I am Alejandro de la Concha, predoctoral researcher at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) and at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). I studied Environmental Sciences at the UAM and the Master's Degree in Biodiversity in Tropical Areas and its Conservation at the Menéndez Pelayo International University and the CSIC. I have also done international stays and internships working with amphibians and reptiles.
Right now, I am studying some very strange animals known as blind snakes, the amphisbaenids. Since they are reptiles adapted to live underground and are blind, they use a communication system through chemical signals (smells) to reproduce and recognise each other. In my thesis, I study how climate change and soil pollution affect this communication process.
In my spare time, I love to travel, explore in remote rainforests and take pictures of animals. I also love basketball, movies, climbing and video games.