David March

Distinguished Researcher

Team Leader of the Spatial Marine Lab at University of Valencia (UV).

He obtained his PhD in 2014 at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (UIB-CSIC). Afterwards, he conducted several postdoctoral positions in top ranked research institutions funded by highly competitive programs, including the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (ICTS SOCIB) and the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (University of Exeter). In June 2022, he joined the UV to create its own independent team thanks to the CIDEGENT 2021 Excellence Program (Pla GenT).

His research focuses on integrated approaches to address animal-human interactions, with a major interest in spatial ecology, movement analysis and marine spatial planning. Throughout his career, David has developed a deep expertise in ocean observing systems and new marine technologies for monitoring human pressures and marine species across multiple taxa.