About me

Short curriculum vitae

Education

1997-2001: PhD thesis in Pharmacy entitled “Regulation, genomic localization and effect on symbiosis of the denitrification genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum”, University of Granada. Supervisor: Prof. Eulogio J. Bedmar (Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC). Maximal qualification obtained: Sobresaliente cum laude

1991-1996: Graduate student in Pharmacy, University of Granada, Spain

Positions and career

Since June 2010: Permanent independent scientific researcher of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain

2007-2010: Group leader in the group of Prof. Hauke Hennecke, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2004-2007: Postdoctoral assistant in the group of Prof. Hauke Hennecke, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2001-2003: 2-year postdoctoral fellowship from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Group of Prof. Hauke Hennecke, Institute of Microbiology

2000: Short-term fellowship from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Spain, for an 11-week visit in the laboratory of Prof. Hauke Hennecke, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

1999: Short-term fellowship from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Spain, for a 12-week visit in the laboratory of Prof. Michael Göttfert, Institute of Genetics, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

1997-2001: Doctoral Fellowship (FPU Program) from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Spain

1996: Predoctoral Fellowship (Collaboration Grant) from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Spain, in the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science. Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Granada, Spain

Prize and awards

2013 Antonio Palomares Award (Spanish Society for Nitrogen Fixation, SEFIN) for young investigators

2009 Swiss Society for Microbiology Encouragement Award for young investigators