Dr. María Arróniz-Crespo
Post-doctoral researcher
School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography
Bangor University
Wales, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1248 383062
[email protected]
[email protected]
School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography
Bangor University
Wales, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1248 383062
[email protected]
[email protected]
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, University of Salamanca, Spain, (2000)
PhD. University of La Rioja, Spain, (2005)
SCIENTIFIC CAREER
Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Research Fellow Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, 2009-2012
N2-fixation by bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations in recently deglaciated areas. María was responsible for this sub-project aimed to describe how bryophytes contribute to the nitrogen budget in Sub-Antarctic areas where glaciers are currently undergoing retreat. She carried out two field campaigns in Tierra del Fuego (Chile) making measurements of N2 fixation in the field and lab, nutrient contents in plant and soil samples, bryophyte δ15N and δ13C signatures, bryophyte identification, survey epiphytic cyanobacteria by molecular analysis and abundance by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Comparative bryophyte ecophysiology under extreme environments. María participated in a field campaign in the highest volcanoes in Mexico and was responsible for the development of this sub-project.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico, 2008-2009
Biological indication and critical loads of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on tropical mountain forest in Mexico. She designed and developed studies to identify species and biological variables suitable for the establishment of biomonitoring networks and determination of critical loads of nitrogen deposition in México. Maria set up a new project to establishment networks of atmospheric deposition using Mixed Bed Ion Exchange Resin Columns. She is currently working together with the Government of Mexico (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change) and the Government of the Federal District.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Sheffield, UK, 2006-2008
Physiological responses of bryophytes to long-term nitrogen deposition and rates of recovery in grassland ecosystems. This research highlights the significant importance of physiological mechanisms involved in changes of bryophyte composition in N polluted environments. María developed new techniques within this topic such as HPLC analysis, chlorophyll fluorescence and phosphomonoesterase enzyme activity.
Visiting Research Fellow Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden, Jun – Aug 2006 & 2007
Physiological responses to long-term enhanced and ambient solar ultraviolet radiation in sub-arctic bryophytes. She carried out an extensive assessment of bryophyte responses to UV radiation which included measurements of secondary metabolites and photosynthetic pigments by HPLC and energy dissipation mechanisms by chlorophyll fluorescence, growth and changes in bryophyte cover.
Visiting Research Fellow University of Saarlandes, Germany, Oct – Dec 2004
Purification and identification of secondary metabolites in bryophytes.
Visiting Research Fellow University of Friedrich-Alexander, Germany, Oct – Dec 2003
Effects of UV radiation on the physiology of algae
PUBLICATIONS
M. Arróniz-Crespo, S. Pérez-Ortega, A. De los Ríos, T.G. Allan Green, R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. A. Casermeiro, M. T. de la Cruz, A. Pintado, D. Palacios, R. Rozzi, N. Tysklind, L. G. Sancho. Bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations during primary succession in recently deglaciated areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile). PLoS ONE 9(5): e96081. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096081
A. Velasco-Castrillón, C. J. Sands,, S. J. McInnes, M. B. Schultz, M. Arróniz-Crespo, C. A. D'Haese , J. A. E. Gibson , B. J. Adams , T. J. Page , A. D. Austin , S. J. B. Cooper and M. I. Stevens. Mitochondrial DNA reveals hidden diversity for tardigrades from across the Antarctic realm. Invertebrate Systematics (accepted)
R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. Arróniz-Crespo, M. A. Bowker, F. T. Maestre, M. E. Pérez-Corona, M. R. Theobald, M. G. Vivanco, E. Manrique. Biogeochemical indicators of elevated nitrogen deposition in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (accepted)
M. Arróniz-Crespo, D. Gwynn-Jones, T. V. Callaghan, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, P. Horton & G. K. Phoenix. Impacts of long-term enhanced UV-B radiation on bryophytes in two sub-Arctic heathlands of contrasting water availability. Annals of Botany 108:557-565 (2011)
Stevens CJ, Manning P, Van den Berg LJL, De Graaf MCC, Wamelink GWW, Boxman AW, Bleeker A, Vergeer P, Arroniz-Crespo M, Limpens J, Lamers LPM, Bobbink R, & Dorland E. Ecosystem responses to reduced and oxidised nitrogen inputs in European terrestrial habitats. Environmental Pollution 159: 665-676 (2011)
M. Arróniz-Crespo, JR Leake, P Horton & G Phoenix. Bryophyte physiological responses to, and recovery from, long-term nitrogen deposition and phosphorus fertilisation in acidic grassland. New Phytologist, 180: 864 – 874 (2008)
M. Arróniz-Crespo, G. Phoenix, E. Núñez-Olivera & J Martínez-Abaigar. Age-specific physiological responses to UV radiation in the aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 29 (2): 127-138 (2008).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar. Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives in an aquatic liverwort as possible bioindicators of enhanced UV radiation. Environmental Pollution 151: 8-16 (2008).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, J.M. Scher, J. Zapp, H. Becker & R. Tomás. Physiological changes and UV protection in the aquatic liverwort Jungermania exsertifolia subsp. Cordifolia along an altitudinal gradient of UV-B radiation. Functional Plant Biology 33(11) 1025–1036 (2006).
