Professional experience

01/09/2024 - Present

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow

Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

Hosts: Daniel J. Richter (BEAP lab) and Ramon Massana
Project: The hidden majority: high-resolution imaging and genomics of the most ecologically important microbial eukaryotes in the ocean

01/03/2023 - 31/08/2024

Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellow

Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

Hosts: Daniel J. Richter (BEAP lab) and Ramon Massana
Project: The hidden majority: high-resolution imaging of the most ecologically important microbial eukaryotes in the ocean

08/09/2022 - 28/02/2023

Parental leave

15/09/2020 - 07/09/2022

Postdoctoral researcher

Dept. of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Advisor: Fabien Burki (Burki lab)
Project: Eco-evolution of microbial eukaryotes, insights from metabarcoding surveys
Experience: Diversification analysis, networks analysis, large data mining, lecturer, workshop organisation, Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)

01/10/2016 - 30/11/2019

Ph.D. Student

Biological Station of Roscoff, CNRS - Sorbonne University, France

Supervisor: Fabrice Not (website)
Project: Diversity and Evolution of Nassellaria and Spumellaria (Radiolaria)
Experience: Single-cell molecular approaches, phylogenetics, molecular clock, metabarcoding and next generation sequencing analysis, scanning electron and confocal microscopy, supervision

01/03/2016 - 31/05/2016

Research assistant

Biological Station of Roscoff - Sorbonne University, France

Supervisor: Sophie Martin
Project: Impact of global and local changes in Maerl, red algae
Experience: Experimental development

05/10/2015 - 29/01/2016

Research assistant

Dept. of Functional Biology, Oviedo University, Spain

Supervisor: Eva Garcia-Vazquez
Project: Top-down regulation in freshwater communities suggested from environmental DNA. A case study in mountain stream communities
Experience: Field work, environmental DNA sampling and analysis

12/01/2015 - 30/06/2015

Master thesis

Dept. of Organisms and Systems, Oviedo University, Spain

Supervisor: Consolación Fernández
Project: Long-term changes in low intertidal rocky shore assemblages in the coast of Cape Peñas (North of Spain).
Experience: Multivariate analysis

Education

01/10/2016 - 31/11/2019

Ph.D. in molecular diversity and evolution

Biological Station of Roscoff - Sorbonne University, France

Supervisor: Fabrice Not
Awarded on November 22, 2019

02/09/2013 - 30/06/2015

International MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+)

Ghent University, Belgium

29/09/2008 - 04/06/2013

BSc in Biology, Ecology speciality

Oviedo University, Spain

311 ECTS

Fellowships and Awards

2023

  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-2022-PF 101103530): 181 152.96 € (2 years); score: 98.6%
  • 2022

  • Postdoctoral fellowship Beatriu de Pinós (2021 BP 00068): 144 300 € (3 years); score: 87.3%
  • International Society Of Protistologists (ISOP): grant to attend Protistology Nordics meeting
  • 2020

  • Best oral presentation award in Young Researchers Day (JJC) Biological Station of Roscoff, France
  • 2019

  • The Micropalaeontological Society: Microfossil Image Competition & Calendar 2019
  • 2018

  • 3rd best oral presentation award in Young Researchers Day (JJC) Biological Station of Roscoff, France
  • 2017

  • Best oral presentation award for Young Scientists in InterRad XV, Japan
  • Young Research Association (AJC, Biological Station of Roscoff): grant to attend InterRad XV conference
  • Others

  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the Brittany Region Grants, France, to carry out doctoral studies (PhD) 2016-2019
  • Scholarship to study BSc from the National Ministry of Education, Spain, 2008-2013
  • Other scientific services

    Expert curator of Radiolaria sequences

    In total, I have curated ~5000 sequences of the 18S rDNA of Radiolaria (available since PR2 v4.14.0)

    Reviewer

    I have reviewed for Journal of Plankton research, ISME, Molecular Ecology Resources, PNAS and Protists journals since 2020.

    Co-organizer of The Life of Retaria Seminar Series

    A monthly meeting to foster exchange among the Retaria community and provide an informal forum for sharing and discussing novel findings, approaches, resources, problems and challenges.

    Software contributor in GitHub

    With nearly 10000 lines of code written in bash, python and R, I have several publicly available tools for bioinformatic analyses.

    Skills and qualifications

    Languages

    Spanish: Native
    English: Working knowledge
    French: Conversational
    Portuguese: Basics

    Programming

    R & Python: Advanced
    BASH, UNIX/LINUX: Intermediate
    HTML & CSS: basics

    Softwares

    LibreOffice: Extensive experience
    Inkscape: Advanced
    FIJI, GIMP & Cytoscape: User-level

    Others

    Driving: licence B
    Diving: GUE fundamentals (Nitrox 32) & SSI advanced and scientific

    You can download a detailed pdf version of my CV here