zulema.varela@outlook.es

PostDoc Researcher.

Founder member of:

Education

  • PhD, USC, 2014 - "Advances in air quality biomonitoring with the terrestrial moss Pseudoscleropodium purum". Cum laude and International Doctor Mention, Extraordinary Ph.D. award.
  • BSc Thesis, USC, 2009 - "Harmonization of the moss technique: selection of the size of the sampling area". Cum laude.
  • MSc, USC, 2007 - Master in Environmental Engineering.
  • BSc, UVigo, 2005 - Biology Degree.

Positions

    • 2026 – 2029 (expected) — Assistant Researcher, Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
    • 2022 – 2024 — María Zambrano Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
    • 2022 — Visiting Researcher, University of Helsinki (Finland)
    • 2018 – 2022 — PhD Grant-Xunta de Galicia, Ecology, USC
    • 2016 – 2018 — PhD Grant-Xunta de Galicia, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
    • 2015 — PhD Grant, Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
    • 2013 — Pre-doctoral Stay, University of Trieste (Italy)
    • 2010 – 2014 — PhD Student, Ecology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC)