TOXICROP - Key Persons
A.M. Gil-Serrano is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, Dep. of Organic Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Seville. He is the Main Researcher of the Research Group "Natural Products: Polysaccharides and Oligosaccharides" (BIO135).
His research interests are in the field of the structural determination of biological molecules, especially oligosaccharides and polysaccharides of bacterial origin and other organic compounds of various origins. Currently he is the Director of the Mass Spectrometry Service of the University of Seville.
Job Titles:
- Associate Researcher at the Center for Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos. Specialist in Taxonomy of Phytoplankton and Freshwater Cyanobacteria
Aimee Valle Pombrol, Associate Researcher at the Center for Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos. Specialist in taxonomy of phytoplankton and freshwater cyanobacteria.
Alenka Mubi Zalaznik is a project manager, skilled in networking, entrepreneurship, public policy development and environment. Since 2014 she has been part of the LIMNOS team, responsible for coordination, project management and sales, particularly of nature-based solutions. In Toxicrop she manages national data provision, coordinates experts on cyanotoxins and develops a regional project for sustainable management of water retention bodies of Eastern Slovenia.
Job Titles:
- Project Coordinator / SSC Chair
Alexandre Campos earned his degree in Biology (1996) from the University of Aveiro and his Master's Degree in Plant Breeding (1999) from the University of Évora. He completed his PhD in Biological Sciences in 2005 at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) from University Nova de Lisboa, where he developed research work in the fields of plant pathology and proteomics. He is currently Assistant Researcher at CIIMAR (Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Lab) and his main research interests concerns the toxicology and risk assessment of harmful algal blooms in aquatic and agricultural environments.
Job Titles:
- Full Professor
- Research Team / STAC Chair
Angeles Jos is Full Professor in Toxicology of in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sevilla. She is senior scientist in the research group CTS-358-Toxicology in the Department of Food Science, Toxicology and Legal Medicine. Her research interests are in the field of Food Safety, particularly in the hazard characterization of different toxicants present in food. Among them, cyanotoxins (mainly microcystins and cylindrospermopsin) have a pivotal role in her research line studying their toxic effects using both in vitro and in vivo methods, their toxic mechanisms (genotoxicity, oxidative stress, etc.), and developing analytical methods for their determination in water and food samples.
Professor Brahim OUDRA is a PhD in Ecotoxicology of toxic Cyanobacteria blooms (CyanoHAB), Full-Professor and researcher at the Univ. Cadi Ayyad, Semalia Faculty of Sciences in Marrakech, department of Biology since 2005. He is currently, Vice-Head of department of Biology in Faculty of Science Semlalia- Marrakech, and Vice-Director of the laboratory of Water, Biodiversity and Climate Change. His teaching areas involve Algological biodiversity and Micro-algae and Cyanobacteria Eco-physiology, Botanical studies, Ecotoxicology, and Plants biochemistry. Prof. Brahim areas of research and expertise are: Ecotoxicological diagnosis and health risks associated with cyanotoxins and their behavior in the aquatic food chain; Contamination of irrigation water with cyanobacteria toxins: allelopathic and phytotoxicity interactions: Cyanotoxins -plants- bacterial soil complex; Investigator on innovative green biological process applied for toxic cyanobacteria growth control and cyanotoxins removal; Screening of bioactives substances against cyanobacteria from Moroccan plants and seaweeds (mainly Essential oils compounds); 5) Screening of Bacterial consortium for cyanotoxins ( Microcytins) biodegradation. Over the years, he has supervised more than 12 PhD dissertations and more than 40 master degrees. He is also author of 85 scientific publications and counts with more than 150 communications in scientific meetings and congresses.
Dr. Arias is a senior researcher with 20 years of experience working with water pollution control by eco-technologies, including constructed wetlands. His expertise in wetlands design and phosphorous removal are recognized worldwide. In the latest years, his interest includes as well resources recovery and knowledge transfer to lower-income countries.
Dr. Diego Paredes Cuervo is a Sanitary Engineer from Universidad del Valle (Colombia), Master in Water and Environmental Resources Management from Unesco IHE (The Netherlands) and Doctor in Engineering from Halle Wittenberg Martin Luther University (Germany). Dr. Paredes is an Associated Professor at the Environmental Science Faculty of Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Currently, He is the head of the water and sanitation research group of the Environmental Science Faculty, He has authored or coauthored 25 peer review articles, published five books, one book chapter and more than forty contributions to national or international conferences.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor in Toxicology in the University
Dr. Remedios Guzmán Guillén is Associate Professor in Toxicology in the University of Seville, working into the CTS-358 "Toxicology" research team led by Dr. Cameán. She has been working since 2009 in the field of cyanotoxins, mainly microcystins (MCs) and Cylindrospermopsin (CYN), focusing on food safety. She has studied the mechanisms of toxic action and bioaccumulation of these cyanotoxins, and worked on the development and validation of different quantitative and robust methods for the determination of MCs and CYN in different matrices (waters, cyanobacterial cultures, aquatic organisms and vegetables) by (UP)LC-MS/MS (-Orbitrap), and has investigated the effects of CYN on vegetables (carrots) exposed to these cyanotoxins.
Dr. Brix is professor specialised in freshwater ecology, wetland ecology and plant ecophysiology. Focus is on the ecophysiology of invasive plants in wetlands and aquatic ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycling.
José Carlos Martins graduated in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) in 2001. He obtained a M.Sc. in Hidrobiology from FCUP in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Biology from FCUP in 2011. He has more than 15 years of expertise in the field of aquatic ecotoxicology of natural toxins and environmental health.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Water & Environmental Sciences at Cadi Ayyad University
Mrs. Laila MANDI is currently Professor of Water & Environmental Sciences at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech (Morocco). In 2008, she was nominated as a Director of the National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy at Cadi Ayyad University. She has coordinated several funded research projects at different levels: i) National ii) bilateral cooperation with different countries (Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Japan, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, etc.) and iii) European Projects (PURATREAT, MELIA, SOWAEUMED, WATERBIOTECH, TREASURE 2, NORIA, FRAME…). Within the research projects, she supervised more than 30 PhD thesis. Has published more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters; spoken also at national, international conferences and workshops as lecturer. Since 2014, she becomes a member of the college of qualified personalities at the France Water Academy. In 2015, she has been awarded the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) prize for Women's Contribution to Development in recognition of her outstanding research work and contribution to the Water Resources Management. In 2017, she becomes member of the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC) and member of the multidisciplinary stakeholders group (MSG) to address knowledge gaps in the field of adaptation to climate change for the North African sub region in the context of the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) implemented by UN Environment.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager
- Marine Biologist and Experienced International Marine Consultant
Samuel Amaral is a marine biologist and experienced international marine consultant with more than 10 years managing and leading numerous private and governmental projects. He is currently a project manager of two H2020 projects at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research.
Victor Hugo Rodríguez Uro, of Peruvian nationality. Biologist by profession, from the National University of San Agustín de Arequipa - Peru, I have worked in the area of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins, conducting research internships in both Argentina (National University of La Plata) and Portugal (CIIMAR). I am currently a member of the TOXICROP Project by the National University of San Agustín. At the same time, I also work as a consultant on environmental issues.