Next Position
2021: Ramón y Cajal tenure track position at the Institut of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona (Spain).
Current Position
Young Researcher Grant Project (PN-JIN): Role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge on Mercury Cyling: unveiling the link between Terrestrial and Marine systems in a changing world (MerTerMar).
Previous Post-Doctoral & Researcher Positions
September 2018 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow "MER-CURE"
Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) at Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Funded by the European Commission, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
07/2017-08/2018: Post-Doc
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Grant to Andrea García Bravo by Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Beatriu de Pinós).
12/2016-03/2017: Researcher
Umeå University, Sweden.
Hired by Prof. Erik Björn
04/2014-11/2016: Researcher
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Grant of the Swedish Research Council. Hired by Prof. Stefan Bertilsson to lead the WP3 of the project “Sino-Swedish Mercury Management Research Framework (SMaReF)”. .
03/2012-03/2014: Post-Doc
Uppsala University, Sweden.
“Impact of microbial community structure on mercury methylation”.
Grant to Andrea García Bravo founded by Swedish Research Council Nm: 623-2011-7192.
1/2011-09/2011: Post-Doc
Geneva University, Institut F.A. Forel, Switzerland.
Hired by Prof. Vera Slaveykova.
06/2005-09/2011: Research assistant and PhD
Geneva University, Institut F.A. Forel, Switzerland.
“Mercury methylation and trophic transfer in freshwater systems”.
Hired by Walter Wildi and Janusz Dominik.
Scholarships
2015: Travel grant of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography to the attendance of the Congress on Aquatic Science, Granada, Spain. Amount: 400$ (~360 €).
2007: Travel Grant of the Société Académique de Genève to participate in the 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE). Amount: 3 000 CHF (~2700€)
2004: Travel grant of the Institut F.A. Forel, (Geneva, Switzerland) to participate in an internship (~200 €).
2002: Erasmus fellow at the Institut F.A. Forel, Geneva, Switzerland.
Awards
2019: Raymond L. Lindeman Award to recognize an outstanding paper written by a young aquatic scientist. You can see the plenary talk and the interview
2013: Early Career Research Award by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Scholarship for science, technology and environment 85,000 SEK (10 000 €) Proposed research on the role of microbial communities on mercury methylation.
Granted Research Projects (money allocated to my research as PI or work package leader)
2018-2021: Research grant
"VENEZIA 2021:Scientific research program for a regulated lagoon".
ICM-CSIC
Amount: 60 000 €. PI: Rober Zonta. Scientific coordinator of theme 2, line 2.2: Andrea G Bravo.
2018-2021: Research grant
"Mercury in runoff water: Identifying site specific factors and mitigation measures that influences mercury export and methyl-mercury formation at forest harvest".
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet and ICM-CSIC
Amount: 2 996 066 SEK (~290 000 €). PI: Karin Eflöf, Co-applicant: Andrea G Bravo
2018-2020: Marie Curie Individual Fellow grant of the European Commission.
"Using global marine metagenomics to understand MERcury microbial associated processes: finding a CURE for mercury contaminated environments"
ICM-CSIC
Amount: 158 121 €. PI: Andrea G Bravo
2017-2018: Post-doctoral grant of the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Beatriu de Pinós).
"Source and composition of organic matter for predicting methylmercury formation in Mediterranean reservoirs"
Grant of the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
IDAEA-CSIC
Amount: 92 000 €. PI: Andrea G Bravo
2016: Research grant of The Foundation Olsson Borg.
“Understanding the formation of methylmercury in aquatic systems: the role of different organic matter sources”.
Grant of the Olsson-Borgh Foundation.
Uppsala University, Sweden
Amount: 308 000 SEK (~30 000 €). PI: Andrea G Bravo
2014: Research grant of The Foundation Olsson Borg.
"Understanding mercury transformations in aquatic systems through metagenomics approaches"
Uppsala University, Sweden
Amount: 79 175 SEK (~8 000 €). PI: Andrea G Bravo
2013-2015: Research grant Swedish Energy Center, Energimyndigheten.
"The influence of stump harvest on the creation of hot-spots for mercury methylation".
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Amount: 2 524 698 SEK (~ 250 000 €). PI: Kevin Bishop, Formal Collaborator: Andrea G Bravo
2011: Postdoctoral research grant of the Swedish Research Council.
