TEAM AND COLLABORATORS
JORGE CURIEL YUSTE
Ikerbasque Research Professor
Dr. Jorge Curiel Yuste, holds an Ikerbasque Research Professorship in BC3 since April 2017. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Antwerp (UA, Belgium) in 2004. Throughout his scientific career, he has been awarded with several grants and postdoctoral fellowships of international recognition, among which are two Marie Curie Intra-European-IEF and a “Ramón y Cajal” research fellowship (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN)
DR ANA LÓPEZ BALLESTEROS
Juan de la Cierva Post-Doctoral Fellow
My research is focused on understanding how land use, management and climate variability affect the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. To do so, I track their health by using several experimental and analytical techniques, such as eddy covariance or geospatial analysis. As a PhD student in the Departments of Ecology and Applied Physics at University of Granada (UGR) and in the Department of Geo-ecology at the Desertification in the Experimental Station of Arid Zones (EEZA-CSIC), I investigated the influence of land degradation, climate extremes and sustainable management strategies on the carbon sequestration capacity of several water-limited ecosystems. Afterwards, I applied the gained knowledge in the H2020 SEACRIFOG project by contributing to the design of a network of research infrastructures to monitor the main climate forcing components (e.g. GHG fluxes and stocks) across the under-studied African continent. I developed this work as a postdoctoral fellow of the Botany Department of Trinity College of Dublin (Ireland) and in collaboration with other 16 European and African institutions. Currently, as a postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva-Formación fellow in the SECO group at BC3, I am investigating how land use and topography modulate the vulnerability of holm oak against climate extremes over the last three decades.
DR PHIL ANTHONY MARTIN
Researcher (HoliSoil)
I am an applied ecologist working to aid decision-making about how to manage ecosystems. I am particularly interested in using evidence synthesis to inform decisions relating to the management, restoration, and resilience of forests. My current work aims to synthesise the effects of disturbances related to climate change on soil biodiversity in forest ecosystems as part of the Holisoils project.
DR LETICIA PEREZ IZQUIERDO
Researcher (HoliSoil)
“My research line focuses on the study of the interplay between fungal communities and their environment, with especial interest on the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis; how fungal communities relate to biotic and abiotic environmental parameters and their responses to disturbances. I am broadening my research interest to soil fauna and bacterial communities and how the ecosystems respond to global change”
MANUEL ENCINAS VALERO
PhD student (IBERYCA project)
The core of my research is to identify microbial communities associated to the process of holm oak decline through metabarcoding, Sanger sequencing and qPCR high-throughput, holm oak responses at above (leaves) and belowground level (roots) as well as its interaction with the soil properties are also considered and uPLC, standard chromatography, chlorophyll a fluorescence induction, and images analysis among other techniques are included
DR ANA-MARIA HERES
Associated researcher
I am currently a researcher from the Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania) and a reserache associated to the BC3. I hold a PhD from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB). I am an expert on dendrochronology and my research aims to understand how trees respond to climate variability and how past and present forest management determines tree responses to climate change.
DR JAVIER BUEZO BRAVO
Postdoctoral researcher (DeeWood project)
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the DeeWood project. My interests are understanding how dead wood may contribute to the carbon sink capacity of forest.
DR RAQUEL ESTEBAN TERRADILLOS
Assistant Professor (UPV/EHU)
I completed my Ph.D. Thesis in 2009 (Cum laude and extraordinary award), in which I fully characterized the lutein epoxide cycle, a new xanthophyll cycle fundamental for plant photoprotection mechanism responses. I was awarded by two doctor specialization grants funded by the University of Basque Country (2010-2013), a Jae-Doctor grant funded by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) cofinanced by the European Social Fund (2013-2016), and a Juan de la Cierva contract (2016-2017). I have experience in outstanding international institutions: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Spanish National Research Council, Universidad Nacional Autonoma Nicaragua, University of Minnesota and Italian National Research Council, Basque Centre for Climate Change . Now I am an Assistant Professor in this department teaching Plant Physiology in 7 different degrees and I am also the IP of the BEZ-EKOFISKO group. My research lines are i) Plants metabolites as a tool to detect early warning signs of tree health losses. ii) Carotenoids: a color world and their importance in nutrition and health and iii) Uncovering the volatile nature of bryophytes.