Daniel Estévez-Barcia

Daniel Estévez-Barcia

Postdoctoral researcher at Fish and Shellfish Department

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher in applied population genetics at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. My research focuses on molecular ecology, evolutionary biology, population genomics, and conservation genomics. I currently lead a project investigating the genomic architecture of Greenland halibut across the North Atlantic, with a particular focus on the genetic basis of sex determination. I am also a lead author on a project evaluating the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize biodiversity in southern African ecosystems. In addition, I collaborate on projects that characterize population structure and develop genetic tools to support the sustainable management of Atlantic herring and polar cod.

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Interests
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Population Genomics
  • Conservation Genomics
Education

  • PhD in Marine Science, Technology and Management, 2018

    University of Vigo

  • MSc in Marine Biology, 2014

    Bangor University

  • BSc in Biology, 2013

    University of Vigo

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Postdoctoral Researcher
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Oct 2019 – Present Nuuk, Greenland

Responsabilities include:

  • Statistical analyses for fisheries management
  • Genomic analyses of fish samples
  • International collaboration
  • Data management and reproducibility
  • Communication with fisheries
  • Public divulgation by web
 
 
 
 
 
University of Gothenburg
Research stay at Tjarno Marine laboratory
University of Gothenburg
Jun 2016 – Jul 2016 Stromstad, Sweden

Responsabilities included:

  • Running experiments on phenotypic differences between snail ecotypes
 
 
 
 
 
University of Vigo
PhD on Marine Science, Technology and Management
University of Vigo
Sep 2015 – May 2018 Vigo, Spain

Responsabilities included:

  • Project management and execution as PhD candidate on the project Ecologic speciation with gene flow: evolution of preference during mating in simpatry
  • Data management and analyses
  • Teaching
  • Design of PCR protocol and execution
  • Laboratory housekeeping
 
 
 
 
 
Bangor University
MSc Marine Biology
Bangor University
Sep 2013 – Dec 2014 Bangor, United Kingdom

Responsabilities included:

  • Maintenance of invertebrates in acquaria under experimental treatment
  • Laboratory Lowry protein assay and RNA orcinol method
 
 
 
 
 
Internship
Laboratorios Lema & Bandin
Jul 2012 – Aug 2012 Vigo, Spain

Responsabilities included:

  • Clinical analysis of blood and urine samples
  • Clinical analysis of bacterial cultures
 
 
 
 
 
University of Vigo
BSc Biology
University of Vigo
Sep 2009 – Jul 2013 Vigo, Spain

Responsabilities included:

  • Collaboration within XB2 research group for intertidal sampling and statistical analysis on evolutionary biology
  • Reviewing research for publication in the journal Current Zoology

Skills

R

Statistical and graphical analysis, data management and reproducibility

Statistics

ANOVA, Linear models, Bayesian inference

Command line

Housekeeping and navigation

Laboratory

Genetic and physiological protocols

Genetic analyses

Population genetics using R, Structure, Admixture and other programmes

Project management

Project organization and execution

Fisheries Science

basic skills on fish stock analyses and management

GitHub

Team work and project management

Fieldwork

Intertidal and oceanic sampling

Publications

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Daniel Estévez-Barcia, Jannes Landschoff, Sophie von der Heyden (2026). Investigating Environmental DNA Variability and Species Detections Through Passive and Active Sampling Across Time. A Case Study From a Hyper‐Diverse Coastal System. Environmental DNA, 8(1).

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Daniel Estévez-Barcia, Denis Roy, Mikko Vihtakari, Davíð Gíslason, Martin Lindegren, Asbjørn Christensen, Laura Wheeland, Margaret Treble, Julio Úbeda, Adriana Nogueira, Kevin Hedges, Áki Jarl Láruson, Alejandro Mateos Rivera, Geir Dahle, Jon-Ivar Westgaard, Bjarki Elvarsson, Lise Helen Ofstad, Elvar H. Hallfredsson, Ole Thomas Albert, Jesper Boje, Torild Johansen (2025). Sex Influences the Genetic Structure of Greenland Halibut in the North Atlantic". Ecology and Evolution, 15(2).

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Adriana Nogueira, Daniel Estévez-Barcia (2024). Results for Greenland halibut survey in NAFO Divisions 1C-1D for the period 1997-2017, 2019 and 2022-2023. NAFO SCR Doc. 24/013.

Kara K. S. Layton, M. S. O. Brieuc, Rita Castillo, Natalia Diaz-Arce, Daniel Estévez-Barcia, Vera G. Fonseca, Angela P. Fuentes-Pardo, N. W. Jeffery, Belén Jiménez-Mena, Claudia Junge, J. Kaufmann, Tuomas Leinonen, Sarah M. Maes, P. McGinnity, Thomas E. Reed, C. M. O. Reisser, G. Silva, Anti Vasemägi, Ian R. Bradbury (2024). Predicting the future of our oceans—Evaluating genomic forecasting approaches in marine species. Global Change Biology, 30(3).

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Julius Nielsen, Daniel Estévez-Barcia, Søren Post, Helle Torp Christensen, Anja Retzel, Lorenz Meire, Frank Rigét, John Frederik Strøm, Audun Rikardsen, Rasmus Hedeholm (2024). Validation of pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) on Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in a Greenland fjord. Fisheries Research, 266.

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Blog

Filling the communication gap between genomics and marine fisheries

Filling the communication gap between genomics and marine fisheries

Understanding challenges between genetics and management in fisheries.

Science dies in chaos: how to keep scientific harmony in the digital era

Science dies in chaos: how to keep scientific harmony in the digital era

Part 1. Organizing and naming files

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