UAB Experts Guide for journalists

Eduard José Cunilleras

PhD and Diplomate del European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM). Expert in equine internal medicine and comparative sports medicine. Member of the research group in Infectious and inflammatory diseases of companion animals. Research areas of interest: coagulation disorders, electrolyte disorders, inflammatory markers and cardiorespiratory disorders in equids and laboratory animals.

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equine internal medicine, sports medicine, coagulation disorders, metabolism, inflammatory markers

Adriana Kaplan Marcusán

Her research career began with the study of migrations in Sub-Saharan Africa and the anthropological analysis of processes such as acculturation and social integration in the field of sexual and reproductive health, seen from a circular and transnational gender perspective. Adriana conducts fieldwork in Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau, and her work focuses on the study and prevention of female genital mutilation (FGM). She has created the Transnational Observatory for the Prevention of FGM, a programme which operates under the auspices of the Wassu-UAB Foundation, with two research bases in Spain and in Gambia, where an innovative and sustainable evidence-based and result-oriented methodology is being developed.

Keywords: Female Genital Mutilation, sexual and reproductive health, Sub-Saharan migrations, Western Africa

Cristina Laborda Molla

Permanent Lecturer on Diversity (School of Education). Expert on educational professional and social inclusion of people with intellectual disability. Member of Research grup DO (Diversity and Orientation). More than 20 years doing research on hearing impariment (oral bilingualism).Currently participating in 3 projects: a process of inclusion of children and youngsters with disability in non formal centers (open centers) in Barcelona, a pilot experience in inclusive leisure for people with intellectual disability, and a research on working skills development of people with intellectual disability in specific working centers.

Keywords: inclusion, disability, intellectual disability, working developement, inclusive leisure, non formal education, open centers, special working centers, ocupational centers

Francisco Javier Lafuente Sancho

Process engineer, he is an expert in environmental biotechnology, biological treatment systems for liquid and gaseous effluents. Also in nutrients removal in urban & industrial wastewater; biological treatment processes to treat off gases contaminated by volatile organic compounds; biological treatment systems for remove hydrogen sulfide in Biogas and biological systems for the treatment of odors.

Keywords: environment, industrial effluent treatment, urban wastewater treatment plants, biological treatment of contaminaited air, odor, volatile organic compounds, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide

Joan Ramon Laporte

Expert on clinical pharmacology and pharmacoepidemiology: evaluation of benefits and harms of medicines; evaluation of novel drugs.

Keywords: clinical pharmacology, therapeutics, medicines evaluation, pharmacoepidemiology

Margarita Leon Borja

She is an expert in comparative politics, welfare state, and in research on social and gender policies.

Keywords: comparative politics, welfare state research, social policies, gender policies

Antoni Llobet Dalmases

His research interests include the development of tailored transition metal complexes as catalysts for selective organic and inorganic transformations including the oxidation of water to molecular dioxygen, supramolecular catalysis, the activation of C-H and C-F bonds, and the preparation low molecular weight complexes as structural and/or functional models of the active sites of oxidative metalloproteins.

Keywords: coordination compounds, redox catalysis, energy

Carles Llorens Maluquer

Specialist in the European Union media policy; the EU policy on public television; EU policy and fake news; the Spanish regulation of broadcasting; the impact of Information and Communication Technologies on society and media; the television sector in Spain, Europe and the US; the case of Apple as a successful technology company; radio audiences in Catalonia and the radio spectrum.

Keywords: media policy, technology, radio, European Union, spectrum, Apple, public media, fake news

Elena Simona Lohan

Visiting Scholar/Collaborator at UAB (annual visits since 2012) and Associate Professor at Tampere University; expertise in signal processing for wireless communications and positioning, Internet of Things, indoor and outdoor navigation, privacy for positioning systems.

Keywords: signal processing for wireless communications and positioning, GNSS, Internet of Things

Ludovico Longhi

History, theory and technique of the cinematographic art. Particular interest for Italian popular cinema and its links to Iberian production: euro-western, gothic, thriller, comedy. Creative principles of audiovisual writing.

Keywords: cinematographic art, Italian cinema, euro-western, gothic cinema, thriller, comedy

Manel López-Béjar

Manel López-Béjar's research experience is focused on the individual study of animals from the viewpoint of welfare, reproduction and health. His studies aim to evaluate the health of the environment and ecosystems by using animal health as a bio indicator. He also studies reproduction and affectation, mainly in domestic and wild animals; as well as assisted reproduction techniques in wild animals as a tool used in conservation projects, and contraceptives as an ethical method of animal management.

Keywords: animal welfare, stress, contraceptive, animal management, animal reproduction, animal endocrinology, assisted reproduction, environmental health, biological bank, dolphins, wild boars, wildlife, zoo

Pilar López Belbeze

Business Ph.D. She is a specialist in the field of Marketing and Neuromarketing. Her research lines are consumer behavior and brand strategy. Member of the Board of AEMARK (Spanish Association of Academic and Professional Marketing) and has participated and participates in several marketing research projects.

Keywords: marketing, neuromarketing, brand, strategy, consumer behavior