Dr. María Argudo Fernández

She has a Biology degree from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) (2012). In 2013, she got a scholarship called “Leonardo Da Vinci” in a water laboratory in Mestre (Venice, Italy). In 2014, she obtained a Master’s degree in Management of Natural Protected Areas from (UAM, Universidad Complutense y Universidad de Alcalá) (2012). In February of 2021, she received her PhD in Water Science and Technology studying the effect of metals in the composition and function of prokaryotic communities in fluvial biofilms, throughout molecular analysis (mainly amplicon sequencing and qPCR) and field studies. She attended to several international formation courses about this field.

In 2021 she works as technical research in the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) inside a Spanish governmental project as a principal responsible of molecular analysis of prokaryotes involved in the phosphorous cycle. Her studies has been presented in several and national and international congresses and published in scientific journals.

Nowadays, she works as postdoctoral researcher in the CLEAN-CM project “Control and elimination of chemical and biological risks in water cycle” (REACT-UE resources of the Madrid Operational Program 2014-2020, in the line of action of R&D projects in response to COVID 19). Project and contract are funded by Comunidad de Madrid and the European Union, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Union “A way of making Europe”, funded as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic,

This contract will be financed through the agreement between the Community of Madrid (Regional Board of Education, Universities, Science and Spokesperson´s Office) and the IMDEA Water Foundation for the direct granting of a grant of 1,135,000.00 euros to finance the performance of actions in the field of research on SARS-COV2 and the COVID-19 disease financed with REACT-EU resources from the European Regional Development Fund.