Curriculum Vitae
Elena Quintanilla Alcaide
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Elena Quintanilla Alcaide
Citation names
- Quintanilla, Elena
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 0712-D579-84C5
Email addresses
- elena.quintanilla8@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Bulgaria 8, 5-4, 08228, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Catalan (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2013/01/14 - 2018/11/30
Concluded
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Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Doktor (PhD))
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany "‘Effects on pristine gorgonian corals: invasive species, disease outbreaks and ENSO events in the Tropical Eastern Pacific’" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/01/14 - 2018/11/30
Concluded
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Official recognition of the PhD degree by University of Aveiro (Portugal) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"‘Effects on pristine gorgonian corals: invasive species, disease outbreaks and ENSO events in the Tropical Eastern Pacific’" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/04/01 - 2017/11/29
Concluded
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Graduated of International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany
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2008/10/20 - 2010/09/22
Concluded
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Master’s Degree (MSc) (Magister)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
"‘Sexual reproductive cycle of the epibiotic soft coral Alcyonium coralloides (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)’." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2001/09/10 - 2006/09/20
Concluded
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Licenciatura Biologia (Bachelor)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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2006/01/10 - 2006/06/20
Concluded
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Certificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica (CAP) (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/09/01 - 2021/08/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2019/04/15 - 2020/01/31 | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain |
| Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2015/07/15 - Current | ‘Metagenomic analysis of the associated microbiota to healthy and diseased gorgonians corals from the Eastern Pacific: knowing
the holobiont under diseases outbreaks’.
3744
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Banco de la República de Colombia
Concluded
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| 2020/09/01 - 2021/08/30 | REDEEM: 'Resilience of anthozoan corals to deep-sea mining, an holobiontic approach'
Post-doc
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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| 2013/01/14 - 2017/12/30 | PROYECTO COLOMBIAN POT: ‘Monitoreo del Impacto de la especie invasora Carijoa riisei y enfermedades fúngicas en octocorales
y su fauna asociada en el Pacífico Oriental Tropical (POT)’.
PhD Student Fellow
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación Universidad de los Andes Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2019/04/15 - 2020/01/30 | RESCAP: ‘Conservación y Recuperación de Poblaciones de Gorgonias y Corales de Profundidad mediante Restauración Ecológica
y Mitigación de los Impactos de la Pesca’
Post-doc
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
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Fundacion Biodiversidad
Concluded
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| 2009/06/01 - 2009/12/01 | INDEMARES: ‘Inventario y designación de la Red Natura 2000 en áreas marinas del estado Español’
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
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Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg Fundacion Biodiversidad Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2018/11/20 | ‘Gorgonian corals ecology and threats: invasive species and disease outbreaks in the Tropical Eastern Pacific’ | International Conference on Marine Science
Universidad de Cali. Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Science (CEMarin). (Cali, Colombia)
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| 2018/11/06 | ‘Shifts in bacterial microbiome of diseased gorgonian sea fans: Local confinement of disease-related consortium facilitates recovery’ | Workshop of Advanced techniques to study and exploit the sponge and coral microbiomes
Université libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium)
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| 2017/12/14 | ‘Shifts in bacterial microbiome of diseased gorgonian sea fans: Local confinement of disease-related consortium may facilitate recovery’ | European Coral Reef Symposium
Oxford University (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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| 2016/09/20 | Taking a detour: invasion of an octocoral into the Tropical Eastern Pacific | Annual GGL Conference-Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)
Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen (Giessen, Germany)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2019/06/01 - 2020/11/15 | ‘Características reproductivas y ciclo de desarrollo gonadal de la gorgonian abanico de mar Pacifigorgia cairnsi (Cnidaria:Octocorallia)
en el Pacífico Oriental Tropical’
Supervisor of Mara Fernández
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Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2019/05/05 - 2019/09/20 | Participation in Research Campaign: Restoration of gorgonian corals in collaboration with artisan fisheries in the Natural
Park of Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean Sea). Fishing campaigns.
