My major interests are focusing principally on the applied research in microalgae biotechnology, marine and environmental science, metabolite production from microalgae, macroalgae, aquaculture, harmful algae bloom.

Several undergraduate and Master Biology Students in the College of Science, Swansea University (2014-2019).

Master Student Tutor:
2011 Massimo Batistella, Chemical Engineering, University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
2010 Elisabet Alacid, Master in Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain.
2008 Laura del Rio, Master in Environmental Studies, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Currently working as expert panel review member in British Council and PHYCONET (BBSRC), United Kingdom.

Currently working in ALG-AD project (European Union Interreg North West) 2018-2021

Currently working in EnhanceMicroAlgae project (European Union Interreg Atlantic Area) 2017-2020

Currently working as International Adviser for a FIC-R project in Universidad de Antofagasta (Producción de un ingrediente funcional a partir de microalgas) 2019-2021

2017-2019 International Adviser for FIC-R project in Universidad Arturo Prat (Nutratarapaca)

2016-2018 Innovate UK - CONACYT (UK-Mexico) project in pigments production. The aim is to transfer technology in microalgae biotechnology from UK to Mexico.

2017 Cyanobacterial Biotechnology: Technologies to Applications to Products. May, London, United Kingdom

2017 VI Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura. Viña del Mar, Chile.

2016 IBCARB algal polysaccharides conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

2015 World Biotechnology Congress, Qingdao, China.

2015 5th UK Algae Conference. Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

2014 From idea to Business, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College University London, United Kingdom.

2011 Aquaculture Europe 2011, Member of the Spanish Team in the Aquaculture Talent Hatchery. Vocational Aqualabs Project. http://www.aquaculturetalent.com Rhodes, Greece.

2011 “Barrufeta bravensis Gen. Nov. Sp. Nov. (Dinophyceae): una nueva especie formadora de proliferaciones en el NO del Mediterraneo”. Poster in XI Reunión Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas y Biotoxinas: Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain.

2010 "Evaluation of Microalgae for biodiesel generation in Chile" participation as invited speaker in Encuentros 2010, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

2010 Evaluation of dinoflagellates and raphidophytes in photobioreactor: indoor vs. outdoor conditions" Oral presentation in 8th European Workshop Biotechnology of Microalgae, IGV GmbH, Nuthetal, Germany.

2010, "Use of Marine Microalgae for Biodiesel Production in Chile", Oral presentation in Meeting of Chilean researchers in Barcelona, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

2009 "Use of the dinoflagellates as a biorefinery for biomolecules Interesting" Oral presentation in 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

2009 International Seminary on Algae Biofuels, Universidad de Antofagasta - National Energy Commission, Chile. Oral presentation in Latin American Symposium on Algal Research, "Use of dinoflagellates as a source of lipids and Interested biomolecules”, Antofagasta, Chile.

2009 "Induction of triglycerides accumulation in Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae), varying temperature, aeration and inorganic nitrogen”. Oral presentation in X Iberian Conference on Toxic Phytoplankton and Marine Biotoxins. IPIMAR, Lisbon, Portugal.

2008 Assistance to International Technical Seminar: Production and use of microalgae for energy. IDEA (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving of Energy), Madrid, Spain.

2008 "The last improvement in generation biodiesel, dinoflagellates and raphidophytes goods lipids producers" Poster in the international congress "Biomass and biofuels production from algae", Universidad de Alicante, Spain.

2008 "Biodiesel from dinoflagellates, a new step in biofuel production" Oral presentation in 6th Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.

2006 "Alexandrium catenella Bloom and the Impact on Fish Farming in the XI region, Chile ", Poster in 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2004 Assistance to International Workshop "Aquaculture, Ecology and Economics Towards a Sustainable Paradigm," organized by the Universidad de Los Lagos and University of Connecticut, Puerto Varas, Chile.

2004 Poster "Distribution of toxic algae blooms of Alexandrium catenella and Their Impact upon the Chiloé archipelago" presented in the " Open Science Meeting on HABs in Fjords and Coastal embayments "in the project GEOHAB International, Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms, Viña del Mar, Chile.