Education
PhD 2014 – 2018 Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
PhD in Biodiversity, Graduated September 2018
Title: Ecological factors and diatom diversity at rivers of the Iberian
Mediterranean river basins: macro-scale, meso-scale and micro-scale (https://tdx.cat/handle/10803/663475#page=1)
Doctoral stay Sep-Dec 2017 Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Study at the Hustedt Diatom Studies Centre: Semiautomated diatom morphometry
M. Sc. 2013 – 2014 Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
M. Sc. in Biodiversity, Minor in Biodiversity Management
Title: Factors affecting diatom richness, life-forms and morphological diversity
Erasmus 2012 – 2013 Freie Universität Berlin, Botanischer Garten, Botanisches Museum
Erasmus stay at the Diatom Research group
B. Sc. 2009 – 2013 Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor Degree in Biology, Minoring in Biodiversity. Finalized July 2013.
Title: Phylogenetic analysis of Diatoma sp. nov. Morphological, ecological and molecular aspects
B. Sc. 2005 – 2007 Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor Studies in Environmental Sciences.
Professional Appointments
01.2024 – 12.2026 Postdoctoral research assistant at the Phycology Research group of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Scientific investigation of Harmful Algal Blooms in Greenland.
04.2020 – 12.2023 Postdoctoral research assistant at the Phycology Research group of the University of Duisburg Essen. Freshwater diatom teaching, and general biology seminars (microscopy, ecology and evolution), as well as non-perennial river diatom ecology.
10.2019-04.2020 Scholarship for the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) with project: Epiphytic diatom taxonomy and size variability produced by macroalgal hosts in Antarctic environments
12 2018 – 09.2019 Employed at the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung. Department of Polar Biological Oceanography. Work with Antarctic, planktonic diatom cultures and helping with the Hustedt Diatom Collection.
10. 2014- 09.2018 Scientific collaborator at the Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Limnological research collaboration in several biomonitoring campaigns with macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and benthic diatoms.
11. 2013-09.2014 Internship at the Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Botany.
Biomonitoring with diatom assemblages of the Ebro River Basin.
04. 2013-09.2013 Internship at Greenaltech, working with microalgal cultures for metabolite yield.
Grants and scholarships
04. 2022 – 12.2022 Programme for the promotion of excellent early career researchers of the University Duisburg-Essen
“Comparative effectiveness of diatom metabarcoding markers in temporary rivers” (25.000€)
10.2019-04.2020 Scholarship for the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) with project: Epiphytic diatom taxonomy and size variability produced by macroalgal hosts in Antarctic environments