. Salguero‐Gómez (2024). Differential responses of community‐level functional traits to mid‐ and late‐season experimental drought in a temperate grassland . Journal of Ecology.

Fenollosa, Erola, Brooks, Laura J., Pearce, Daniel, Kwok, Kenton, Jawade, Nikhil, Qi, Man, Beker, Deniz, Whicker, James, Davis, Katrina, Salguero-Gomez, Roberto, et al. (2024). A video-rate hyperspectral camera for monitoring plant health and biodiversity . BioRxiv.

Fenollosa, E., Fernandes, P., Hector, A., King, H., Lawson, C. S., Jackson, J., Salguero-Gomez, R. (2024). Differential responses of community-level functional traits to mid- and late-season experimental drought in a temperate grassland . Journal of Ecology.

Erola Fenollosa, Samuel J. L. Gascoigne, Simon Rolph, Daisy Sankey, Nagalakshmi Nidadavolu, Adrian S. Stell Pičman, Christina M. Hernández, Matthew E. R. Philpott, Aiyla Salam, Connor Bernard, et al. (2023). A standard protocol to report discrete stage‐structured demographic information . Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

E. Fenollosa, P. Fernandes, A. Hector, H. King, C.S. Lawson, J. Jackson, R. Salguero-Gomez (2023). Experimentally induced drought and growing season stage modulate community-level functional traits in a temperate grassland . BioRxiv.

Fenollosa, Erola, Gascoigne, Samuel J. L., Rolph, Simon, Sankey, Daisy, Nidadavolu, Nagalakshmi, Picman, Adrian Stell S., Hernandez, Christina M., Philpott, Matthew E. R., Salam, Aiyla, Bernard, Connor, et al. (2023). A standard protocol to report discrete stage-structured demographic information . Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Fenollosa, Erola, Munne-Bosch, Sergi, Puig, Sandra, Casadesus, Andrea, Fernandez, Estrella (2022). Vitamin E protects from lipid peroxidation during winter stress in the seagrass <i>Cymodocea nodosa</i> . Planta.

Munn&#233;-Bosch, S., Puig, S., Fenollosa, E., Casades&#250;s, A., Fern&#225;ndez, E.(2022). Vitamin E protects from lipid peroxidation during winter stress in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa . Planta. 255. (2).

Erola Fenollosa, Josefina G. Campoy, Margarita Lema, Sergi Munn&#233;‐Bosch, Rub&#233;n Retuerto(2021). Functional responses to climate change may increase invasive potential of Carpobrotus edulis . American Journal of Botany. 108. (10). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1902--1916. Wiley

Erola Fenollosa, Laia Jen&#233;, Sergi Munn&#233;-Bosch(2021). Geographic patterns of seed trait variation in an invasive species: how much can close populations differ? . Oecologia. 196. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 747--761. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Fenollosa, E., Jen&#233;, L., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2021). Geographic patterns of seed trait variation in an invasive species: how much can close populations differ? . Oecologia. 196. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 747-761.

G. Campoy, J., Lema, M., Fenollosa, E., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S., Retuerto, R.(2021). Functional responses to climate change may increase invasive potential of Carpobrotus edulis . American Journal of Botany. 108. (10). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1902-1916.

Fenollosa, Erola, Tomasek, Oldrich, Cohen, Alan A., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Munne-Bosch, Sergi, Pelletier, Fanie (2021). Biochemical and physiological data collection . Demographic Methods Across the Tree of Life.

Fenollosa, Erola, Jene, Laia, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2021). Geographic patterns of seed trait variation in an invasive species: how much can close populations differ? . Oecologia.

Fenollosa, Erola, G. Campoy, Josefina, Lema, Margarita, Munne-Bosch, Sergi, Retuerto, Ruben (2021). Functional responses to climate change may increase invasive potential of Carpobrotus edulis . American Journal of Botany.

Erola Fenollosa, Laia Jen&#233;, Sergi Munn&#233;-Bosch(2020). A rapid and sensitive method to assess seed longevity through accelerated aging in an invasive plant species . Plant Methods. 16. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Erola Fenollosa, Matthias Langensiepen, Marcel A.K. Jansen, Astrid Wingler, Barbara Demmig-Adams, William W. Adams, III, Ian C. Dodd, Vasileios Fotopoulos, Rod Snowdon, Mario C. De Tullio, et al.(2020). Linking integrative plant physiology with agronomy to sustain future plant production . Environmental and Experimental Botany. 178. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 104125. Elsevier {BV}

(2020). Foliar Paclobutrazol Application Suppresses Olive Tree Growth While Promoting Fruit Set . Journal of Plant Growth Regulation.

