Daniel Sánchez MataBotanistComplutense University of Madrid
Daniel Sánchez Mata holds a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (1981) from the Complutense University of Madrid. He developed a PhD in Plant Ecology and Geobotany (1986) from the same university with a dissertation entitled “Study of the Flora and Vegetation of the Eastern Massif of the Sierra de Gredos (Ávila, Spain)”. In 2003, the Ministry of Education and Science recognaize him with a diploma as an Expert in Plant and Pharmacological Toxicology.
He has been Assistant Professor, Director of the MAF Herbarium, and Associate Vice Rector for the Environment and Sustainability at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has also collaborate with the herbariums at Harvard University. He is currently a Full Professor of Botany at the Complutense University of Madrid (since 2016), Co-Director of the Research Group on Bioclimatology and Biogeography: Vegetation-Environment Relationships (ENVIROVEG, UCM 910164), and Director of the Royal Complutense College at Harvard University (since 2021).
His research interests include geobotanical sciences (bioclimatology, biogeography, and phytosociology); plant autoecology and vegetation synecology in Mediterranean climate zones (primarily in southern Europe, North Africa, and western North America), with a special focus on Mediterranean chaparral, mountain forests, and wooded areas; and the bioclimatology and biogeography of Mediterranean climate zones (primarily in southern Europe, North Africa, and western North America).
