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JAGOBA MALUMBRES-OLARTE Science Illustrator and Researcher

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Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Ph.D. Science Illustrator & Researcher

As a scientific researcher, educator and artist, my professional goal is to advance our understanding of the formation of biodiversity, to contribute to its conservation and to promote it through my illustrations.

June 27, 2025

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Most of my artistic work aims to visualise and explain scientific discoveries and questions, based on the latest ecological, evolutionary and environmental knowledge.

However, I always seek new challenges, subjects, fields of knowledge and artistic techniques.

My business is truly a labor of love. I work in a wide variety of media types and styles which I select depending on the subject, purpose and audience of the image.

I create highly realistic portraits for taxonomic publications, schematic diagrams or infographics for explaining processes, creative illustrations to promote and summarise research for non-experts or educational images for readers of all ages.

Scientific Career Education 2011 Ph.D. in Ecology, Lincoln University (LU) 2006 Postgrad. Certificate in Res. Studies, LU 2003 Hons. in Environmental Science, Hons. in Ecology and Plant Biology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Professional Research (2012-Pres.)

2019-pres.

Science Illustrator, Toulouse 2020-pres.

Res. Collaborator, cE3c, Univ. Azores & Helsinki 2017-2020 Lecturer/Researcher Manchester Metrop. Univ.

2018-2019 Postdoc Researcher, Univ. Azores & Helsinki 2017-2018 Researcher, Mus.Nat.Sci. Barcelona & Univ. Oulu 2017-2018 Visiting researcher, IRBio, Univ. Barcelona 2016–2017 Collection assistant, Nat. Hist. Mus. Denmark 2013–2016 Postdoc researcher, CMEC, Univ. Copenhagen 2012–2013 Visiting researcher, Univ. Basque Country 2012 Research assistant, BPRC, Netherlands Inst. Ecol.

2011–2012 Lecturing assistant, Imperial College London

Education & Outreach

Bioblitz Tbilisi & Kutaisi (2024), Yerevan, Tbilisi & Toulouse (2022), Liège (2021), Terceira (2019,2023), Barcelona (2016-2018), Montserrat & Sitges (2018), Nottingham (2017,2018), Copenhagen (2014)

Science Night Natural History Museum of Denmark (2015)

Science Outreach Lincoln University (2008–2010)

Selected Publications Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J. et al (2022). The global spread of misinformation on spiders.

Current Biology, 32, 16.

Malumbres-Olarte, J. et al. (2021). Habitat filtering and inferred dispersal ability condition acrossscale species turnover and rarity in Macaronesian island spider assemblages. J. Biogeography, 48(12) Sullivan, M.,...Malumbres-Olarte, J.,...et al. (2020). Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests. Science 368(80):869–874 Malumbres-Olarte, J. et al. (2020). How Iberian are we? Mediterranean climate determines structure and endemicity of spider communities in Iberian oak forests Biodiv. & Conserv. 29(14):3973–3996 Malumbres-Olarte, J. et al. (2017). Gauging megadiversity with optimized and standardized sampling protocols: A case for tropical forest spiders. Ecol. & Evol., 7

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PUBLICATIONS

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

I create infographics to explain (social or biological) interactions or processes, BLA or realistic depictions for taxonomic BLA descriptions in scientific publications.

Monograph generation 2021. Digital. Figures for publications on monographs (Mabry et al. 2022 , Gorneau et al. 2022 ).

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AMOC and Climate change 2020. Digital (vector [program Inkscape]).

Figure for publication on climate change (in review).

Ecological effects of North Atlantic Oscillation 2020. Digital (vector [program Inkscape]). Figure created for peer-reviewed scientific publication on Foraminifera communities in Western Mediterranean (Pallacks et al. 2021 ).

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PUBLICATIONS

Social-Natural landscapes 2024. Digital. For publication by Noelia Zafra-Calvo (in prep.).

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The importance of spiders 2024. Digital. For publication

by Pedro Cardoso (in prep.).

Melocactus & Armatocereus (Cactaceae), areolas, spines and seed 2020. Digital (raster [Krita]). For taxonomic publication by Christian Loaiza (in prep.).

Life cycle of Coccotrypes rhizophrae 2020. Digital (raster [Krita] and vector [Inkscape]).

Ecological publication by N. Molina (in prep.).

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EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS

I summarise the scientific messages of publications and projects, theses (on BLA covers) and seminars, to explain and BLA promote them. text

Cover of Nature Medicine 2024. Procreate. On publication by Widschwendter et al.

2024, where they showed that cervical cancer screening using a DNA methylation-based triage performs better than cytology in the detection of prevalent disease and prediction of incident disease. This image highlights the link between cancer development over time and increasing DNA methylation, which is already present in the absence of visibly abnormal cells.

