Ricard Guerrero #
Membership Number: | 3173 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
Elected: | 2012 |
Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Homepage(s): | http://www.ub.edu/microbiologia/grupecogeneticaen/guerrerobio.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2013 Professor Emeritus
- since 2007 Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA, USA
- since 2005 Scientific Secretary, Institute for Catalan Studies, Barcelona, Spain
- 2002-2006 Professor of Graduate Studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA, USA
- 1988-2013 Full Professor of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 1975-1988 Full Professor of Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- 1972-1974 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Davis, CA, USA
- 1971-1972 Associate Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- 1967-1971 Assistant Professor, Technical University of Catalonia, Industrial Engineers, Terrassa, Spain
- 1965-1967 Teaching Assistant of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona,. Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Early ecosystems (Minimal ecosystems. Origen of eukaryosis. Kingdoms and Domains classification)
- Microbial physiology (Population gowth. Cell morphogenesis and metabolism. Sulphur cycle)
- Environmental microbiology (Patterns of succession. PHA accumulation in anaerobic environments)
- Microbial ecology (Interactions among microorganisms and with the environment)
Honours and Awards
- 1993 Member of the Institute for Catalan Studies, Barcelona, Spain
- 1996 Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, London, UK
- 1997-present President of the Foundation Alsina Bofill (on life sciences), Barcelona, Spain
- 2000 Narcis Monturiol Medal (Research Prize of the Catalan Autonomous Government)
- 2002 Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA
- 2002 Award of the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany
- 2007-present President of the Spanish Society for Microbiology
- 2010 Interuniversity Foundation Fernando Gonzalez Bernaldez, for Natural Spaces Prize, Madrid, Spain