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Departamental II – 248
Area of Biodiversity and Conservation
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
c/ Tulipán, s/n.
E-28933 Móstoles
Phone: +34 91 488 7033
E-mail: luis.merino.martin at urjc.es
Personal Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/luismerinomartin/home
Homepage at URJC
ORCID: 0000-0002-0343-0546
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luis-Merino-Martin
ResearcherID: H-7207-2013
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=agZyB34AAAAJ&hl=es
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2018-2019 Post-doctoral Researcher, CNRS (Montpellier, France)
2016-2018 Post-doctoral Researcher, INRAe (Montpellier, France)
2014-2016 Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Researcher, INRAe (Montpellier, France) & CEH (Wallingford, UK)
2012-2014 Research Assistant Professor & Research Scientist, Kings Park and Botanic Garden & UWA (Perth, Australia)
2010-2012 Research fellow, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Guatemala)
2010 PhD in Global Change and Sustainable Development, Universidad de Alcalá
2007 DEA (MSc) Life Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá
2004 BSc Environmental Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá
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- Soil-plant-microbe interactions and their effects on soil structure, erosion and carbon storage.
- Soil microbial ecology along environmental gradients such as elevational, secondary succession or land use gradients.
- Ecological restoration of mining environments.
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I teach Microbiology in the degrees in Environmental Engineering and Biology (2nd year).
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