1. Ecological patterns of tropical timber species. A Pan - amazonian approach using masive data (PhD thesis). Researchers team: Ximena Herrera Alvarez (PI ), Juan A. Blanco (advisor), Gonzalo Rivas - Torres (co - advisorI). Work team: Leonardo - Ortega López, Oliver L. Phillips, Hans ter Steege, Vicente Guadalupe. Institutions: Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), University of Leeds (UK), Syracuse, New York (USA ), Utrecht University (Netherlands), Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization - ACTO, Bioamazon Project (Brazil). Funding: Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain), Navarre Government (Spain), University of Leeds (UK). 

2. Use of stoichiometry to evaluate and predict the effects of nutrient limitation and forest management on competition, drought resistance and growth (Uso de la estequiometría para evaluar y predecir los efectos de la limitación de nutrientes y el manejo forestal sobre la competencia, resistencia a la sequía y crecimiento). Researchers team. Imbert Rodriguez , Juan Bosco (IP); Juan A. Blanco (IP); García Santos, Rafael Rogelio. Work team: García Murillo Susana; Lo, Yue - Hsin, Ximena Herrera - Alvarez; Seely Brad. PID2022 -141248OB - 100. Institutions: Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI). Funding: Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI). 01/092023 - 31/08/2027. 

3. Silvicultural adaptation to climate change in Meso - Mediterranean forests: Identifying challenges through an ensamble process - Based Models.  Researchers team. Juan A. Blanco (I); Juan Bosco Imbert; Lidón Cerezuela Antonio Luis; Lull Noguera, Cristina. Work team: Ximena Herrera - Alvarez; Seely Brad. Hired team: Lo, Yue - Hsin; Ximena Herrera Alvarez. TED2021 - 131081B -C21. Institutions: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI). Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Unión Europea Next Generation EU/PRTR. 01/12/2022 - 30/04/2025.

4. Carbon stock in three forest types in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Research team: Byron Maza (PI), Ximena Herrera - Alvarez (co - PI), Magalena López (co - PI). Institutions: Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam (Ecuador), FAO Ecuador, CREAF and  Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA). Funding: National Secretary of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT), Ecuador. 2017 - 2019. Sub projects carried out as co - PI:

• Deadwood and leaf litter invertebrate community and nutrient concentrations. A case study along altitudinal gradients in the Western Amazon.
• Optimal sample size for the estimation of biomass in necromass substratum in two types of forest in the Napo province, Ecuador.
• Coarse woody debris and snags density reduction factors along altitudinal gradients in the Western Amazon. 

5. An assessment of post-fire natural regeneration in an eucalyptus forest in the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador: Implications for its management. Reseachers team: Ximena Herrera - Alvarez (PI), Cristina Saransing (co - PI), Katic García (co -PI ), Ana Torres (co - PI). Institutions: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Funding: Instituto de la Ciudad de Quito, Ecuador. 2016 - 2017.

6. NEBE “Nationalization of Natural Resources in Bolivia and Ecuador.” Researchers team: Carlos F. Mena. Work team: Ximena Herrera - Alvarez (research assistant). Institutions: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. 2016. 

7. Interactions between climate, forest management and interspecific competition in mixed forests of Scots pine and beech in the north of the Iberian Peninsula.  Researchers team. Juan A. Blanco (I); Juan Bosco Imbert; Castillo Martínez, Federico José, Brad Seely, Chiu Chih - Ming, Clive Welham, Guang Biing T. Work team. González de Andrés Ester. Hired Team: Lo, Yue - Hsin. TFM: Ximena Herrera - Alvarez. Funding: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Universidad Pública de Navarra. 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2015

8. Analysis of Social Participation in two Environmental Impact studies in the Southern Amazon of Ecuador. Reseachers team: Daniela Erazo (PI), Ximena Herrera - Alvarez, Gabriel Laspina. Institutions and funding: Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental (CEDA), Ecuador. 2014.

9. Potential dispersers of the invasive plant Psidium guajava on San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos. Reseachers team: Ximena Herrera - Alvarez (PI), Stella de la Torre (co - PI). Institutions: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Funding: Galapagos Science Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.