Daniel Martín Martin-Vega
Daniel Martín Vega was born in Spain on 1 June 1980. His professional and academic career has been associated with the University of Alcalá, where he developed his research in zoology, forensic entomology, and the biology of necrophagous insects.
Martín Vega studied Biology at the University of Alcalá, completing his degree in 2004. He continued his postgraduate training at the same university in Zoology and Physical Anthropology and earned a doctorate in Biology in 2011. His doctoral dissertation, Estudio de los agregados de dípteros sarcosaprófagos y su relación con los ecosistemas naturales de la Comunidad de Madrid, examined carrion-associated Diptera assemblages across natural ecosystems in the Community of Madrid and was supervised by Arturo Baz Ramos.
Martín Vega has pursued an academic and research career at the University of Alcalá in the fields of zoology and applied entomology. His research has focused on necrophagous insects, forensic entomology, insect biology, species identification, carrion ecology, and the medical and veterinary significance of insects. His doctoral research documented the composition, diversity, seasonality, and habitat relationships of sarcosaprophagous Diptera in central Spain, including records of three Piophilidae species new to the Iberian fauna. He later developed research on insect development, morphology, molecular identification, carrion-insect ecology, and applications to the estimation of the postmortem interval. At the University of Alcalá he has taught zoology, animal anatomy, sanitary entomology, forensic entomology, external placements, and undergraduate dissertation courses. He became Professor Titular de Universidad in the area of Zoology in 2024 and has also held academic leadership responsibilities in the Faculty of Sciences, including service as vice-dean and deputy dean for Health Biology.
Completed a doctoral dissertation on sarcosaprophagous Diptera assemblages and their relationship with the natural ecosystems of the Community of Madrid at the University of Alcalá in 2011.
Documented three Piophilidae species—Piophila megastigmata, Prochyliza nigricornis, and Thyreophora cynophila—as new records for the Iberian fauna in doctoral research on carrion-associated Diptera.
(Co-authored article describing a histological preparation...)
2024Anatomical reconfiguration of the optic lobe during metamorphosis in the blow fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) revealed by X-ray micro-computed tomography
(Co-authored research article examining optic-lobe reconfi...)
2021Comparative larval anatomy of the digestive system of three Calliphoridae (Diptera) species that cause different types of myiasis
(Co-authored comparative study of digestive-system anatomy...)
2025Morphological and molecular characterization of puparia of Piophilidae species of forensic relevance
(Co-authored research combining morphological and molecula...)
2023(Co-authored ecological study comparing scavenging process...)
2022(Co-authored research article on the forensic significance...)
2011(Co-authored forensic entomology article on larval identif...)
2025(Co-authored study of the effects of photoperiod on Callip...)
2024Major differences in the larval anatomy of the digestive and excretory systems of three Oestridae species revealed by micro-CT
(Co-authored comparative study of larval digestive and exc...)
2021(Co-authored study of seasonal and altitudinal variation i...)
2011Larval anatomy and intra-puparial development of the camel nasal bot fly, Cephalopina titillator (Diptera: Oestridae)
(Co-authored study of larval anatomy and intra-puparial de...)
2025Larval anatomy of the digestive and excretory systems of the pharyngeal bot fly, Pharyngomyia picta (Diptera: Oestridae)
(Co-authored study of the larval digestive and excretory s...)
2023Keeping up with the times: The application of innovative techniques in forensic entomology
(Co-authored review of innovative techniques used in foren...)
2025(Doctoral dissertation by Daniel Martín Vega, defended at ...)
2011(Co-authored editorial on the role of review articles in a...)
2021Quotations: desdeunlugarmejor; Yo tambien me he tirado media hora para saber donde comenzava el celo; Yo tambien me comí el colacao a cucharadas y me dio tos; yo tampoco entiendo como se lia tanto el cable de los auriculares; yo jugué mario bros :D; Cojo un muelle, lo tiro por el retrete; Yo tampoco puedo hacer el puto cubo de rubik
Martín Vega's doctoral research was supervised by zoologist Arturo Baz Ramos at the University of Alcalá. He has collaborated with researchers in zoology, ecology, forensic science, veterinary science, and conservation biology on studies of carrion insects and their ecological and forensic applications.