(2020). Reproductive load modulates drought stress response but does not compromise recovery in an invasive plant during the Mediterranean summer . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Fenollosa, Erola, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2020). Reproductive load modulates drought stress response but does not compromise recovery in an invasive plant during the Mediterranean summer . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Fenollosa, E., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2020). Reproductive load modulates drought stress response but does not compromise recovery in an invasive plant during the Mediterranean summer . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 155. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 221-230.

Fenollosa, Erola, Jene, Laia, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2020). A rapid and sensitive method to assess seed longevity through accelerated aging in an invasive plant species . Plant Methods.

Langensiepen, M., Jansen, M.A.K., Wingler, A., Demmig-Adams, B., Adams, W.W., Dodd, I.C., Fotopoulos, V., Snowdon, R., Fenollosa, E., De Tullio, M.C., et al.(2020). Linking integrative plant physiology with agronomy to sustain future plant production . Environmental and Experimental Botany. 178.

Fenollosa, Erola, Langensiepen, Matthias, Jansen, Marcel A. K., Wingler, Astrid, Demmig-Adams, Barbara, Adams, William W., III, Dodd, Ian C., Fotopoulos, Vasileios, Snowdon, Rod, De Tullio, Mario C., et al. (2020). Linking integrative plant physiology with agronomy to sustain future plant production . Environmental and Experimental Botany.

Fenollosa, E., Jen&#233;, L., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2020). A rapid and sensitive method to assess seed longevity through accelerated aging in an invasive plant species . Plant Methods. 16. (1).

Fenollosa, Erola, Munne-Bosch, Sergi, Pinto-Marijuan, Marta (2020). Contrasting phenotypic plasticity in the photoprotective strategies of the invasive species Carpobrotus edulis and the coexisting native species Crithmum maritimum (vol 160, 185, 2017) . Physiologia Plantarum.

Fenollosa, Erola, Ajmi, Amani, Larbi, Ajmi, Morales, Melanie, Chaari, Anissa, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2020). Foliar Paclobutrazol Application Suppresses Olive Tree Growth While Promoting Fruit Set . Journal of Plant Growth Regulation.

Ajmi, A., Larbi, A., Morales, M., Fenollosa, E., Chaari, A., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2020). Foliar Paclobutrazol Application Suppresses Olive Tree Growth While Promoting Fruit Set . Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 39. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1638-1646.

Fenollosa, Erola, Baccari, Sahar, Elloumi, Olfa, Chaari-Rkhis, Anissa, Morales, Melanie, Drira, Noureddine, Ben Abdallah, Ferjani, Fki, Lotfi, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2020). Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought . Frontiers in Plant Science.

Baccari, S., Elloumi, O., Chaari-Rkhis, A., Fenollosa, E., Morales, M., Drira, N., Ben Abdallah, F., Fki, L., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2020). Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought . Frontiers in Plant Science. 11.

Fenollosa, E. and Munné‐Bosch, S. (2019). Physiological Plasticity of Plants Facing Climate Change. In Annual Plant Reviews online, J.A. Roberts (Ed.). doi:10.1002/9781119312994.apr0686 .

Erola Fenollosa, Sergi Munn&#233;-Bosch, Kevin Hultine(2019). Increased chilling tolerance of the invasive species Carpobrotus edulis may explain its expansion across new territories . Conservation Physiology. 7. (1). Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Fenollosa, E., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2019). Increased chilling tolerance of the invasive species Carpobrotus edulis may explain its expansion across new territories . Conservation Physiology. 7. (1).

Fenollosa, Erola, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2019). Increased chilling tolerance of the invasive species Carpobrotus edulis may explain its expansion across new territories . Conservation Physiology.

Fenollosa, E., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2019). Physiological plasticity of plants facing climate change . Annual Plant Reviews Online. 2. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 837-866.

Fenollosa, Erola, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2019). PHYSIOLOGICAL PLASTICITY OF PLANTS FACING CLIMATE CHANGE . Annual Plant Reviews Online.

Fenollosa, Erola, Gamez, Anna, Munne-Bosch, Sergi (2018). Plasticity in the hormonal response to cold stress in the invasive plant Carpobrotus edulis . Journal of Plant Physiology.

Fenollosa, E., G&#225;mez, A., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2018). Plasticity in the hormonal response to cold stress in the invasive plant Carpobrotus edulis . Journal of Plant Physiology. 231. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 202-209.

Fenollosa, Erola, Perez-Llorca, Marina, Salguero-Gomez, Roberto, Munne-Boscha, Sergi (2018). What Is the Minimal Optimal Sample Size for Plant Ecophysiological Studies? . Plant Physiology.

