Anna Carratala Ripolles
EPFL ENAC IIE LCE
GR A0 392 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
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Fields of expertise
- Characterising the dynamics of microorganisms in alpine and polar lakes in response to environmental change.
- Monitoring of planktonic and benthic Cyanobacteria in freshwater ecosystems.
- Identification of mechanisms leading to the production of cyanotoxins in alpine and arctic lakes.
- Understanding microbial interactions among virus, bacteria and protists in freshwater ecosystems.
- Developing novel biotechnological applications based on the metabolic diversity of lake water bacteria.
- Exploring the production of metabolic water by cold-adapted arctic bacteria.
Professional course
Research scientist
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry
EPFL
from April 2017.
Postdoctoral researcher
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry
EPFL
2013-2017
Research internship
Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine Organisms (BIOM)
Observatoire Océanologique Banyuls sur Mer, France
February-October 2012.
Research internship
Laboratory for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
July 2011.
Research internship
Laboratory of Compared and Environmental Virology
Institute Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 2010.
PhD student
Laboratory of viral contaminants
University of Barcelona
2008-2013
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Microbiology
University of Barcelona
2008-2013
Master Advanced Microbiology
Biology
2007-2008
Degree Biology
University of Barcelona
2001-2007
Open Water, Advanced and Rescue Diver
2008-2017
Awards
Extraordinary PhD Award
University of Barcelona
2014
International Geneva Award
Swiss Network of International Studies
2019
Prix Source Innovation
Alliance, EPFL
2023
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Environmental Sciences and Engineering