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PhD in biology, mathematical modelling in ecology and currently a postdoctoral researcher in Montana.

Profile Summary

I'm an ecologist with broad experience in data analysis, modelling and simulation of ecological processes (using R, C++ for numerical simulations). I'm interested in developing interactive apps to manage and visualize scientific data (see an example! https://jrubalcaba.github.io/posts/temperature_distributions/). I can help you at any stage of the scientific production process, including literature search, analysis of the state of the art, statistical data analysis, interpretation of results and summarizing of research findings.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Ecology
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Data Visualization

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Postdoctoral researcher

McGill University

January 2020 - Present

Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow

McGill University

December 2019 - November 2022

Postdoc

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

March 2017 - February 2019

PhD Student (FPI)

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

December 2012 - January 2017

Education

PhD in Ecology

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

December 2012 - January 2017

Master in Ecology

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

September 2012 - February 2014

Biology

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

September 2006 - September 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Wanyoike Wamiti and Nathan Gichuki and Dorcas A. O. Sigana and Peter Njoroge and Kerryn Morrison and Werner Schröder and George Ndung{\textquotesingle}u and David Warui and Juan~G. Rubalcaba(2022). Nesting habits of grey crowned crane <i>Balearica regulorum</i> in Lake Ol’ Bolossat basin, Kenya . African Journal of Ecology. Wiley

Juan G. Rubalcaba and Vicente Polo(2022). Density dependence of clutch size and offspring sex ratio in starling colonies . Journal of Avian Biology. Wiley

Juan G. Rubalcaba and Sidney F. Gouveia and Fabricio Villalobos and Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto and Mario G. Castro and Talita F. Amado and Pablo A. Martinez and Carlos A. Navas and Ricardo Dobrovolski and Jos{\'{e}} Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho and Miguel {\'{A}}. Olalla-T{\'{a}}rraga(2022). Physical constraints on thermoregulation and flight drive morphological evolution in bats . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119. (15). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Biophysical models unravel associations between glucocorticoids and thermoregulatory costs across avian species @article{2021, doi = {10.1111/1365-2435.13946}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1111%2F1365-2435.13946}, year = 2021, month = {oct}, publisher = {Wiley}, author = {Juan G. Rubalcaba and Blanca Jimeno}, title = {Biophysical models unravel associations between glucocorticoids and thermoregulatory costs across avian species}} . Functional Ecology.

Juan G. Rubalcaba and Wilco C. E. P. Verberk and A. Jan Hendriks and Bart Saris and H. Arthur Woods(2020). Oxygen limitation may affect the temperature and size dependence of metabolism in aquatic ectotherms . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. p. 202003292. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

(2020). Divergence and constraint in the thermal sensitivity of aquatic insect swimming performance . Current Zoology.

(2020). Ecophysics reload—exploring applications of theoretical physics in macroecology . Ecological Modelling.

(2020). The biogeography of thermal risk for terrestrial ectotherms: scaling of thermal tolerance with body size and latitude . Journal of Animal Ecology.

(2019). Long-term fitness consequences of breeding density in starling colonies: an observational approach . Journal of Ornithology.

(2019). Upscaling Microclimatic Conditions into Body Temperature Distributions of Ectotherms . The American Naturalist.

(2019). A mechanistic model to scale up biophysical processes into geographical size gradients in ectotherms . Global Ecology and Giogeography.

(2017). Nest decoration as social signals by males and females: greenery and feathers in starling colonies. Behavioral Ecology.

(2017). Is offspring dispersal related to male mating status? An experiment with the facultatively polygynous spotless starling . Journal of Avian Biology.

Rubalcaba JG, Polo V, Maia R, Rubenstein DR, Veiga JP, Journal of evolutionary biology, 2016, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1585-1592, 2016 .

(2015). Green plants in nests reduce offspring recruitment rates in the spotless starling . Behavioral Ecology.

Biophysical Modeling of Water Economy Can Explain Geographic Gradient of Body Size in Anurans .

Sex differences in early determinants of lifetime reproductive success in a polygynous bird: Should mothers adjust offspring sex ratios? . Auk.

Upscaling Microclimatic Conditions into Body Temperature Distributions of Ectotherms .

DISSERTATION THESIS

(2017). Asimetría sexual de las estrategias vitales en aves: una aproximación comparada en Sturnidae, y experimental y teórica en el poligínico estornino negro . Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.