UAB Experts Guide for journalists

Miquel Porta

He is an expert in internal contamination and chemical body burden. He is also an expert in the relationship between cancer, genetics and the environment.

Keywords: internal contamination, chemical body burden, cancer, genetics and the environment

Charlotte Poschenrieder Wiens

Director of the Plant Physiology Research Group. Expert in plant responses to stress derived from problem soils; mainly salinity, pollution and extreme soil pH. Her studies focuse on the mechanisms of resistance, tolerance and adaptation using both physiological and molecular- genetic approaches in model plants, as well as in natural populations and crops. She ha published more than 150 articles in international journals and accumulates more than 6,000 citations. She has large experience in the coordination of reserach projects and in the evaluation of projects and scientific production at the national and intenational level. She has directed more than 20 Doctoral Thesis.

Keywords: plant - soil relationships, plant stress, salinity, heavy metals, micronutrients, aluminium, resistance mechanisms, adaptation, Arabidopsis thaliana, halophytes, metallophytes, crop plants

Sònia Prats Carreras

Expert in the field of language teaching and assessment, especially English, and in the area of certification of the different levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Keywords: 

languages, assessment, teaching, learning, certification, language proficiency levels, english

Lluís Puig i Sanz

Dermatologist, he is an expert in psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory dermatosis, dermatopathology, clinical immunology, clinical trials and translational medicine

Keywords: psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory dermatosis, dermatopathology, clinical immunology, clinical trials and translational medicine

Angel Puyol González

Keywords: bioethics, philosophy of science, internet philosophy, philosophy of the media, philosophy of democracy, theories of justice, scientific progress, politics and religion, community medicine

Albert Quintana Romero

Keywords: mitochondrial disease, neurodegeneration, neuroscience, molecular biology, optogenetics, mouse genetics

Alex Rialp Criado

He has published his research works on internationalization of new ventures and SMEs in prestigious international journals such as International Marketing Review, International Business Review, Journal of International Marketing and Journal of World Business, among others. He belongs to the editorial board of International Business Review and Journal of International Entrepreneurship.

Keywords: business internationalization, international entrepreneurship, SMEs, new ventures

Josep Maria Ribera Santasusana

He is an expert on malignant hematologic diseases, with special focus on acute leukemias, especially acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He is also an expert on new therapies in hematology: immunotherapy and cell therapy.

Keywords: leukemias, lymphomas, immunotherapy, cell therapy

Roberto Risch

He focuses on the investigation of the ecological, economic and social dynamics in the Mediterranean during Later Prehistory. On a theoretical level, his main interest has been the development of economic and ecological theory in archaeology, paying special attention to issues such as the social division of labour and surplus production. The methodological implications of this research concern the technological and functional analysis of archaeological artefacts, in particular ground stone tools, ceramics and metals, and paleoecology. Another of his concerns is to improve the interaction between archaeological research and the general public.

Keywords: prehistory of the Mediterranean & Europe, later prehistory of Africa, archaeological theory, palaeo-ecology, palaeo-economy, geo-archaeology, macro-lithic artefacts, archaeo-metallurgy, aDNA

David Roca Correa

He leads the Research Group in Advertising and Public Relations (GRP). The group has specialized in various areas such as: advertising creativity, creativity and gender, social advertising and general aspects of both advertising and public relations.

Keywords: creativity, design, gender, innovation, social advertising, public relations

Anselm Rodrigo Domínguez

He studies the effects of fire on composition and structure of plant and insects communities. This research aims at improving our understanding of the role of vital traits thses organisms in the post-fire recover of Mediterranean communities at regional scale. He also is interested in the study of plant-pollianator interactions with the objective to understand the structure of pollination networks and the effects on the pollination function in natural and agricultural systems.

Keywords: post-fire regeneration, pollination, functional traits, biodiversity, agroforestry systems, bees

Joaquín Rodríguez Álvarez

Ph.D in the Global Public Law and Human Security program, Master in International Relations in the specialty of Peace and Security studies. Member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control(ICRAC), European Coordinator of Leading Cities and the Stop Killer Robots Campaign in Spain. Expert in autonomous lethal systems systems and studies of society and technology. He is currently participating as a non-governmental expert in the Convention for certain conventional weapons of the United Nations and in the AI for Good project of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Keywords: Lethal Autonomous Weapons systems, studies of society and technology, urban technologies, studies of peace and security, disarmament, killer robots