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text Subterranean ecosystems 2023. Digital (raster [Procreate]). For paper on the effects of climate change (Vaccarelli et al., 2023)

Invasion Ecology in Macaronesia 2024. Digital. Paper by Oyarzabal et al., 2024. It represents the domination of Azorean habitats by large ground-dwelling exotic species and the restriction of small endemic species to the canopy of forests.

Building up knowledge for taxonomy 2022. Digital (Procreate). Publication by K. Lucas Silva-Brandão.

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EDITORIAL

Convergence 2021. Digital (raster [Krita]). Dissemination illustration for paper on island biology (Triantis et al., 2022)

Human effects on islands 2020. Digital (raster [Krita]). Dissemination image for The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands. Nogué, S. et al 2021, Science

Sensationalism, expert consultation and the spread scientific misinformation.

2022. Digital (Krita), Illustration for publication by S. Mammola et al. (2022, Current Biology).

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Madeiran Biogeography 2021. Digital (raster [Krita]).

Cover of Ph.D. thesis by L. Crespo, (Univ. Barcelona).

Biogeography and evolution of Dysdera in the Canary Islands 2023.

Digital (Procreate).

Cover of Ph.D. thesis by Adrià Bellvert (Univ. Barcelona).

Fish Eco-evolution 2021. Digital (Krita). Cover of Ph.D. thesis by P. Ahti (Univ. Jyväskylä).

Colonisation and adaptation of Styela plicata 2023.

Digital (Procreate).

Cover of Ph.D thesis by Carles Galià-Camps (Univ.

Barcelona).

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EDITORIAL

GRAPHIC FACILITATION OF WORKSHOPS Through graphic facilitation, I create infographics that summarise the discussed ideas, questions, goals and outcomes of workshops/meetings. They can then be used as visual workshop reports and a source of inspiration for the team, and for internal (within the group) or external (the media) dissemination.

ISWSS 2021 2021. Krita.

Infographic summarising the main conclusions of the Symposium.

DarCo mid-project workshop 2024. Procreate. Summary of the conclusions of the project workshop.

MACROSIZE mid-project workshop 2024. Procreate. Summary of the conclusions of the project workshop.

COOL SCHOOLS Final Conference-Workshop 2025. Procreate. Summary of the conclusions.

COOL SCHOOLS Work Packages 2025. Procreate. Summary of Work Packages.

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CONFERENCE/SEMINAR ILLUSTRATIONS A seminar illustration is one that summarises the main take-home messages of a given seminar or talk from a conference (see infographic below for a detailed explanation). You can find more examples here

DNA barcoding. (Top Left) Webinar on DNA barcoding by J. Malumbres-Olarte (Mus. Nat. Sc. Barcelona, 2021).Spider taxonomy Plenary session by N. Dupérré: The “One ring to bring them all” from “The Lord of The Rings” is the reference, with the ring showing images of the spider families that share a common feature (the seta sustentaculum). Speciation Plenary session R. Gillespie: It shows a coin with the two sides of speciation (focused on islands), with Alfred Russell Wallace (the father of biogeography) in the background (European Congress of Arachnology 2024). Orca menopause (Bottom Left) Talk by Daniel Franks on toothed whales and the evolution of menopause (EDS Meeting 2023). RealMed Project (Top Right) Webinar on the use of isotope maps and (DNA) SNPs with regional argan oil, pigs, truffles and lamb (by C. Máguas, cE3c, 2020).

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COMMUNICATION

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

Many of my illustrations are being used to promote or explain science and research BLA to non-experts, and to educate young BLA audiences about biodiversity.

Hydrobates monteiroi, Hipparchia azorina, Juniperus brevifolia and Myosotis azorica 2022. Images created for the Traços a Cores project, which aims to explain, promote and educate graphically about the Azorean biodiversity and the research conducted on it. Digital (raster [Krita]).

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IMAGE

Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyrenean desman) 2021, Biota of the Pyrenees series.

Digital (raster Krita), A4.

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COMMUNICATION

Biota of Toulouse 2021. Watercolour, 14x21cm (per species). Educational poster (Nat. Hist. Mus. of Toulouse).

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FIELD ILLUSTRATIONS Created while in the field, they highlight the main experiences and scientific features of expeditions.

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IDENTITY

SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY

I also create images and logos that give research groups and projects, conferences BLA and universities unique identities with BLA their own visual style.

Research project and conference identities TEB lab (CREAF/Auton. Univ. Barcelona), Time-Lines project (2023-2028), Evolutionary Demography Society Meeting (2023) and the International Biogeography Society Meeting (2024).

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DigiTiB 2021. Digital (vector [Inkscape]). Icons of animal taxa for the website DigiTiB for species identification tests, the Univ. of Greifswald

Navigation Science 2022, Illustration for the navigation courses (Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, ENAC) led by Maser Engineering. Digital (Krita, Inkscape)

Promoting science among the general public 2020, Images for the promotion of projects Untold Biodiversity and Ghost species. Digital (Krita).

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THANKS

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Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte ————— jagoba.malumbres.olarte@gmail.com