Federico Baltar
Assistant Professor
Dept. Functional & Evolutionary Ecology
University of Vienna
Overview
Our research in biological oceanography integrates marine microbial ecology and biogeochemistry within the framework of physical oceanography. This research is based on microbes, trying to arrive to a mechanistic understanding of the regulation of marine carbon cycling to better constrain the potential consequences of climate change on the marine biogeochemical cycles and vice versa.
The three main focuses of research include:
the role of microbes on marine biogeochemical cycles in surface and deep waters,
the influence of mesoscale hydrological features on microbial functioning and diversity,
the impact of anthropogenic perturbations on marine microbes and organic matter cycling.
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
2018-now Assistant Professor, Dep. Limnology & Bio-Oceanography, University of Vienna, Austria
2017-2018 Rutherford Discovery Fellow (Royal Society of New Zealand), University of Otago, NZ
2016-2018 Tenured - Senior Lecturer in Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand
2013-2016 Lecturer (tenure-track) in Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand
2012-2013 Research Associate, Centre for Ecology & Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Sweden
2010-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, Dep. of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, Sweden
2006-2010 Predoctoral Fellow, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain
Academic and Professional Honors
2016 European Geosciences Union (EGU) Award for Outstanding Young Scientist in Biogeosciences
2016 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (Royal Society of New Zealand)
2015 Early Career Teacher of the Year, University of Otago Awards
2011 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award 2010, ULPGC
Manuscript Reviewer
Among others for:
Microbial Ecology, The ISME Journal, PNAS, Advances in Oceanography, Biogeoscience, PlosOne, Aquatic Sciences, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Progress in Oceanography, Limnology & Oceanography, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Deep Sea Research, Marine Drugs, Continental Shelf Research, Ocean Science, Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers in Earth Science, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Microbiology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Nature Conservation, Marine Chemistry, PeerJ, Geophysical Research Letters, Life, Microbiome
Editorial Boards
2021- now Associate Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science (Q1-journal)
2020- now Associate Editor of Journal of Fungi (Q1-journal)
2015- now Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) of the Marine Biogeochemistry section of Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers in Earth Science and Frontiers in Marine Science
Grant Reviewer
Among others for:
NSF Biological Oceanography (USA), The Leverhulme Trust (UK), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Chilean National Science and Technology Commission (CONICYT), Italian Antarctic Research Programme (PNRA), The Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS-Belgium)
Examiner of PhD Thesis
2020 Catalina Mena Oliver, Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain)
2019 Marina Zamanillo, Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona-ICM, CSIC (Spain)
2019 Maria Teresa Tames-Espinosa, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
2019 Ro Allen, University of Otago (New Zealand)
2019 Valeria Anabalon Molina, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
2016 Amy Katherine Weaver, University of Otago (New Zealand)
2014 Tim Burrell, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)