Other
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Restoration of gorgonian corals in the Natural Park of Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean Sea). Fishing campaigns.
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
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| 2018/05/10 - 2018/05/18 | Participation in Research Campaign: Natural products research of sponges and gorgonian corals in the Colombian Caribbean and
Gulf of Thailand
Other
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Natural products research of sponges and gorgonian corals in the Colombian Caribbean and Gulf of Thailand
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany
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| 2013/07/13 - 2017/03/05 | Participation in research campaigns: XXVIII, XXVII, XXVI, XXV, XXIV, XXIII, XXXII Scientific expeditions to Malpelo Island
(oceanic island in the Colombian Pacific).
Other
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XXVIII, XXVII, XXVI, XXV, XXIV, XXIII, XXXII Scientific expeditions to Malpelo Island (oceanic island in the Colombian Pacific)
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Fundación Malpelo, Colombia Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Colombia |
| 2015/03/04 - 2015/03/07 | Poster presentation: ‘Resolving the origin of the invasive species Carijoa riisei and its genotypic diversity at Colombian
Tropical Eastern Pacific’.
Congress
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44th Benthic Ecology Meeting
Benthic Ecology Society, United States
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| 2014/09/20 - 2014/09/24 | ‘Resolving the origin and clonality of Carijoa riisei at the Tropical Eastern Pacific’.
Conference
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Annual GGL Conference-Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany
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| 2013/07/01 - 2014/07/03 | Participation in research campaigns: Scientific research of octocorals in Gorgona Island (continental island in the Colombian
Pacific)
Other
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Scientific research of octocorals in Gorgona Island (continental island in the Colombian Pacific)
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Colombia |
| 2012/09/11 - 2012/09/14 | Poster presentation: Sexual reproductive cycle of the epibiotic soft coral, Alcyonium coralloides (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)’
Congress
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SIEBM XVII Iberian Studies Symposium on Marine Biology
Iberian Studies Symposium on Marine Biology , Spain
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| 2009/07/02 - 2009/07/10 | Benthic ecology research campaign: preservation of the continental shelf of Cap de Creus (Mediterranean Sea)
Other
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Benthic ecology research campaign (INDEMARES)
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
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| 2009/03/05 - 2009/03/09 | Oceanographic and fishery campaign (Mediterranean Sea)
Other
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Oceanographic and fishery campaign (Mediterranean Sea). Vessel: Cornide de Saavedra
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
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Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2013/05/02 - 2015/04/02 | Participation in the Scientific Committee of Malpelo Island and the Scientific Committee of Gorgona Island (Tropical Eastern
Pacific) as scientific advisor and as a representative of my PhD university (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) and research
group (Biommar, Universidad de Los Andes) in order to provide advice for the development of proper scientific and management
strategies.
Advisor / Consultant
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Fundación Malpelo, Colombia Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Colombia |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2016/09/28 - 2016/10/04 | Coral Omics Workshop (state-of-the-art approaches and techniques). | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Universidad de los Andes, Colombia |
| 2015/12/10 - 2015/12/15 | Phylogenetics Workshop | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany |
| 2014/06/03 - 2014/06/06 | International Coral Genome Workshop (from whole Genome Data to RADseq and Beyond) | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany |
| 2014/01/28 - 2014/01/31 | Workshop of Integration and Modularity with Geometric Morphometrics | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Transmitting Science, Spain |
| 2013/06/05 - 2013/06/09 | Marine field course (focus on Coral Reef Ecology) in Curaçao. | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Carmabi, Curaçao |
| 2013/03/02 - 2013/03/10 | Coral reef monitoring course in the Red Sea (Dahab, Egypt). | Field course (Postgraduate Certificate) | Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Tierökologie und Spezielle Zoologie, Germany |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2019/06/05 - 2019/06/09 | 'Volando Voy' | Gorgonian corals restoration in the Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean Sea) |