J. Martínez-Abaigar, E. Núñez-Olivera, M. Arróniz-Crespo, R.Tomás, N. Beaucourt & S. Otero. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on aquatic bryophytes. Limnetica, 25(1-2): 81-94 (2006).
E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, S. Otero & M. Arróniz-Crespo. Effects of the exclusion of solar UV-B radiation on the physiology of two cultivars of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) from La Rioja (Spain). American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 57:4 (2006).
S. Otero, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, M. Arróniz-Crespo & N. Beaucourt. Effects of cadmium and enhanced UV radiation on the physiology and the concentration of UV-absorbing compounds of the aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 5: 760-769 (2006).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, R.P. Sinha, J. Martínez-Abaigar, E. Núñez-Olivera & D.-P. Häder. Changes in mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) and physiological variables in the red alga Lemanea fluviatilis under artificially enhanced ultraviolet radiation. Journal of freshwater ecology 20 (4): 677-687 (2005)
E. Núñez-Olivera, M. Arróniz-Crespo, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás & N. Beaucourt. Assessing the UV-B tolerance of sun and shade samples of two aquatic bryophytes using short-term tests. The Bryologist 108 (3): 435-448 (2005).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar & R. Tomás. A survey of the distribution of UV-absorbing compounds in aquatic bryophytes from a mountain stream. The Bryologist 107: 202-208 (2004)
E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt & M. Arróniz-Crespo. Influence of temperature on the effects of artificially enhanced UV-B radiation on aquatic bryophytes under laboratory conditions. Photosynthetica 42: 201-212 (2004).
A.M. Díaz, J.P. Díaz, F.J. Expósito, A. Cerdeña, J. Lorente, R. Pedrós, V. Cachorro, A. Labajo, B. De La Morena, L. Alados-Arboledas, M. Pujadas, H. Horvath, A.M. Silva, G. Pavese, J. Abel & M. Arróniz-Crespo. Intercomparación de Espectrofotómetros durante la campaña VELETA 2002. 4ª Asamblea Hispano Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofisica. Figueira da Foz (2004)
E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt & M. Arróniz. Briófitos de ríos y bioindicación del cambio climático. Una experiencia en La Rioja. Zubía Monográfico 22: 165-185. (2004)
J. Martínez Abaigar, E. Núñez Olivera, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt, A. García Álvaro & M. Arróniz. Different physiological responses of two aquatic bryophytes to enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation. Journal of Bryology 25: 17-30. (2003)
J. Martínez Abaigar, E. Núñez Olivera, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt, A. García Álvaro & M. Arróniz. Daños macroscópicos y microscópicos causados por un aumento de la radiación ultravioleta-b en dos briófitos acuáticos del Parque Natural de Sierra Cebollera (La Rioja). Zubía Monográfico 22: 143-163. (2004)
Book chapters
M. Arróniz-Crespo, R. Ochoa-Hueso, E. Manrique. Biomonitoring studies of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in México: detection and prevention of impacts on natural ecosystems. En: Avances y perspectivas de la depositación ácida en México. Edited by the Universidad Autónoma del Carmen, México. (2012) ISBN: 978-607-7826-21-7
PROJECT PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATIONS
2013 – 2015“Primary succession of plant and microbial communities in recently deglaciated areas of Polar Regions, biotic and abiotic drivers controlling biodiversity in a changing environment”. Spanish Government. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Invited researcher.
10/12 - 2012 “Establishment of Biomonitoring Networks of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Mexico”. Banco Santander. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Principal Investigator.
