Experience

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  University of barcelona

  Sept 2005 - Dec 2005

  Student collaboration program at biology faculty (plant physiology department)

  Preparation and management of maize and wheat samples for elemental analysis of nitrogen and carbon. Supervised by Prof. Josep Lluís Araus.

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  Irta

  Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

  University (ub)-company (irta) agreement at field crops department

  Summer internship at IRTA LLeida (Field crops department). Fieldwork in wheat, barley, corn and alfalfa projects. Labwork related to wheat quality parameters. Supervised by Dr. Conxita Royo.

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  University of lleida

  Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

  University (ub)-university (etsea-udl) agreement

  Summer internship at School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering of Lleida-University of Lleida (Hortofructiculture, Botany and Gardening department). Responsible for developing enzymatic techniques and biochemical markers related to the detection of stress, preparation of culture media, in vitro multiplication and propagation of different potato varieties. Supervised by Prof. Ana Pelacho.

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  Oryzon genomics s.a.

  Oct 2006 - Jul 2007

  University (ub)-company agreement

  Responsible of the rice germplasm bank, molecular screening (Tilling: Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes) and breeding. Supervised by Dr. Eric Lalanne.

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  Fundacio "la caixa"

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  "la caixa" foundation fellowship to carry out the m.sc. in research in agro-food production systems

  M.Sc. at School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering of Lleida-University of Lleida (Hortofructiculture, Botany and Gardening department). M.Sc title: In vitro biodegradation of polymers used as biodegradable mulching films. Supervised by Prof. Ana Pelacho.

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  University of barcelona

  Feb 2008 - Jul 2008

  University of barcelona fellowship at biology faculty (statistics department)

  Fellowship for collaborating in a teaching innovation project called Statmedia at Statistics department. Supervised by Dr. Miquel Calvo.

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  University of lleida

  Oct 2009 - May 2014

  Pre-doctoral fellowship from spanish ministry of science and innovation (micinn-fpi)

  Ph.D. in Agricultural and Food Science and Technology at School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering of Lleida, Food Technology department, University of Lleida. Dissertation: Molecular, biochemical and pathological approaches to unravel the defence responses of apples and oranges against Penicillium spp. Supervised by Prof. Inmaculada Viñas (UdL) and Dr. Rosario Torres (IRTA Lleida).

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  Promisol s.a.

  Dec 2009 - Feb 2010

  University (etsea-udl)-company agreement

  Responsible for determining in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of phosphite against Phytophthora parasitica in tomato. Supervised by Dr. Narciso Pastor.

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  Ku leuven

  Feb 2011 - May 2011

  Pre-doctoral research grant for a ph.d. stay at the katholieke universiteit leuven

  Responsible of method development for protein extraction of apple tissue and its subsequent 2D gels. Supervised by Dr. Mark W. Davey.

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  Usda-ars

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2013

  Pre-doctoral research grant for a ph.d. stay at the usda-ars, appalachian fruit research station

  Responsible of optimizing a RNA extraction method for apple tissue and establishing the Real Time-quantitative PCR using Power SYBR Green. Supervised by Dr. Michael Wisniewski.

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  Irta-fruitcentre

  Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  Postdoctoral position at irta-fruitcentre lleida (postharvest pathology)

  Participation in the European project “Predictive diagnostics based on gene expression for rapid assessment of crop load programs and bitter pit disorder in apple fruit”. Responsible of optimizing a RNA extraction method for different varieties of apple buds. PI: Dr. Christian Larrigaudière.

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  Carlsberg group

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2017

  Postdoctoral researcher at carlsberg research laboratory (yeast and fermentation)

  Over 2 years’ experience in fermentation and physiology of alternative brewing organisms (lactic acid bacteria and non-conventional yeast). Responsible of developing and establishing assays for screening (liquid handling robots); new product development, implementation and up-scaling of new microbial fermentations processes from lab (200μL-250mL) to pilot scale (1-10L); analysing fermentation performance of these strains (SPME-GC-MS, HPLC, flow cytometry, microscopy). Manager: Dr. Marta Miks.

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  Tbi - toulouse biotechnology institute, bio & chemical engineering

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2022

  Principal investigator msca-if (fermentation advances and microbial engineering)

  Principal Investigator of the European project A solution for plastic waste pollution - SOLFORPLAS (Grant agreement ID: 840038)

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  Irta

  Jan 2023 - now

  Principal investigator beatriu de pinós (sustainability in biosystems)

  Principal Investigator of the Beatriu de Pinós project Uncovering the industrial applications of microbes for plastic biodegradation (Grant agreement ID: 2021 BP 00069)