
Daniel Aguirre de Cárcer. Senior researcher.
daniel.aguirre@uam.es, CV.
Assistant Professor. Department of Biology (UAM) 2015-
Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow. CBMSO 2013-2015
Postdoc. Stream in Metagenomics CSIRO 2008-2011
PhD. Microbial Ecology and Bioremediation (UAM) 2008
BSc. Biology (Molecular Biology and Biochemestry) (UAM) 2000

Alberto Rastrojo. Senior Researcher
alberto.rastrojo@uam.es
Assistant Professor. Department of Biology (UAM) 2020-
Postdoc. Viral Metagenomics CBMSO 20013-2020
PhD. Molecular genetics and transcriptomics (UAM) 2013
BSc. Biochemestry (UAM) 2006
Ramón Gallego. César Nombela senior Fellow
ramon.gallego@uam.es
César Nombela Fellow, Department of Biology (UAM) 2024-
Maria Zambrano Fellow. Department of Biology (UAM) 2022-2024
Postdoc. NOAA (USA) 2019-2022
Postdoc. School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (University of Washington, USA) 2017-2019
Postdoc. School of biological Sciences (University of Auckland, NZ) 2014-2017
PhD. School of Biological Sciences (University of Auckland, NZ) 2014
BSc. Biology (UAM) 1999

Rubén Chaboy. PhD student
ruben.chaboy@uam.es
MS in Microbiology (UAH)
BSc. in Biotechnology (UZ)
Rubén studies the microbial community assembly of the rhizosphere microbiome
Paula Cobeta. PhD student
paula.cobeta@uam.es
MS in Microbiology (UAM)
Bsc. in Biotechnology (UZ)
Paula searches for biotechnological applications to improve salinity tolerance in plants

Jon Matas. Research assistant
jon.matas@uam.es
MS in Molecular Biology, genetics and biotechnology (Lund University)
Bsc. in Biochemistry (U. Navarra)
Ex members:
Gabriel Roscales. Research Assistant
MS in Microbiology (UB)
Bsc. in Biotechnology (U. León)
Silvia Talavera. PhD student
silvia.talavera@uam.es
MS in Bioinformatics and Computational biology (UAM)
BSc. Biochemestry (UGR)
Silvia studies the metabolic determinants of community assembly and ecological drift in microbial ecosystems
