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jmalumbresolarte
jmalumbresolarte
Jagoba
Malumbres-Olarte,Ph.D.
ScienceIllustrator&Researcher
Asascientificresearcher,educatorand artist,myprofessionalgoalistoadvanceour understandingoftheformationofbiodiversity,tocontributetoitsconservationandto promoteitthroughmyillustrations.
March6,2025
Contact
jagoba.malumbres.olarte@gmail.com +33(0)648072474
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Mostofmyartisticworkaimstovisualiseandexplainscientificdiscoveriesand questions,basedonthelatestecological, evolutionaryandenvironmentalknowledge. However,Ialwaysseeknewchallenges, subjects,fieldsofknowledgeandartistic techniques.
OnlinePortfolio jmalumbresolarte
ScientificResearch Scopus.Orcid.GoogleScholar
Mybusinessistrulyalaboroflove.Iwork inawidevarietyofmediatypesandstyles whichIselectdependingonthesubject, purposeandaudienceoftheimage.
Icreatehighlyrealisticportraitsfortaxonomicpublications,schematicdiagramsor infographicsforexplainingprocesses,creativeillustrationstopromoteandsummarise researchfornon-expertsoreducational imagesforreadersofallages.
2011
Ph.D.inEcology, LincolnUniversity(LU)
2006
Postgrad.CertificateinRes.Studies, LU
2003
Hons.inEnvironmentalScience, Hons.inEcologyandPlantBiology UniversitatAut`onomadeBarcelona
Education Professional Research(2012-Pres.)
2019-pres. ScienceIllustrator,Toulouse
2020-pres.
Res.Collaborator,cE3c,Univ.Azores&Helsinki 2017-2020
Lecturer/Researcher ManchesterMetrop.Univ. 2018-2019
PostdocResearcher,Univ.Azores&Helsinki 2017-2018
Researcher,Mus.Nat.Sci.Barcelona&Univ.Oulu 2017-2018
Visitingresearcher,IRBio,Univ.Barcelona 2016–2017
Collectionassistant,Nat.Hist.Mus.Denmark 2013–2016
Postdocresearcher,CMEC,Univ.Copenhagen 2012–2013
Visitingresearcher,Univ.BasqueCountry 2012
Researchassistant,BPRC,NetherlandsInst.Ecol. 2011–2012
Lecturingassistant,ImperialCollegeLondon
Selected Publications
Education &Outreach
Bioblitz
Tbilisi&Kutaisi(2024),Yerevan,Tbilisi& Toulouse(2022),Li`ege(2021),Terceira (2019,2023),Barcelona(2016-2018), Montserrat&Sitges(2018),Nottingham (2017,2018),Copenhagen(2014)
ScienceNight
NaturalHistoryMuseum ofDenmark(2015)
ScienceOutreach LincolnUniversity(2008–2010)
Mammola,S., Malumbres-Olarte,J. etal(2022).Theglobalspreadofmisinformationonspiders. CurrentBiology,32,16.
Malumbres-Olarte,J. etal.(2021).HabitatfilteringandinferreddispersalabilityconditionacrossscalespeciesturnoverandrarityinMacaronesianislandspiderassemblages. J.Biogeography,48(12)
Sullivan,M.,...Malumbres-Olarte,J.,...etal.(2020).Long-termthermalsensitivityofEarth’stropical forests. Science 368(80):869–874
Malumbres-Olarte,J. etal.(2020).HowIberianarewe?Mediterraneanclimatedeterminesstructure andendemicityofspidercommunitiesinIberianoakforests Biodiv.&Conserv. 29(14):3973–3996
Malumbres-Olarte,J. etal.(2017).Gaugingmegadiversitywithoptimizedandstandardizedsampling protocols:Acasefortropicalforestspiders. Ecol.&Evol.,7
SCIENTIFICPUBLICATIONS
I createinfographicstoexplain(social orbiological)interactionsorprocesses, orrealisticdepictionsfortaxonomic descriptionsinscientificpublications.
Monographgeneration 2021.Digital.Figuresforpublicationsonmonographs(Mabryetal.2022 , Gorneauetal.2022 ).
BLA BLA
AMOC and Climatechange 2020.Digital(vector [programInkscape]). Figureforpublication onclimatechange(in review).
EcologicaleffectsofNorthAtlanticOscillation 2020.Digital(vector[programInkscape]).Figurecreatedforpeer-reviewedscientificpublicationon ForaminiferacommunitiesinWesternMediterranean(Pallacksetal.2021 ).
Social-Natural landscapes
2024.Digital.For publicationby NoeliaZafra-Calvo (inprep.).
Theimportanceofspiders 2024.Digital.Forpublication byPedroCardoso(inprep.).
Melocactus& Armatocereus (Cactaceae),areolas, spinesandseed 2020.Digital(raster [Krita]).Fortaxonomic publicationby ChristianLoaiza (inprep.).
Lifecycleof Coccotrypes rhizophrae 2020.Digital(raster[Krita] andvector[Inkscape]). EcologicalpublicationbyN. Molina(inprep.).
I summarisethescientificmessagesof publicationsandprojects,theses(on covers)andseminars,toexplainand promotethem. text
CoverofNatureMedicine 2024.Procreate.Onpublicationby Widschwendter etal.2024,wherethey showedthatcervicalcancer screeningusingaDNA methylation-basedtriage performsbetterthancytologyinthedetectionof prevalentdiseaseandpredictionofincidentdisease.This imagehighlightsthelink betweencancerdevelopment overtimeandincreasing DNAmethylation,which isalreadypresentinthe absenceofvisiblyabnormal cells.
