Federico Baltar
Associate Professor
Dept. Functional & Evolutionary Ecology
University of Vienna
Brief Curriculum Vitae
March 17, 2022
Professional Experience
2021-now Associate Professor, Dep. Functional & Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
2018-2021 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
2022 JoF 2021 Young Investigator Award
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)
2021- now Associate Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology (Q1-journal)
2020- now Associate Editor of Journal of Fungi (Q1-journal)
2015- now Review Editor of the Marine Biogeochemistry section of 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), European Research Council (ERC), Ikerbasque (Basque Country Government), University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program (eSeaGrant), Spanish Ministry for Science & Innovation (MCIN), Research Council of Norway (RCN), Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).
Examiner of PhD Thesis
2024 Mari Vanharanta, University of Helsinki (Finland)
2024 Afrah Alothman, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology-KAUST (Saudi Arabia)
2022 Choaro David Dithugoeto, Rhodes University (South Africa)
2021 Ainhoa Uranga, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
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)