2009 – 2012 “Environmental gradients in terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems. Changes in diversity and productivity in plant communities from tierra del fuego to the transantarctic mountains”. Spanish Government. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Co-investigator.
2006 – 2008 “Physiological responses of bryophytes to long-term nitrogen deposition and rates of recovery in grassland ecosystems”. Royal Society, UK. University of Sheffield, UK. Co-Principal Investigator
2006 & 2007 “Physiological responses to long-term enhanced and ambient solar ultraviolet radiation in sub-arctic bryophytes”. Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. Co-Principal Investigator
2005 – 2006 “Biomonitoring Studies in the National Park Sierra Cebolleta: Liverworts as biomonitors of ultraviolet-b radiation”. La Rioja Research Council, Spain. University of La Rioja, Spain. Principal Investigator
2005 – 2008. “Validation of an oromediterranean bioindication net of ultraviolet-b radiation using aquatic bryophytes” (Spanish Government). Universidad de La Rioja, Spain. Co-investigador.
2002 – 2005. “Climate change and ultraviolet-b radiation in mountain ecosystems: Evaluation of methods and species to establish a net of bioindication base on aquatic bryophytes” (Spanish Government). Universidad de La Rioja, Spain. Co-investigador.
2000 – 2002. “Biological effects of ultraviolet-b radiation on aquatic bryophytes from head water stream ecosystems: Evaluation of its function as bioindicators” (Spanish Government). Universidad de La Rioja, Spain. Co-investigador.
INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND SEMINARS
CONFERENCE PAPERS AS FIRST AUTHOR
GRANTS AWARDED
10-12 / 2012 Research Grant (Banco Santander, Spain) (£4,300)
2009 / 2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship. (Spanish Government, Spain) (£85,125)
2008 / 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship. (UNAM, Mexico) (£16,800)
02 / 2007 Conference Grant 2006/R4 (Royal Society, UK) (£1,681)
07 / 2006 Research Grant 2006/R1 (Royal Society, UK) (£14,200)
04 / 2006 Research Grant ATANS (Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden) (£2500)
2006 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowship. (Spanish Government, Spain) (£31,500)
08 / 2005 Research Grant (La Rioja Research Council, Spain) (£1,500)
2002 - 2005 PhD Predoctoral Grant (Spanish Government, Spain) (£32,500)
01-12 / 2001 Master Thesis Grant (La Rioja Government, Spain) (£6,500)
JOURNAL REVIEWING
New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, Functional Ecology, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Bryology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Physiologia Plantarum, Science of the Total Environment.
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION
BSc, University of Salamanca, Spain, (2000)
PhD. University of La Rioja, Spain, (2005)
SCIENTIFIC CAREER
Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Research Fellow Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, 2009-2012
N2-fixation by bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations in recently deglaciated areas. María was responsible for this sub-project aimed to describe how bryophytes contribute to the nitrogen budget in Sub-Antarctic areas where glaciers are currently undergoing retreat. She carried out two field campaigns in Tierra del Fuego (Chile) making measurements of N2 fixation in the field and lab, nutrient contents in plant and soil samples, bryophyte δ15N and δ13C signatures, bryophyte identification, survey epiphytic cyanobacteria by molecular analysis and abundance by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Comparative bryophyte ecophysiology under extreme environments. María participated in a field campaign in the highest volcanoes in Mexico and was responsible for the development of this sub-project.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico, 2008-2009
Biological indication and critical loads of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on tropical mountain forest in Mexico. She designed and developed studies to identify species and biological variables suitable for the establishment of biomonitoring networks and determination of critical loads of nitrogen deposition in México. Maria set up a new project to establishment networks of atmospheric deposition using Mixed Bed Ion Exchange Resin Columns. She is currently working together with the Government of Mexico (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change) and the Government of the Federal District.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Sheffield, UK, 2006-2008
Physiological responses of bryophytes to long-term nitrogen deposition and rates of recovery in grassland ecosystems. This research highlights the significant importance of physiological mechanisms involved in changes of bryophyte composition in N polluted environments. María developed new techniques within this topic such as HPLC analysis, chlorophyll fluorescence and phosphomonoesterase enzyme activity.
Visiting Research Fellow Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden, Jun – Aug 2006 & 2007
Physiological responses to long-term enhanced and ambient solar ultraviolet radiation in sub-arctic bryophytes. She carried out an extensive assessment of bryophyte responses to UV radiation which included measurements of secondary metabolites and photosynthetic pigments by HPLC and energy dissipation mechanisms by chlorophyll fluorescence, growth and changes in bryophyte cover.
