David López-Bosch is currently doing his PhD between the Biodiversity and Bioindicators Research Group (at the Museum of Natural Sciences of Granollers) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He is currently working on the use of citizen science bat data to incur to the conservation status of different European bat species as well as the use of acoustic data to develop reliable habitat bioindicators. His main research interests include species conservation, species and habitat management and restoration, science communication and citizen science.

He finished his bachelor’s degree in 2014, during which he participated in various volunteer work at local conservationist associations (mainly at ADENC). During that time, he engaged extensively on different projects and campaigns focusing on the preservation of habitats and natural landmarks around the Barcelona metropolitan area and the conservation and monitoring of different taxa. Among these there is his participation in various bird ringing campaigns, the founding of a local “bat group” and the monitoring of bats along the Llobregat river and the design and implementation of a project to eradicate invasive terrapins and promote the presence of autochthonous ones.

He finished his Master’s degree in Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, during which he started his collaboration with the Museum of Natural Sciences of Granollers. Since then David has participated in various international projects in China and Southeast Asia to study the effects of hydroelectric reservoirs on bats (his MSc thesis) and in Catalonia on the impact of aerogenerators on bat fauna, the monitoring of endangered bat species using acoustics, radiotracking and trapping techniques.

The developing and use of the citizen science platform BatMonitoring.org is currently his main research focus. He also leads studies of endangered bat species, monitoring of subterranean bat roosts using non-invasive methods and the establishment of acoustic bat monitoring protocols with citizen science.