"Impact of microbial community structure on mercury methylation”
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Amount: 1 717 000 SEK (~178 000 €). PI: Andrea G Bravo
2009: Research grant of the Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation.
"Mercury methylation and biomagnification in a reservoir contaminated by a chlor-alkali plant".
Geneva University
Amount: 10 000 CHF (~9 000€). PI: Andrea G Bravo
Co-Convener for International Conferences and Workshops
Teaching activities
Courses, laboratory and workshops (>60 ECTS):
2021: Ramón y Cajal tenure track position at the Institut of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona (Spain).
Current Position
Young Researcher Grant Project (PN-JIN): Role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge on Mercury Cyling: unveiling the link between Terrestrial and Marine systems in a changing world (MerTerMar).
Previous Post-Doctoral & Researcher Positions
September 2018 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow "MER-CURE"
Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) at Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Funded by the European Commission, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
07/2017-08/2018: Post-Doc
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Grant to Andrea García Bravo by Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Beatriu de Pinós).
12/2016-03/2017: Researcher
Umeå University, Sweden.
Hired by Prof. Erik Björn
04/2014-11/2016: Researcher
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Grant of the Swedish Research Council. Hired by Prof. Stefan Bertilsson to lead the WP3 of the project “Sino-Swedish Mercury Management Research Framework (SMaReF)”. .
03/2012-03/2014: Post-Doc
Uppsala University, Sweden.
“Impact of microbial community structure on mercury methylation”.
Grant to Andrea García Bravo founded by Swedish Research Council Nm: 623-2011-7192.
1/2011-09/2011: Post-Doc
Geneva University, Institut F.A. Forel, Switzerland.
Hired by Prof. Vera Slaveykova.
06/2005-09/2011: Research assistant and PhD
Geneva University, Institut F.A. Forel, Switzerland.
“Mercury methylation and trophic transfer in freshwater systems”.
Hired by Walter Wildi and Janusz Dominik.
Scholarships
2015: Travel grant of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography to the attendance of the Congress on Aquatic Science, Granada, Spain. Amount: 400$ (~360 €).
2007: Travel Grant of the Société Académique de Genève to participate in the 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE). Amount: 3 000 CHF (~2700€)
2004: Travel grant of the Institut F.A. Forel, (Geneva, Switzerland) to participate in an internship (~200 €).
2002: Erasmus fellow at the Institut F.A. Forel, Geneva, Switzerland.
Awards
2019: Raymond L. Lindeman Award to recognize an outstanding paper written by a young aquatic scientist. You can see the plenary talk and the interview
2013: Early Career Research Award by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Scholarship for science, technology and environment 85,000 SEK (10 000 €) Proposed research on the role of microbial communities on mercury methylation.
Granted Research Projects (money allocated to my research as PI or work package leader)
2018-2021: Research grant
"VENEZIA 2021:Scientific research program for a regulated lagoon".
ICM-CSIC
Amount: 60 000 €. PI: Rober Zonta. Scientific coordinator of theme 2, line 2.2: Andrea G Bravo.
2018-2021: Research grant
"Mercury in runoff water: Identifying site specific factors and mitigation measures that influences mercury export and methyl-mercury formation at forest harvest".
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet and ICM-CSIC
Amount: 2 996 066 SEK (~290 000 €). PI: Karin Eflöf, Co-applicant: Andrea G Bravo
2018-2020: Marie Curie Individual Fellow grant of the European Commission.
"Using global marine metagenomics to understand MERcury microbial associated processes: finding a CURE for mercury contaminated environments"
ICM-CSIC
Amount: 158 121 €. PI: Andrea G Bravo
2017-2018: Post-doctoral grant of the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Beatriu de Pinós).
"Source and composition of organic matter for predicting methylmercury formation in Mediterranean reservoirs"
Grant of the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
IDAEA-CSIC
Amount: 92 000 €. PI: Andrea G Bravo
2016: Research grant of The Foundation Olsson Borg.
“Understanding the formation of methylmercury in aquatic systems: the role of different organic matter sources”.
Grant of the Olsson-Borgh Foundation.
Uppsala University, Sweden
Amount: 308 000 SEK (~30 000 €). PI: Andrea G Bravo
2014: Research grant of The Foundation Olsson Borg.
