Maria Soledad Goni Urriza

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IPREM*

Technopôle Helioparc
2 avenue Pierre Angot
64053 Pau Cedex 9

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Head of research unit:

Director : Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos (ryszard.lobinski @ univ-pau.fr)
Assistant directors : Cécile Courrèges and Christine Lartigau-Dagron

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION

 

Maria Soledad Goni UrrizaAssistant Professor


  • IPREM - UMR 5254 UPPA/CNRS IBEAS- avenue de l'université -BP 1155 64013 PAU Cedex
  • microbial mats, sulfate-reducing bacteria, mercury, methylmercury, diversity, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, genomics, remediation, Bacterial functional response to pollution
  • marisol.goni @ univ-pau.fr

Education

Education
  • 2011 HDR in Microbial Ecology 2011, University of Pau (France)

  • 1999 PhD thesis in Aquatic Microbiology, Bordeaux I University (France).

  • 1995 Master of science in Chemistry and Biology of Oceans Bordeaux I University (France)

  • 1994 Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Biochemistry and Genetics, Navarra (Spain)

Professional Experience
  • Oct 1999 -: Assistant professor in the University of Pau (France), laboratory of Molecular Ecology

  • Jan 1999 - Sep 1999 Post-doctoral position as investigator Laboratory of Virology, Pellegrin Hospital, Bordeaux (France), ANRS (Aids Research National Agency) Commission, coord. : Prof. H. Fleury.

  • Jan 1997 to Jun 1999 PhD position, Laboratory of Microbiology, Bordeaux II University, (France ); coord. : Dr. M. Capdepuy, Bordeaux I University (France)

  • Oct1995-Dec 1996  PhD position Laboratory of Biology and Oceanography, Bordeaux I University (France); coord. : Prof. P. Caumette, Bordeaux I University (France)

Skills

  • Microbial ecology: structure and functioning of communities

  • Biogeochemical cycles of sulfur and mercury

  • Biotransformation and biodegradation of contaminants

  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria

  • Genomics

  • Molecular biology

Research interests

  • Microbial ecology of waters and sediments

  • Response of microbial communities to natural or anthropological stresses

  • Bacterial transformation of metals (special focus on mercury)

  • Bioremediation of organic pollutants (mainly hydrocarbons)

Publications