159Assistant Professor
Department of Biology & Marine Biology
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Phone: +1 (910) 962-2615
E-mail: [email protected]
Webpage: http://www.imesalab.com
Education
2009 MBA University of North Carolina Wilmington – Biotechnology
2005 PhD University of Barcelona and Perpignan – Zoology
2003 MSc University of Barcelona – Marine Molecular Ecology
2001 DEA University of Paris VI – Biogeochemistry & Marine Environment
2000 BSc University of Barcelona – Biology
Appointments
2014- Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2013-2014 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2009-2014 Assistant Professor (Ramón y Cajal), University of Barcelona
2007-2009 Research Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2006-2007 Visiting Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2005-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Perpignan EPHE - FMR CNRS 2935
2001-2005 Predoctoral Researcher, University of Barcelona and Perpignan LCBE
2003-2004 Research Assistant, Marine Laboratory, University of Guam
2001 Non-Thesis Research Assistant, University of Paris VI
1998-2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Barcelona
Publications since 2007 (*Corresponding author; undergraduate & graduate students in bold)
34. López-Legentil S*, Legentil ML, Erwin PM, Turon X (Minor Revision) Harbor networks as
introduction patchworks: contrastin Distribution paterns of native and introduced ascidians.
Biological Invasions
33. Burgsdorf I, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Cerrano C, Haber M, Frenk S, Steindler L* (In
press) Biogeography rather than association with cyanobacteria structures symbiotic microbial
communities in the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis. Frontiers in Microbiology
32. Zhang F, Pita L, Erwin PM, Abaid S, Lopez-Legentil S, Hill R* (In press) Symbiotic archaea
in marine sponges show stability and host specificity in community structure and ammonia
oxidation functionality. FEMS Microbiology Ecology
31. Riesgo A*, Blasco G, Erwin PM, Pérez-Portela R, López-Legentil S (2014) Optimization of
fourteen microsatellite loci in a Mediterranean demosponges subjected to population
decimation, Ircinia fasciculata. Conservation Genetic Resources 6: 301-303
30. Erwin PM, Pineda MC, Webster N, Turon X, López-Legentil S* (2014) Down under the tunic:
Bacterial biodiversity hotspots and widespread ammonia-oxidizing Archaea in coral reef
ascidians. The ISME Journal 8(3): 575-588
Susanna López-Legentil, PhD MBA