Research Output per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
PHD, University of Oregon
… → 1992
MA, University of Oregon
… → 1988
BS, University of Barcelona
… → 1985
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Cyanobacteria
Medicine & Life Sciences
soil crust
Earth & Environmental Sciences
soil crusts
Agriculture & Biology
cyanobacterium
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Soil
Medicine & Life Sciences
rRNA Genes
Medicine & Life Sciences
Sunscreening Agents
Medicine & Life Sciences
microbial mat
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
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Research Output 1989 2019
8
Citations
(Scopus)
Cyanobacterial biocrust diversity in Mediterranean ecosystems along a latitudinal and climatic gradient
Muñoz-Martín, M. Á., Becerra-Absalón, I., Perona, E., Fernández-Valbuena, L., Garcia-Pichel, F. & Mateo, P., Jan 1 2019, In : New Phytologist. 221, 1, p. 123-141 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Cyanobacteria
Ecosystem
ecosystems
Microcoleus vaginatus
Scytonema
Effect of preconditioning to the soil environment on the performance of 20 cyanobacterial strains used as inoculum for biocrust restoration
Giraldo-Silva, A., Nelson, C., Penfold, C., Barger, N. N. & Garcia-Pichel, F., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Restoration Ecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
edaphic factors
inoculum
hardening
arid lands
Tolypothrix
8
Citations
(Scopus)
Nursing biocrusts: isolation, cultivation, and fitness test of indigenous cyanobacteria
Giraldo-Silva, A., Nelson, C., Barger, N. N. & Garcia-Pichel, F., Jan 1 2019, In : Restoration Ecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
soil crusts
soil crust
breast feeding
Cyanobacteria
cyanobacterium
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Optimizing the production of nursery-based biological soil crusts for restoration of arid land soils
Bethany, J., Giraldo-Silva, A., Nelson, C., Barger, N. N. & Garcia-Pichel, F., Jan 1 2019, In : Applied and environmental microbiology. 85, 15, e00735-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
soil crusts
soil crust
Nurseries
arid lands
Soil
4
Citations
(Scopus)
Spatial segregation of the biological soil crust microbiome around its foundational cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus, and the formation of a nitrogen-fixing cyanosphere
Couradeau, E., Giraldo-Silva, A., De Martini, F. & Garcia-Pichel, F., Apr 3 2019, In : Microbiome. 7, 1, 55.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Microbiota
Cyanobacteria
Nitrogen
Soil
Carbon Monoxide
Projects 1998 2020
Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics (CBBG)
Kavazanjian, E., Zapata, C., Saenz, D., Garcia-Pichel, F., Shock, E., Allenby, B., Rittmann, B., Torres, C., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Delgado, A., Vivoni, E., Neithalath, N., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Boyer, T., van Paassen, L., Tao, J., Larson, J., Savenye, W. & Hamdan, N.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
8/1/15 → 7/31/20
Project: Research project
Achieving dryland restoration through the deployment of enhanced biocrusts to improve soil stability fertility and native plant recruitment
DOD: Strategic Environmental Research Development Program (SERDP)
9/30/13 → 9/29/18
Project: Research project
fertility
soil fertility
erosion
restoration
trial
boring
cyanobacterium
mineral
geomicrobiology
substrate
Collaborative Research: Photodegradation in deserts: litter optical and structural considerations
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
5/1/13 → 4/30/19
Project: Research project
photodegradation
litter
desert
leaf litter
decomposition
Intracellular metal pumping in microbial excavation by microbes
National Science Foundation (NSF)
9/1/12 → 8/31/16
Project: Research project
boring
pumping
excavation
metal
morphogenesis