BIO AND CONTACT
Antonio Aguilar-Garrido is a PhD student in the field of soil science. He holds a degree in Environmental Sciences and a master’s degree in Conservation, Management and Restoration of Biodiversity, both from the University of Granada. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Earth Sciences at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the University of Granada under the supervision of Professor F. J. Martín Peinado (fjmartin@ugr.es), for which he received the Spanish government FPU research grant. During his PhD he carried out a short research stay at the Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) research centre of the Instituto Superior de Agronomía in the University of Lisbon (Portugal). His research focuses on the generation of Technosols from urban, agricultural and industrial wastes for the treatment of water and soils polluted by potentially harmful elements (PHEs) (e.g., As, Cu, Pb and Zn). His main interests are related to the fields of soil and water contamination/decontamination, mining restoration, toxicity assessment and circular economy. He has worked with the main analyses of soil properties, enzyme activities in soils and toxicological bioassays to evaluate the toxicity on soils of different PHEs. Furthermore, he has teaching experience in the subjects of “The physical environment”, “Soil science”, “Methods for the study of the natural environment” and “Soil evaluation, management, conservation, and recovery techniques” of the degrees in Biology and Environmental Sciences; and has mentored some final degree/master’s degree projects. He has been involved in the Spanish Ministry of Science research project “Restoration of soils contaminated by heavy metals: A strategy based on waste revalorisation and bioremediation (RTI 2018-094327-B-I00)”. Aguilar-Garrido is the first author of five academic articles, and co-author of four others, which have all been published in JCR-indexed journals. He is also author of sixbook chapters and has presented several posters and oral communications in conferences at national and international level. He has also collaborated as a reviewer in prestigious JCR-indexed journals such as Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, and Plant and Soil.
Research topics: Soil Science, Environmental Sciences, Water, Contamination, Ecotoxicology, Potentially harmful elements (PHEs), Waste valorisation, Technosols, Toxicity assessment
If you would like to get in touch with me feel free to email me at antonioag@ugr.es. You may find me at the online directory – University of Granada as well as on ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ORCID and Twitter.
EDUCATION
2019 – Present. PhD in Earth of Sciences. University of Granada (Spain).
2018 – 2019. Master of Science in Conservation, Management and Restoration of Biodiversity. University of Granada (Spain).
2013 – 2018. Degree in Environmental Sciences. University of Granada (Spain).
WORK EXPERIENCE
Oct 2019 – Oct 2023. PhD Fellow. Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. University of Granada (Spain).
2021. 3-months PhD stay. Research centre LEAF – Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food. Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal).
2019. Trainee researcher. Food Chain Economics Area. Andalusian Institute for Research and Training in Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Ecological Production (IFAPA). Andalusian government (Spain).
2016 – 2019. Internal student. Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. University of Granada (Spain).
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022, 2023. Roland Schlich Travel Support of the European Geosciences Union. Awarded by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) to participate on-site in its general assembly held in Vienna in 2022 and 2023, presenting some results of my research line.
2021. Mobility grant of the University Teacher Training Program (FPU). Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Universities.
2019 – Present. University Teacher Training Program (FPU). Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
2019. End-of-degree Award in Environmental Sciences. Academic year 2017/2018. Granted by the University of Granada (Spain).
2019. Collaboration grant of the XXXII Reunión Nacional De Suelos. Awarded by the Spanish Society of Soil Sciences (SECS) to participate on-site in the congress “XXXII REUNIÓN NACIONAL DE SUELOS (RENS 2019)” held in Seville, presenting some results of my research line.
2018. Best Final Degree Project Award in Environmental Sciences of Andalusia of 2017. Granted by the Professional Association of Graduates in Environmental Sciences of Andalusia (COAMBA) for the project titled “Comparative study of the capacity of arsenic adsorption between the horizons of a peatland soil”.
2016 – 2017. Collaboration grant in university departments. Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport to carry out the final degree project and getting started in scientific research.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019 – 2021. Restauración de suelos contaminados por metales pesados: Una estrategia basada en la revalorización de residuos y la biorremediación (RTI 2018-094327-B-I00).
– Funded by: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
– Funding programme: Call 2018 for R+D+i projects “Research challenges”, of the State R+D+i programme oriented to societal challenges.
– Principal investigators: Inmaculada García Romera and Francisco José Martín Peinado
– Carried out by: Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC and Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry – UGR
– Amount financed: 217.800,00 €
– Ocupation: Team member.
SOCIAL OUTREACH
Press mentions
Entrevista a Antonio Aguilar Garrido, doctorando de la Universidad de Granada.
Boletín semestral de la Sociedad Española de la Ciencia del Suelo (SECS): NEWS-SECS 2020. 20. Jan. 2020.
https://secs.com.es/wp-content/news/secs_20/mobile/index.html#p=25
La UGR gana el tercer premio en el Curso y Concurso Nacional de Interpretación de Suelos en Campo.
Canal UGR. Jul 12. 2019. https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/ugr-gana-premio-interpretacion-suelos-en-campo/
Ideal. Jul 12. 2019. https://www.ideal.es/miugr/gana-tercer-premio-20190712181622-nt.html
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