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Jean-Baptiste Joël Ramond

Profesor Asistente

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My research focuses on studying the microbial ecology (i.e., microbial community diversity & function) of extreme environments, and essentially arid lands, using state-of-the-art meta'omics' technologies.

Educación

  •  Microbiology and Microbial Ecology, UNIVERSITE DE ROUEN. Francia, 2008
  •  Microbial Ecology, UNIVERSITE DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L`ADOUR. Francia, 2004
  •  Biochemistry, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE-PARIS VI. Francia, 2003
  •  Marine and Molecular Microbiology; Environmental Chemistry, Université Laval (Québec). Francia, 2002

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ciencas Biologicas

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

    Natural Sciences

    Pretoria, Suráfrica

    2013 - 2019

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, Suráfrica

    2009 - 2012

  •   Research and Teaching Assistant Part Time

    UNIVERSITE DE ROUEN

    Rouen, Francia

    2007 - 2008

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

  •   Extraordinary Lecturer Other

    University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, Suráfrica

    2019 - A la fecha

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, Suráfrica

    2013 - 2019

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, Suráfrica

    2009 - 2012

Formación de Capital Humano


I am/have been the co-supervisor of 9 postdoctoral researchers and am/ have been the (co-)supervisor of 3 PhD, 10 MSc, and 9 honours students.


Difusión y Transferencia


Not applicable


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Y2 Rating

    NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    Suráfrica, 2015

    A researcher in this group is recognised by all or the overriding majority of reviewers as having the potential to establish him/herself as a researcher

  •   Visiting academic

    OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

    Reino Unido, 2018

    Since 2018, I am Visiting Academic at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Oxford Brookes University (UK)

  •   Extraordinary Lecturer

    UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

    Suráfrica, 2019

    Since 2019, I have been appointed as an Extraordinary lecturer

  •   C2 Rating

    NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    Suráfrica, 2021

    The recipient is considered by all the reviewers as an established researcher


 

Article (40)

Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems
Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the 'ancestral' sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome
Nutrient Acquisition, Rather Than Stress Response Over Diel Cycles, Drives Microbial Transcription in a Hyper-Arid Namib Desert Soil
Bacterial nitrogen fixation in sand bioreactors treating winery wastewater with a high carbon to nitrogen ratio
Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N-fixation
Namib Desert Soil Microbial Community Diversity, Assembly, and Function Along a Natural Xeric Gradient
Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host
Ancient oncogenesis, infection and human evolution
Assembling metagenomes, one community at a time
Diel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soil
Metaviromes of Extracellular Soil Viruses along a Namib Desert Aridity Gradient
Migrating microbes: what pathogens can tell us about population movements and human evolution
Namib Desert edaphic bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities assemble through deterministic processes but are influenced by different abiotic parameters
Temporal dynamics of hot desert microbial communities reveal structural and functional responses to water input
The Gut Microbiomes of Two Pachysoma MacLeay Desert Dung Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Feeding on Different Diets
Unique Microbial Phylotypes in Namib Desert Dune and Gravel Plain Fairy Circle Soils
Draft genomic DNA sequence of the multi-resistant Sphingomonas sp strain AntH11 isolated from an Antarctic hypolith
Evidence of novel plant-species specific ammonia oxidizing bacterial clades in acidic South African fynbos soils
Impact of metagenomic DNA extraction procedures on the identifiable endophytic bacterial diversity in Sorghum bicolor (L. Moench)
Metagenomics of extreme environments
Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems
Namib Desert dune/interdune transects exhibit habitat-specific edaphic bacterial communities
Normalization of environmental metagenomic DNA enhances the discovery of under-represented microbial community members
The influence of surface soil physicochemistry on the edaphic bacterial communities in contrasting terrain types of the Central Namib Desert
Water regime history drives responses of soil Namib Desert microbial communities to wetting events
A sequential co-extraction method for DNA, RNA and protein recovery from soil for future system-based approaches
Minor differences in sand physicochemistry lead to major differences in bacterial community structure and function after exposure to synthetic acid mine drainage
Niche-Partitioning of Edaphic Microbial Communities in the Namib Desert Gravel Plain Fairy Circles
Selection of Clostridium spp. in biological sand filters neutralizing synthetic acid mine drainage
Assessment of temporal and spatial evolution of bacterial communities in a biological sand filter mesocosm treating winery wastewater
Evidence of variability in the structure and recruitment of rhizospheric and endophytic bacterial communities associated with arable sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench)
Selection of Diazotrophic Bacterial Communities in Biological Sand Filter Mesocosms Used for the Treatment of Phenolic-Laden Wastewater
Microbial community structure stability, a key parameter in monitoring the development of constructed wetland mesocosms during start-up
Phenolic removal processes in biological sand filters, sand columns and microcosms
Treatment of high ethanol concentration wastewater by biological sand filters: Enhanced COD removal and bacterial community dynamics
Ethanol degradation and the benefits of incremental priming in pilot-scale constructed wetlands
Evidence of methylmercury production and modification of the microbial community structure in estuary sediments contaminated with wastewater treatment plant effluents
Comparative effects of mercury contamination and wastewater effluent input on Gram-negative merA gene abundance in mudflats of an anthropized estuary (Seine, France): a microcosm approach
Relationships between hydro sedimentary processes and occurrence of mercury-resistant bacteria (merA) in estuary mudflats (Seine, France)
Relationships between hydrosedimentary processes and occurrence of mercury-resistant bacteria (merA) in estuary mudflats (Seine, France)

BookSection (4)

8. Microbial ecology of the Namib Desert
Mechanisms and applications of microbial solvent tolerance
Tolerance in organisms chronically exposed to estuarine pollution
Metagenomics of Extreme Environments: Methods and Application

ConferencePaper (2)

Detection of Fairy Circles in UAV Images Using Deep Learning
Detection and Spatial Analysis of Fairy Circles

Proyecto (4)

Microbial functional ecology of altitudinal gradients: a two hemispheres climate change study
MICROBIOMICS IN A CHANGING WORLD: A FOCUS ON THE ATACAMA DESERT
GRADCATCH: Using natural environmental GRADients to decipher the adaptation of soil microbial Communities to climATe Change
Microbiomics in a Changing World: A focus on the Atacama Desert

Review (1)

Microbiomics of Namib Desert habitats
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Jean-Baptiste Ramond

Profesor Asistente

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile