Has been part of 7 CREAF projects Projects involved in DISTRESS Understanding the mechanisms behind tree responses to drought-induced stress with increasing tree size MODOSIN Monitoring and modelling integrated into a warning system of mountain forests' vulnerability DATAFORUSE Data-driven assessment of global patterns in tree drought responses and forest water use Research groups this member belongs to Biogeografia funcional: resposta dels ecosistemes terrestres als canvis i gradients ambientals Related linksRafael Poyatos - Publons Rafael Poyatos - Google scholar CV Rafael Poyatos SAPFLUXNET Project r.poyatos@creaf.uab.cat935814678Office: C5/1120researchergate profile twitter profile orcid profile researcherid profile I am a forest ecophysiologist and ecohydrologist, at CREAF since 2009, and I am Assistant Professor in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) since 2018. I received a PhD in Biology (ICTJA-CSIC and Universitat de Barcelona, UB) in 2006. I have conducted postdoctoral research at Solfranc Tecnologías (2007-2008), Durham University, UK, (2008-2009) and I have visited several European institutions, including the The University of Edinburgh, UK, (2004, 2012) and Ghent University in Belgium (2017).I am interested in improving our understanding of how terrestrial ecosystems control water and carbon fluxes. I have made relevant contributions on (1) forest ecohydrology, (2) functional responses to drought in forests, (3) the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the carbon cycle, (4) the mechanisms and consequences of drought-induced tree mortality and (5) big data and the global controls on transpiration. I have been awarded several competitive fellowships and grants, including a ‘Juan de la Cierva’ postdoctoral fellowship (2010), a Marie-Sklodowska Curie-EF (2014), a JIN Young Researchers Grant (2014) and a ‘José Castillejo’ mobility grant (2016). I have participated in 20 research projects and I currently coordinate the SAPFLUXNET project, where we have compiled the first global database of tree water use derived from sap flow measurements. I am member of the editorial review board of the journals Tree Physiology and Frontiers in Forests and Global Change and guest editor of the journal Forests. At the UAB, I have lectured in the MSc in Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management (2010-2013) and at several BSc courses (since 2018). Interests Physiological ecology of plants and ecosystems. Water and carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Drought responses of plants and ecosystems. Management of ecological data: from field measurements to databases.Recent publications under CREAF affiliation Correction to: Below-ground hydraulic constraints during drought-induced decline in Scots pine (Annals of Forest Science, (2018), 75, 4, (100), 10.1007/s13595-018-0778-7)Poyatos R., Aguadé D., Martínez-Vilalta J.2019Annals of Forest Science7600Doi: 10.1007/s13595-019-0825-z Automated measurements of greenhouse gases fluxes from tree stems and soils: magnitudes, patterns and driversBarba J., Poyatos R., Vargas R.2019Scientific Reports900Doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39663-8 A synthesis of bias and uncertainty in sap flow methodsFlo V., Martinez-Vilalta J., Steppe K., Schuldt B., Poyatos R.2019Agricultural and Forest Meteorology271: 362-374Doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.03.012 View more publications