Juan Moles Sanchez

Juan Moles Sanchez

Lecturer Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-4055
Scopus Author ID: 55918686600
Researcher ID: H-4786-2018
Knowledge area: Zoologia

Research group: GRC Sistemàtica i Evolució Zoològica (ZooSysEvo)

Contact Information
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Facultat de Biologia, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona
93 402 21446
juan.moles(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Zoology
Marine Zoology

Academic Training

Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 10/08/2010 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Biodiversitat . Universitat de Barcelona . 23/09/2016 . (Ph.D.)
Biodiversitat . Universitat de Barcelona . 10/10/2011 . (Official Master)
Postdoc . Harvard University . 30/12/2019 . (Specialized Training)
Postdoc . Bavarian State Collection of Zoology . 17/10/2021 . (Specialized Training)

Research interests

Ecology of Antarctic benthic invertebrates
Systematics and taxonomy of heterobranchs
Marine invertebrate phylogenomics

Projects

Putnam Expedition Grant . 2019 - 2019 . Ref.PUTNAM-17/10/2018 . Harvard University . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
Humboldt Research Fellowship . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.3.3-ESP-1195812-HFST-P . Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
Heterobranchia Genomics 1000 A Thousand Species: All-Family Phylogeny of the Largest Gastropod Subclass . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-127037NA-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
MALACOME: two obscure mollusc genomes for unravelling unknown evolutionary pathways and key biological processes  . 2025 - 2025 . Ref.IEC-BG4-2024-10 . Institut d'Estudis Catalans . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
Taxonomía Integrativa y Genómica de Gasterópodos Marinos: Promoviendo Colecciones de Museos y Formación Internacional para elDescubrimiento de la Biodiversidad . 2025 - 2028 . Ref.PID2024-160245NB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez

Journal Publications

Moles, J.; Berning, M.I.; Hooker, Y.; Padula, V.; Wilson, N.G.; Schrödl, M. (2021). Due South: The evolutionary history of Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Tritoniidae nudibranchs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 162, p. 107209 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107209 . ISSN: 1055-7903
Moles J, Giribet G (2021). A polyvalent and universal tool for genomic studies in gastropod molluscs (Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155, p. 106996 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106996 . ISSN: 1055-7903
Moles, J.; Derkarabetian, S.; Schiaparelli, S.; Schrödl, M.; Troncoso, J.S.; Wilson, N.G.; Giribet, G. (2021). An approach using ddRADseq and machine learning for understanding speciation in Antarctic Antarctophilinidae gastropods. Scientific Reports, 11, p. 8473 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322
Moles, J; Brenzinger, B; Berning, MI; Martynov, A; Korshunova, T; Schrödl; M (2023). Systematic rearrangements in an all-genus phylogeny of side-gilled slugs (Heterobranchia, Pleurobranchida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202(2) . https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad162 . ISSN: 0024-4082
Paz-Sedano, S.; Moles, J.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T.M.; Pola, M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 192 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1055-7903
Canet-Miralda, C.; Moles, J. (2024). Exploring the intriguing arrival of Vayssierea Risbec, 1928 slugs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Marine Biology, 171 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0025-3162
Vidal-Miralles, Jose; Kohnert, Peter; Monte, Marina; Salvador, Xavier; Schrödl, Michael; Moles, Juan (2024). Between sea angels and butterflies: a global phylogeny of pelagic pteropod molluscs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201, pp. 1 - 12 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1055-7903
Fernández-Vilert, R.; Arnedo, M.A.; Salvador, X.; Valdés, A.; Schröld, M.; Moles, J. (2025). Shining disco: shedding light into the systematics of the family Discodorididae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203(1) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0024-4082
Chen, Z.; Baeza, J.A.; Chen, C.; Gonzalez, M.T.; González, V.L.; Greve, C.; Kocot, K.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Moles, J.; Schell, T.; Schwabe, E.; Sun, J.; Wong, N.L.W.S.; Yap-Chiongco, M.; Sigwart, J.D. (2025). A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology. Science, 387(6737), pp. 1001 - 1007 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0036-8075
Fernández-Simón, J.; Jörger, K.M.; Brenzinger, B.; Schrödl, M.; Wilson, N.G.; Neusser, T.P.; Moles, J. (2025). From marine sand to land and rivers: A combined phylogenomic strategy unveils the evolution of minute Acochlidimorpha slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 213, pp. 1 - 13 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1055-7903

Others Publications

Avila, C.; Núñez-Pons, L.; Moles, J. (2018). From the tropics to the poles: chemical defensive strategies in sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) . In Chemical Ecology: The Ecological Impacts of Marine Natural Products. . Taylor & Francis . ISBN: 9781482248807 .