"Understanding mercury transformations in aquatic systems through metagenomics approaches"
Uppsala University, Sweden
Amount: 79 175 SEK (~8 000 €). PI: Andrea G Bravo
2013-2015: Research grant Swedish Energy Center, Energimyndigheten.
"The influence of stump harvest on the creation of hot-spots for mercury methylation".
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Amount: 2 524 698 SEK (~ 250 000 €). PI: Kevin Bishop, Formal Collaborator: Andrea G Bravo
2011: Postdoctoral research grant of the Swedish Research Council.
"Impact of microbial community structure on mercury methylation”
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Amount: 1 717 000 SEK (~178 000 €). PI: Andrea G Bravo
2009: Research grant of the Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation.
"Mercury methylation and biomagnification in a reservoir contaminated by a chlor-alkali plant".
Geneva University
Amount: 10 000 CHF (~9 000€). PI: Andrea G Bravo
Co-Convener for International Conferences and Workshops
- 2019: Main chair in the 1st Iberian Ecological Society Meeting: "Ecology: an integrative science in the Anthropocene", Barcelona, Spain. Session: "Understanding the contaminants in a changing world: linking terrestrial and aquatic systems" (Co-chairs: Silvia G. Acinas, Sergi Diez, Victor Matamoros, Albert Pallaques, Juan Carlos Nóvoa and Luis R. Vieira).
- 2018: Main chair in the Aquatic Science Meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO): "Water Connects!", Victoria, Canada. Session: "Understanding The Mercury Cycle in a changing world: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems" (Co-chairs: Brian Branfireun, Erik Björn and Lars-Eric Heimbürguer).
- 2015: Organizer and teacher of a PhD Course in the context of SMAREF collaborative project: “Hg biogechemical cycling”, SLU, Umea University, Sweden.
- 2015: Co-chair in the Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences: “Freshwater sciences coming back home”, Geneva, Switzerland. Session: Freshwater toxicology at the community and ecosystem level (co-chairs: Ralf Schaefer and Matthias Liess).
- 2015: Co-chair in the annual European meeting of The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC): “Environmental protection in a multi-stressed world: challenges for science, industry and regulators”, Barcelona, Spain. Session: Metals in the Environment: Fate, Speciation and Bioavailability in Water, Soil and Sediment (Co-chairs Karel De Shamphelaere and Erik Smolders).
- 2015: Substitute of a co-chair in the Aquatic Science Meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO): “Global and regional perspectives – North meets South”, Granada, Spain. Session: Mercury biogeochemistry from headwaters to the ocean (I was the substitute of Ulf Skyllberg, co-chairs: George Aiken and David Krabbenhoft).
- 2014: Organizer and presenter in the SMAREF Workshop presentation: Genomics workshop. Uppsala University, Sweden.
Teaching activities
Courses, laboratory and workshops (>60 ECTS):
- 2012-2016: Heavy metals in the environment (1 h lecture). Uppsala University.
- 2011: Ecotoxicology and water quality (3 ECTS) in Environmental Sciences Master Degree Geneva University (1.5 ECTS), 2011. Total 1.5 ECTS.
- 2005-2010: Several courses in MsC degree of Environmental Sciences of Geneva University. 1) Lake functioning in an alpine ecosystem (3 ECTS); 2) System analysis and environmental modelling (3 ECTS); 3) Seminar in environmental sciences (3 ECTS); 4) Terrestrial and urban environments (3 ECTS); 5) Sediments and contaminants (3 ECTS); 6) Management of Coastal marine environments (3 ECTS) in 2005 (Faro, Portugal) 2007, (Tulcea, Romania), 2009 (Venise, Italy), 2011 (Venise, Italy).
- PhD Co-supervisor (2): Jingying Xu (27/04/2018), Baolin Wang (ongoing) Uppsala University
- Masters (9):
- Main supervisor: Torfi-Geir Hilmarsson (2014-2015), Hannes Gröntoft (2014-2015), Sonia Herrero Ortega (2014-2015), Alejandro Mateos Rivera (2013-2014), Anastasija Isidirova (2012-2013) in Uppsala University.
- Co-supervisor; Geneva University: Clément Roy (2010-2011), Christine Picard (2007-2008), Lydie Ancey (2007-2008). Formal collaborator.
