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Sabela Balboa Associate Professor at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Congratulations!!!



Sabela Balboa Associate Professor at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Congratulations!!!

19 Dec 2024

Sabela Balboa was appointed Associate Professor in Microbiology at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela after passing an evaluation process on November, 22nd. Congratulations!!! .

Sabela holds a PhD in Microbiology since 2012. After, she was awarded a Postdoctoral grant from Xunta de Galicia. During this period she stayed for two years at Sheffield University (UK) in the Infection and Immunity department. In 2019 she joined BioGroup and CRETUS Center as a postdoctoral researcher where she achieved the position first, Distinguished researcher funded by Xunta de Galicia, and afterwards, Ramon y Cajal Fellowship.  Her research career started with the study of the taxonomy and diversity of marine bacteria and the regulatory mechanisms of survival of bacteria associated to aquatic media. Nowadays, she is leading a research line focused on the study of the bacteria degrading microplastics in wastewater treatment plants.