José Luis Balcazar

Dr. Jose L. Balcazar is a Senior researcher at the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA-CERCA), Spain. He received his Ph.D. in Animal Pathology from the University of Zaragoza in 2006 and completed his postdoctoral training at the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) in 2009. Moreover, he has carried out research stays at internationally renowned institutions such as Technical University of Munich (Germany); University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (USA); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (USA); and École Centrale de Lyon (France). In 2011, Dr. Balcazar was awarded a “Ramon y Cajal” fellowship to conduct his research in antibiotic resistance and was then promoted to Research Scientist in 2016. His current research interests are focused on how anthropogenic stressors affect microbial communities and to what extent such stressors contribute to the acquisition and spread of antibiotic resistance in environmental settings. During the last few years, his research interests have been broadened to include the contribution of bacteriophages to bacterial evolution and ecology. As a result of his investigations, he has published more than 170 scientific articles in high-impact journals, resulting in international recognition in the field.

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