Marwa Kechnebbou

Ecology and Environmental Research

About Me

I’m an ecology researcher specializing in climate change, biodiversity, and species adaptation. My work focuses on understanding how animals respond to extreme and rapidly changing environments.

Research Focus

My research combines field ecology and ecological modeling to study species distribution and resilience under climate change. I’m particularly interested in how global warming affects biodiversity in arid and extreme ecosystems.

Background

I obtained my PhD in Ecology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (cum laude, international distinction). My research integrates climate data and species occurrence data to model habitat suitability under current and future scenarios.

Key Achievements

  • Author of multiple peer-reviewed scientific publications
  • Principal Investigator of funded research projects:
    • Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
    • L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science
  • Technical Skills:
    • Ecological modeling: MaxEnt, GLM, Random Forest, SVM
    • Programming & data analysis: Excel, Python, SQL, R
    • GIS tools: QGIS, ArcGIS, ArcView
    • Statistical software: SPSS, SAS, STATISTICA, R