Encarni Montoya currently works at the Institute of Geosciencies Barcelona (CSIC). Encarni does research in Palaeoecology, Palaeobiogeography, and Neotropical ecology being particularly interested in the relationship between vegetation, climate and humas, as well as in the effect of other environmetnal drivers upon ecosystems. Amongst the proxies most used are pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs and charcoal particles.