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Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Dean & Professor

  • 8989 Citations
  • 53 h-Index
1989 …2020

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Education/Academic qualification

PHD, University of Oregon

… → 1992

MA, University of Oregon

… → 1988

BS, University of Barcelona

… → 1985

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Research Output

  • 8989 Citations
  • 53 h-Index
  • 125 Article
  • 4 Chapter
  • 3 Comment/debate
  • 1 Review article

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

    • 11 Scopus citations

    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

    • 2 Scopus citations

    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

    • 12 Scopus citations

    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
    • 1 Scopus citations

    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
    • 6 Scopus citations

    Projects

    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.

    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

    Garcia-Pichel, F.

    DOD: Strategic Environmental Research Development Program (SERDP)

    9/30/13 → 9/29/18

    Project: Research project

    • EUENDOLIGHT

    Garcia-Pichel, F.

    OTHER: Foreign University

    9/15/13 → 12/31/15

    Project: Research project

    • Collaborative Research: Photodegradation in deserts: litter optical and structural considerations

    Day, T. & Garcia-Pichel, F.

    NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

    5/1/13 → 4/30/19

    Project: Research project

    • Intracellular metal pumping in microbial excavation by microbes

    Garcia-Pichel, F.

    National Science Foundation (NSF)

    9/1/12 → 8/31/16

    Project: Research project