Teaching

2024 - 2026. Fundamental Zoology. Bachelor (2nd year) in Biology. University of León.
2024 - 2026. Wildlife Management. Bachelor (3rd year) in Environmental Sciences. University of León.
2024 - 2026. Wildlife Inventory and Assessment. Bachelor (4th year) in Environmental Sciences. University of León.
2024 - 2026. Conservation and Management of Iberian Fauna. Máster Universitario en Investigación en Diversidad Botánica y Zoológica. University of León.
2024 - 2026. Ethology. Máster Universitario en Investigación en Diversidad Botánica y Zoológica. University of León.
2021 - 2022. Introduction to evolutionary ecology. University Programme for Seniors, University of Vigo.
2019 - 2021. Conservation biology. Master of Terrestrial biodiversity. University of Vigo, University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Coruña.
2014 - 2020. Management of protected areas and biodiversity. Bachelor (4th year) in Forestry Engineering. University of Vigo.
2014 - 2020. Forestry ecology. Bachelor (2nd year) in Forestry Engineering. University of Vigo.

Evaluation comitee

2024 - 2025. Bachelor thesis comitee member. Works assessed: 18. Biology. University of León.
2019 - 2020. MSc thesis comittee member. Master of Terrestrial biodiversity. University of Vigo, University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Coruña.

2025-2026. Miguel Matarranz González (Ms student; University of León). Collective efficiency as a function of intragroup heterogeneity in the Argentine ant. Duration: 10 months.
2025-2026. Naroa Paula Andrés Pareja (Bs student; University of León). Effect of stress on the learning of native and exotic ants. Duration: 10 months.
2025-2026. Paula Centeno Medina (Bs student; University of León). Transmission and stress buffering in native and alien ants. Duration: 10 months.
2024-2025. Mario Crespo Montalbán (Ms student; University of León). Can adaptation reduce species success? Morphological and behavioural variability among colonies of the invasive alien ant Lasius neglectus. Duration: 6 months.
2024. Kaja Gliwicka (Bs student; University of Warsaw). Welcome to a changing world: Effects of climate change on the behaviour of exotic and native ants. Duration: 2 months.
2024. Wiktoria Moczulska (Bs student; University of Warsaw). Welcome to a changing world: Effects of climate change on the behaviour of exotic and native ants. Duration: 2 months.
2023-2024. Laura Trapero Cameselle (Bs student; Universidade de Vigo). Making enemies: manipulating the interaction between allopatric populations of the Argentine ant to unravel their aggressiveness. Duration: 6 months.
2023. Krzysztof Basista (Bs student; Jagiellonian University). Problem-solving by individual cognition or social information in invasive and native ants. Duration: 1 month.
2023. Bartosz Bałdowski (Bs student; University of Warsaw). Problem-solving by individual cognition or social information in invasive and native ants. Duration: 1 month.
2022-2026. Srikrishna Narasimhan (PhD student; Polish Academy of Sciences). Behavioural and neuroanatomical variability of individual and collective problem-solving in invasive and native ants. Duration: 4 years.
2021-2022. Miguel Castro Cardoso (Bs student; Universidade de Vigo). Aliens in synergy: insect-plant interactions between three introduced species. Duration: 6 months.
2020-2021. Blanca María Fraga Cimadevila (Bs student; Universidade de Vigo). Ethodiversity of the invasive ant Linepithema humile: behavioural comparisson between island and mainland populations. Duration: 6 months.
2019-2020. Everton Cruz da Silva (Bs student; Universidade do Pará). Within supercolony aggressiveness and seasonal variation of invasive potential in the ant Linepithema humile. Duration: 4 months.
2018. Marine Poisay (Ms student; Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier). Variabilité comportementale et développement larvaire chez Lasius niger. Duration: 3 months.
2016. María Virginia Gabela Flores (Bs student; Universidad San Francisco de Quito). Demography and territorial behavior of three species of the genus Hetaerina (Odonata: Calopterygidae) along three tropical stream ecosystems. Duration: 1 month.
2014. Nina Bidoli (Ms student; IUT Paul Sabatier). L’étude d’Ischnura hastata, une demoiselle pratiquant la parthénogénèse. Duration: 3 months.
2013-2014. Miguel de Guinea Luengo (Ms student; KU Leuven). Pace-of-life-syndromes in four species ofIschnura damselflies. Duration: 6 months.
2012. Ilaria Cardaio (Bs student; Università degli Studi di Perugia). Tecniche di allevamento degli Odonati. Duration: 3 months.

Scientific outreach

Publications:
- Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2024) Elas fixérono antes. Cerna, 92, 23-26.
Interviews and newspaper articles:
- GCiencia (3)
- Faro de Vigo (2015, 2021, 2023)
- La Vanguardia
- DUVI
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Radio Valladares (42:10).
Events:
- 10/11/2025. Science Week. Junta de Castilla y León. Spain.
- 26/09/2025. European Researchers' Night. University of León. Spain.
- 25-27/02/2025. Expociencia. VI edition. Topic: animal diversity and communication. ADIBECO group. University of León. Spain.
- 09/08/2024. Interactive seminar: The ants. Day centre for the elderly Iglemen. Padrón, Galiza - Spain.
- 01/03/2024. Interactive seminar: The ants. Jana Brzechwy Primary School. Warsaw. Poland.
- 2018. Introduction to the social insects. Paul Dottin Primary School. Toulouse, France.
- 27/04/2017. Interactive seminar: Birds in Galiza. Day centre for the elderly Iglemen. Padrón, Galiza - Spain.

Trainning courses

2025. Teaching resources: Digitisation. University of León. Spain. Duration: 10 hours.
2025. General information about the University and its services. University of León. Spain. Duration: 10 hours.
2025. VII Conference on innovation in university teaching. University of León. Spain. Duration: 10 hours.
2025. Teaching innovation. University of León. Duration: 13 hours.
2025. Universal design for learning, gender perspective and social inclusion. University of Burgos. Duration: 12 hours.
2025. Teaching Planning, Active Methodologies and Evaluation. University of Valladolid. Duration: 30 hours.
2024. Strategies for successfully applying for a six-year research period. University of León. Duration: 2 hours.
2024. Creating Interactive Teaching Materials with A.I. University of León. Duration: 3 hours.
2024. Adapting teaching to students with special educational needs. University of León. Duration: 2 hours.
2021. The art of connecting. Effective communication and leadership. University of Vigo. Duration: 20 hours.
2021. Public speaking and communication for teachers. University of Vigo. Duration: 24 hours.
2020. Virtual classrooms in Moodle for teaching use (Level 1). University of Vigo. Duration: 12 hours.
2020. Virtual classrooms in Moodle for teaching use (Level 2). University of Vigo. Duration: 12 hours.
2020. Training course in statistics with R for researchers. University of Vigo. Duration: 35 hours.
2020. Creating and processing images and photographs with GIMP. University of Vigo. Duration: 20 hours.
2020. Introduction to flipped learning: learning design and basic tools. University of Vigo. Duration: 8 hours.

Teaching accreditations

ANECA. Spanish Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation.
ACSUGA. Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System.
Galaxie. French Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation. Accreditation for "Population biology and ecology" and "Biology of organisms".