P&#233;rez-Llorca, M., Fenollosa, E., Salguero-G&#243;mez, R., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2018). What is the minimal optimal sample size for plant ecophysiological studies? . Plant Physiology. 178. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 953-955.

Fenollosa, Erola, Munne-Bosch, Sergi, Pinto-Marijuan, Marta (2017). Contrasting phenotypic plasticity in the photoprotective strategies of the invasive species Carpobrotus edulis and the coexisting native species Crithmum maritimum . Physiologia Plantarum.

Fenollosa, E., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S., Pint&#243;-Marijuan, M.(2017). Contrasting phenotypic plasticity in the photoprotective strategies of the invasive species Carpobrotus edulis and the coexisting native species Crithmum maritimum . Physiologia Plantarum. 160. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 185-200.

Fenollosa, Erola, Roach, Deborah A., Munne-Boscht, Sergi (2016). Death and Plasticity in Clones Influence Invasion Success . Trends in Plant Science.

Fenollosa, E., Roach, D.A., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2016). Death and Plasticity in Clones Influence Invasion Success . Trends in Plant Science. 21. (7). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 551-553.

PREPRINT

Erola Fenollosa, Garrett Cohen, Rob Salguero-Gomez (2025). Retrospective image analysis for long-term demography using Google Earth imagery .

Erola Fenollosa, Joel Pick, Bethany Allen, Benedicte Bachelot, Kevin Bairos-Novak, Jack Brand, Barbara Class, Tad Dallas, Pietro D&#39;Amelio, Esteban Fern&#225;ndez-Juricic, et al. (2025). The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology .

Erola Fenollosa, Sean Pang, Natalie Briscoe, Antoine Guisan, Rob Salguero-Gomez (2025). Powerful yet challenging: Mechanistic Niche Models for predicting invasive species potential distribution under climate change .

Erola Fenollosa, Rob Salguero-Gomez (2025). AI and Big Data for invasion biology: finding, modelling and forecasting the population dynamics of invaders .

Erola Fenollosa, Sean Eng Howe Pang, Cory Merow, Antoine Guisan, Jens-Christian Svenning, Roberto Salguero-G&#243;mez (2024). From niche theory to demographic realities: the demographic niche concept for understanding range-wide population dynamics .

Erola Fenollosa, Sean Eng Howe Pang, Cory Merow, Antoine Guisan, Jens-Christian Svenning, Roberto Salguero-G&#243;mez (2024). From niche theory to demographic realities: the demographic niche concept for understanding range-wide population dynamics .

Erola Fenollosa, Sean Eng Howe Pang, Cory Merow, Antoine Guisan, Jens-Christian Svenning, Roberto Salguero-G&#243;mez (2024). From niche theory to demographic realities: the demographic niche concept for understanding range-wide population dynamics .

Erola Fenollosa, Samuel J. L. Gascoigne, Simon Rolph, Daisy Sankey, Nagalakshmi Nidadavolu, Adrian S. Stell Pičman, Christina M. Hern&#225;ndez, Matthew E. R. Philpott, Aiyla Salam, Connor Bernard, et al. (2023). A standard protocol to report discrete stage-structured demographic information .

E. Fenollosa, P. Fernandes, A. Hector, H. King, C.S. Lawson, J. Jackson, R. Salguero-Gomez (2023). Experimentally induced drought and growing season stage modulate community-level functional traits in a temperate grassland .

DATA SET

Erola Fenollosa (2025). <b>Protocol pipeline for Retrospective image analysis for long-term demography using Google Earth imagery</b> .

CONFERENCE PAPER

Fenollosa, Erola, Brooks, Laura J., Pearce, Daniel, Kwok, Kenton, Jawade, Nikhil, Qi, Man, Beker, Deniz, Whicker, James, Davis, Katrina, Salguero-Gomez, Roberto, et al. (2024). A video-rate hyperspectral camera for monitoring plant health and biodiversity . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.

BOOK CHAPTER

Tom&#225;šek, O., Cohen, A.A., Fenollosa, E., Mencuccini, M., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S., Pelletier, F.(2021). Biochemical and physiological data collection . Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 35-51.

(2018). Photoprotection and Photo-Oxidative Stress Markers As Useful Tools to Unravel Plant Invasion Success . Advances in Plant Ecophysiology Techniques.

Fenollosa, E., Munn&#233;-Bosch, S.(2018). Photoprotection and photo-oxidative stress markers as useful tools to unravel plant invasion success . Advances in Plant Ecophysiology Techniques. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 153-175.