Current position: Non Tenant Lecturer of Plant Physiology, Universidad de A Coruña (UDC).

Bachelor Degree in Biology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)

Master in Biotechnology , Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)

PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)

Present research interests

My current research is focused on the plant induced resistance by biological agents and chemical inductors. I am particularly interested in the effect of PO212 as biological control fungi against abiotic and biotic stresses, including the heavy metal copper and the pathogens Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxisporum.

Also I am interested in the regulation of seed dormancy establishment and alleviation. During my PhD I studied the effect of after-ripening and nitrate in the seed dormancy of the Brassicaceae Sisymbrium officinale. I sequenced several dormancy related genes and analyzed the changes on their expression patterns during seed development and germination.