Visiting Research Fellow University of Saarlandes, Germany, Oct – Dec 2004
Purification and identification of secondary metabolites in bryophytes.
Visiting Research Fellow University of Friedrich-Alexander, Germany, Oct – Dec 2003
Effects of UV radiation on the physiology of algae
PUBLICATIONS
M. Arróniz-Crespo, S. Pérez-Ortega, A. De los Ríos, T.G. Allan Green, R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. A. Casermeiro, M. T. de la Cruz, A. Pintado, D. Palacios, R. Rozzi, N. Tysklind, L. G. Sancho. Bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations during primary succession in recently deglaciated areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile). PLoS ONE 9(5): e96081. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096081
A. Velasco-Castrillón, C. J. Sands,, S. J. McInnes, M. B. Schultz, M. Arróniz-Crespo, C. A. D'Haese , J. A. E. Gibson , B. J. Adams , T. J. Page , A. D. Austin , S. J. B. Cooper and M. I. Stevens. Mitochondrial DNA reveals hidden diversity for tardigrades from across the Antarctic realm. Invertebrate Systematics (accepted)
R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. Arróniz-Crespo, M. A. Bowker, F. T. Maestre, M. E. Pérez-Corona, M. R. Theobald, M. G. Vivanco, E. Manrique. Biogeochemical indicators of elevated nitrogen deposition in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (accepted)
M. Arróniz-Crespo, D. Gwynn-Jones, T. V. Callaghan, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, P. Horton & G. K. Phoenix. Impacts of long-term enhanced UV-B radiation on bryophytes in two sub-Arctic heathlands of contrasting water availability. Annals of Botany 108:557-565 (2011)
Stevens CJ, Manning P, Van den Berg LJL, De Graaf MCC, Wamelink GWW, Boxman AW, Bleeker A, Vergeer P, Arroniz-Crespo M, Limpens J, Lamers LPM, Bobbink R, & Dorland E. Ecosystem responses to reduced and oxidised nitrogen inputs in European terrestrial habitats. Environmental Pollution 159: 665-676 (2011)
M. Arróniz-Crespo, JR Leake, P Horton & G Phoenix. Bryophyte physiological responses to, and recovery from, long-term nitrogen deposition and phosphorus fertilisation in acidic grassland. New Phytologist, 180: 864 – 874 (2008)
M. Arróniz-Crespo, G. Phoenix, E. Núñez-Olivera & J Martínez-Abaigar. Age-specific physiological responses to UV radiation in the aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 29 (2): 127-138 (2008).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar. Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives in an aquatic liverwort as possible bioindicators of enhanced UV radiation. Environmental Pollution 151: 8-16 (2008).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, J.M. Scher, J. Zapp, H. Becker & R. Tomás. Physiological changes and UV protection in the aquatic liverwort Jungermania exsertifolia subsp. Cordifolia along an altitudinal gradient of UV-B radiation. Functional Plant Biology 33(11) 1025–1036 (2006).
J. Martínez-Abaigar, E. Núñez-Olivera, M. Arróniz-Crespo, R.Tomás, N. Beaucourt & S. Otero. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on aquatic bryophytes. Limnetica, 25(1-2): 81-94 (2006).
E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, S. Otero & M. Arróniz-Crespo. Effects of the exclusion of solar UV-B radiation on the physiology of two cultivars of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) from La Rioja (Spain). American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 57:4 (2006).
S. Otero, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, M. Arróniz-Crespo & N. Beaucourt. Effects of cadmium and enhanced UV radiation on the physiology and the concentration of UV-absorbing compounds of the aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 5: 760-769 (2006).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, R.P. Sinha, J. Martínez-Abaigar, E. Núñez-Olivera & D.-P. Häder. Changes in mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) and physiological variables in the red alga Lemanea fluviatilis under artificially enhanced ultraviolet radiation. Journal of freshwater ecology 20 (4): 677-687 (2005)
E. Núñez-Olivera, M. Arróniz-Crespo, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás & N. Beaucourt. Assessing the UV-B tolerance of sun and shade samples of two aquatic bryophytes using short-term tests. The Bryologist 108 (3): 435-448 (2005).
M. Arróniz-Crespo, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar & R. Tomás. A survey of the distribution of UV-absorbing compounds in aquatic bryophytes from a mountain stream. The Bryologist 107: 202-208 (2004)
E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt & M. Arróniz-Crespo. Influence of temperature on the effects of artificially enhanced UV-B radiation on aquatic bryophytes under laboratory conditions. Photosynthetica 42: 201-212 (2004).
A.M. Díaz, J.P. Díaz, F.J. Expósito, A. Cerdeña, J. Lorente, R. Pedrós, V. Cachorro, A. Labajo, B. De La Morena, L. Alados-Arboledas, M. Pujadas, H. Horvath, A.M. Silva, G. Pavese, J. Abel & M. Arróniz-Crespo. Intercomparación de Espectrofotómetros durante la campaña VELETA 2002. 4ª Asamblea Hispano Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofisica. Figueira da Foz (2004)
E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Martínez-Abaigar, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt & M. Arróniz. Briófitos de ríos y bioindicación del cambio climático. Una experiencia en La Rioja. Zubía Monográfico 22: 165-185. (2004)
J. Martínez Abaigar, E. Núñez Olivera, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt, A. García Álvaro & M. Arróniz. Different physiological responses of two aquatic bryophytes to enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation. Journal of Bryology 25: 17-30. (2003)
J. Martínez Abaigar, E. Núñez Olivera, R. Tomás, N. Beaucourt, A. García Álvaro & M. Arróniz. Daños macroscópicos y microscópicos causados por un aumento de la radiación ultravioleta-b en dos briófitos acuáticos del Parque Natural de Sierra Cebollera (La Rioja). Zubía Monográfico 22: 143-163. (2004)
Book chapters
M. Arróniz-Crespo, R. Ochoa-Hueso, E. Manrique. Biomonitoring studies of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in México: detection and prevention of impacts on natural ecosystems. En: Avances y perspectivas de la depositación ácida en México. Edited by the Universidad Autónoma del Carmen, México. (2012) ISBN: 978-607-7826-21-7
PROJECT PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATIONS
2013 – 2015“Primary succession of plant and microbial communities in recently deglaciated areas of Polar Regions, biotic and abiotic drivers controlling biodiversity in a changing environment”. Spanish Government. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Invited researcher.
10/12 - 2012 “Establishment of Biomonitoring Networks of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Mexico”. Banco Santander. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Principal Investigator.
2009 – 2012 “Environmental gradients in terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems. Changes in diversity and productivity in plant communities from tierra del fuego to the transantarctic mountains”. Spanish Government. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Co-investigator.
2006 – 2008 “Physiological responses of bryophytes to long-term nitrogen deposition and rates of recovery in grassland ecosystems”. Royal Society, UK. University of Sheffield, UK. Co-Principal Investigator
2006 & 2007 “Physiological responses to long-term enhanced and ambient solar ultraviolet radiation in sub-arctic bryophytes”. Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. Co-Principal Investigator
2005 – 2006 “Biomonitoring Studies in the National Park Sierra Cebolleta: Liverworts as biomonitors of ultraviolet-b radiation”. La Rioja Research Council, Spain. University of La Rioja, Spain. Principal Investigator
2005 – 2008. “Validation of an oromediterranean bioindication net of ultraviolet-b radiation using aquatic bryophytes” (Spanish Government). Universidad de La Rioja, Spain. Co-investigador.
2002 – 2005. “Climate change and ultraviolet-b radiation in mountain ecosystems: Evaluation of methods and species to establish a net of bioindication base on aquatic bryophytes” (Spanish Government). Universidad de La Rioja, Spain. Co-investigador.
2000 – 2002. “Biological effects of ultraviolet-b radiation on aquatic bryophytes from head water stream ecosystems: Evaluation of its function as bioindicators” (Spanish Government). Universidad de La Rioja, Spain. Co-investigador.
INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND SEMINARS
- “Ecological impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: determination of critical loads”. Mexico City. National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico Government, Mexico. (2012)
- “Establishment of Biomonitoring Networks of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Mexico”. Mexico City. National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico Government, Mexico. (2011) & Morelia. National Autonomous University of Mexico, México. (2010)
- “Evaluation of nitrogen deposition impacts by manipulation experiments”. International Congress of Chemical engineering. Ciudad del Carmen, México. (2010)
- “Biomonitoring and atmospheric pollution”. Ciudad del Carmen. Autonomous University of Carmen. Ciudad del Carmen, México. (2010)
- “Nitrogen deposition and impacts on natural ecosystems”. Monterrey. National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico Government, Mexico. (2009)
- “Physiological responses of a common European moss to long-term nitrogen deposition and recovery”. Workshop on changing deposition ratios of NOx and NHy. Utrecht, Holland. (2008)
- “Bryophytes: early warning of global change?” Centro de Investigaciones en Ecositemas. Morelia. National Autonomous University of Mexico, México. (2008) & Botanical Garden of Singapur, Singapur. (2007)
CONFERENCE PAPERS AS FIRST AUTHOR
- "Long-term 15N tracking from biological N fixation across different plant and humus components of the boreal forest". EGU 2014. Vienna, Austria. Oral Communication (2014)
- “Critical loads and biomonitoring network for nitrogen deposition in the metropolitan area of the valley of Mexico”. CAPER. University of Newcastle. Newcastle, UK. Oral Communication (2012)
- “N2-Fixation by bryophyte-cyanobacterial associations along forest development stages in Tierra del Fuego (Chile)”. XVIII Simposio de Botánica Criptogámica. Barcelona. Spain. Poster (2011)
- “Impacts of long-term enhanced UV-B radiation on bryophytes in two sub-Arctic heathlands of contrasting water availability”. International Polar Year. Oslo Science Conference Committee. Oslo. Norway. Oral Communication. (2010)
- “Foundation study for the establishment of a biomonitoring network for nitrogen deposition in México”. CAPER. CEH & York Univeristy. York. Oral Communication (2010)
- “Early indications of bryophyte sensitivity and recovery to nitrogen deposition: physiological responses”. British Ecological Society. Universidad de Glasgow, UK. Oral Communication. (2007)
- “Age-specific physiological responses to ultraviolet-b radiation in the UV-tolerant liverwort Jungermannia exertifolia subsp. Cordifolia”. World Conference of Bryology. Kuala Lumpur (Malasia). Oral Communication (2007)
- Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on bryophytes in grassland ecosystems: physiological response. World Conference of Bryology. Kuala Lumpur (Malasia). Poster. (2007)
- “Effects of an altitude-dependent natural gradient on UV-B radiation on the physiology of sun and shade populations of an aquatic liverwort”. XVII International Botanical Congreso. Oral communication. Vienna, Austria (2005) Oral Communication
- “Are plants from high altitudes more UV-B tolerant? A case study using an aquatic liverwort from mountain streams” SIL XXIX Congress. Oral communication. Lahti, Finland (2004) Oral Communication
- A survey of the distribution of UV-absorbing compounds in aquatic bryophytes from mountain streams” XV World Congress of the International Association of Bryologists (IAB). Mérida, Venezuela (2004) Poster
GRANTS AWARDED
10-12 / 2012 Research Grant (Banco Santander, Spain) (£4,300)
2009 / 2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship. (Spanish Government, Spain) (£85,125)
2008 / 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship. (UNAM, Mexico) (£16,800)
02 / 2007 Conference Grant 2006/R4 (Royal Society, UK) (£1,681)
07 / 2006 Research Grant 2006/R1 (Royal Society, UK) (£14,200)
04 / 2006 Research Grant ATANS (Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden) (£2500)
2006 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowship. (Spanish Government, Spain) (£31,500)
08 / 2005 Research Grant (La Rioja Research Council, Spain) (£1,500)
2002 - 2005 PhD Predoctoral Grant (Spanish Government, Spain) (£32,500)
01-12 / 2001 Master Thesis Grant (La Rioja Government, Spain) (£6,500)
JOURNAL REVIEWING
New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, Functional Ecology, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Bryology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Physiologia Plantarum, Science of the Total Environment.
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION
- Lecturer in “Plant Physiology” during three academic years at the Complutene University of Madrid.
- Degree Thesis Supervisor, National Autonomous University of Mexico: “Identification of organisms suitable for biomonitoring studies” June 2010 & “Moss as bioindicators of N deposition” August 2010.
- Popularization of science. Co-funder of Nexociencia (2007) and co-organizer of events run by this association. Attend to ESOF2008: EuroScience Open Forum and other meetings 2004 & 2007.
- Co-organiser and teacher of different courses for high school students related to climate change University of La Rioja. Spain, 2005 & 2006.