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Subterraneanecosystems 2023.Digital(raster[Procreate]).Forpaperontheeffectsofclimatechange(Vaccarellietal.,2023)
Invasion EcologyinMacaronesia 2024.Digital.PaperbyOyarzabaletal.,2024.ItrepresentsthedominationofAzoreanhabitatsbylarge ground-dwellingexoticspeciesandtherestrictionof smallendemicspeciestothecanopyofforests.
Building upknowledgefortaxonomy 2022.Digital(Procreate).PublicationbyK.LucasSilva-Brand˜ao.
Convergence 2021.Digital(raster [Krita]).Dissemination illustrationforpaper onislandbiology (Triantisetal.,2022)
Humaneffectsonislands 2020.Digital(raster[Krita]).Disseminationimagefor Thehumandimensionofbiodiversitychanges onislands. Nogu´e,S.etal2021, Science
Sensationalism,expertconsultationandthespreadscientificmisinformation. 2022.Digital(Krita),IllustrationforpublicationbyS.Mammolaetal.(2022,CurrentBiology).
MadeiranBiogeography 2021.Digital(raster[Krita]). CoverofPh.D.thesisbyL. Crespo,(Univ.Barcelona).
Biogeographyandevolutionof Dysdera intheCanaryIslands 2023.Digital(Procreate). CoverofPh.D.thesisbyAdri`a Bellvert(Univ.Barcelona).
FishEco-evolution 2021.Digital(Krita).Cover ofPh.D.thesisbyP.Ahti (Univ.Jyv¨askyl¨a).
Colonisationandadaptation of Styelaplicata 2023.Digital(Procreate). CoverofPh.Dthesisby CarlesGali`a-Camps(Univ. Barcelona).
GRAPHICFACILITATIONOFWORKSHOPS
Throughgraphicfacilitation,Icreateinfographicsthatsummarisethediscussedideas,questions,goals andoutcomesofworkshops/meetings.Theycanthenbeusedasvisualworkshopreportsandasource ofinspirationfortheteam,andforinternal(withinthegroup)orexternal(themedia)dissemination.
ISWSS2021 2021.Krita. Infographicsummarising themainconclusionsofthe Symposium
DarComid-projectworkshop 2024.Procreate.Summaryoftheconclusionsofthe project workshop. MACROSIZEmid-projectworkshop 2024.Procreate.Summaryoftheconclusionsoftheprojectworkshop. COOLSCHOOLSFinalConference-Workshop 2025.Procreate.Summaryoftheconclusions. COOLSCHOOLSWorkPackages 2025.Procreate.SummaryofWorkPackages.
CONFERENCE/SEMINARILLUSTRATIONS
Aseminarillustrationisonethatsummarisesthemaintake-homemessagesofagivenseminarortalk fromaconference(seeinfographicbelowforadetailedexplanation).Youcanfindmoreexamples here
DNA barcoding. (TopLeft)WebinaronDNAbarcodingbyJ.Malumbres-Olarte(Mus.Nat.Sc.Barcelona, 2021).Spidertaxonomy PlenarysessionbyN.Dup´err´e:The“Oneringtobringthemall”from“TheLordof TheRings”isthereference,withtheringshowingimagesofthespiderfamiliesthatshareacommonfeature (thesetasustentaculum). Speciation PlenarysessionR.Gillespie:Itshowsacoinwiththetwosidesof speciation(focusedonislands),withAlfredRussellWallace(thefatherofbiogeography)inthebackground (EuropeanCongressofArachnology2024). Orcamenopause (BottomLeft)TalkbyDanielFranksontoothed whalesandtheevolutionofmenopause(EDSMeeting2023). RealMedProject (TopRight)Webinarontheuse ofisotopemapsand(DNA)SNPswithregionalarganoil,pigs,trufflesandlamb(byC.M´aguas,cE3c,2020).
SCIENTIFICCOMMUNICATION
Manyofmyillustrationsarebeingusedto promoteorexplainscienceandresearch tonon-experts,andtoeducateyoung audiencesaboutbiodiversity.
Hydrobatesmonteiroi, Hipparchiaazorina, Juniperusbrevifolia and Myosotisazorica 2022.Imagescreatedforthe Tra¸cosaCores project,whichaimstoexplain,promoteandeducate graphicallyabouttheAzoreanbiodiversityandtheresearchconductedonit.Digital(raster[Krita]).
Biota ofToulouse 2021.Watercolour,14x21cm(perspecies).Educationalposter(Nat.Hist.Mus.ofToulouse).
Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyreneandesman) 2021, Biotaofthe Pyrenees series. Digital(raster Krita),A4.
SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY
I alsocreateimagesandlogosthatgive researchgroupsandprojects,conferences anduniversitiesuniqueidentitieswith theirownvisualstyle.
Researchprojectandconferenceidentities
TEBlab(CREAF/Auton.Univ.Barcelona), Time-Lines project(2023-2028),Evolutionary DemographySocietyMeeting(2023)andtheInternationalBiogeographySocietyMeeting(2024).
NavigationScience 2022,Illustrationfor thenavigationcourses (EcoleNationalede l’AviationCivile, ENAC)ledbyMaser Engineering.Digital (Krita,Inkscape)
DigiTiB 2021. Digital(vector [Inkscape]).Iconsof animaltaxaforthe website DigiTiB for speciesidentification tests,theUniv.of Greifswald
Promotingscienceamongthegeneralpublic 2020,Imagesforthepromotionofprojects UntoldBiodiversity and Ghostspecies.Digital(Krita).
