Environmental Microbiology

BIOGRAPHY

Juan Luis Ramos

Name and Title: Juan L. Ramos, Professor.
Professional Address: EEZ-CSIC, Apdo. de Correos 419, E-18008 Granada, Spain
Date and Place of Birth: August 10, 1956, in Seville, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
University Education: Masters' degree in Biology from the University of Seville in 1978.
Ph.D. in Biology (Biochemistry) from the University of Seville in 1981.

Career
Current Position since 2002: Full Professor at Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC Granada (Spain)

Previous Positions
1978-1981 PhD. student at the Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Seville, Spain.
1981-1982 Assistant Professor at the same Department.
1983-1984 Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, AFRC/University of Sussex. Brighton, U.K.
1985-1987 Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1988-1990 "Colaborador Científico" (Staff position) at the Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC in Granada, Spain.
1990-2002 "Investigador Científico" (Staff position) at the Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC in Granada.
1998-2007 Director of Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC (Granada – Spain)

Scientific Fields of Expertise
Genetics and molecular biology of microbes; physiology and metabolism of Pseudomonas; environmental bioremediation and restoration.


Honors, Awards, Fellowships, and Membership in Professional Organizations:
1978 Prize to the best Master Degree in Biology
1978/1981 Post-graduate MEC fellowship
1983/1984 Long-term EMBO Fellowship
1985 Long-term CSIC post-doctoral fellowship
2004 Huelva-Andalusian Regional Government Award on the Environment
Elected in 1990 member of the European Environmental Research Organization
Elected in 1997 member of the EERO Council (1997-1998)
Elected in 2004 member of the American Academy of Microbiology

Membership of Professional Organizations
Member of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry since 1980
Member of the Society for General Microbiology since 1984
Member of the American Society for Microbiology since 1990

Representation in Science Policy Boards (brief selection)
Member of the EC-US Task Force on Environmental Biotechnology since 1994
Spanish Delegate in the Biotechnology Panel of the OECD since 1995-1997
Representative of the NATO Earth Sciences and Environmental Panel 1997-1999
Spanish National Expert in the Regions Programme of EC, since 2007
Advisor of the Programme CREAM on Environmental Biotechnology Univ. of Copenhaguen, Denmark, since 2008
Advisor of the National Center of Biotechnology, Spain, since 2008
Elected in 2010 member of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Council

Editorial Responsibilities
Editor of the Journal of Bacteriology 1998-2007
Editor of Microbial Biotechnology since 2007, and Special Editor for Reviews/Minireviews and Special Issues
Editor of Environmental Microbiology/Environmental Microbiology Reports since 2008, and Special Editor for Reviews/Minireviews and Special Issues

Supervision of students
Master’s Degrees supervised: 6
PhD Thesis supervised: 40
PhD Thesis under execution in Ramos’s lab: 11

Publications
- Number in review journal: 236
- Number of books (chapters): 42
- Number of communications to scientific meetings: 77
- Edited books: 6, including 5 volumes in the Pseudomonas series
- Articles in newspapers: 11
Approximately 6200 citations, h-factor 43
Ten relevant Articles
1. Gallegos et al., MMBR, 1997. Impact Factor (IF): 12.59 Number of citations: 402
2. Abril et al., J. Bacteriol. 1989; 3.94 IF: Number of citations: 226
3. Moller et al., Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998; 3.80 IF: Number of citations: 209
4. Ramos et al., Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 2002; 9.62 IF: Number of citations: 243
5. Ramos et al., Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1999; 9.62 IF: Number of citations: 178
6. Ramos et al., M.M.B.R., 2005; 12.59 IF: Number of citations: 193
7. Ramos et al., J. Biol. Chem. 1997; 5.85 IF: Number of citations: 168
8. Ramos et al., J. Bacteriol. 1998; 3.94 IF: Number of citations: 147
9. Ramos et al., Proc. Natl. Acad, Sci. USA 1986; 10.52 IF:Number of citations 144
10. Espinosa-Urgel et al., J. Bacteriol. 2000; 3.94 IF: Number of citations: 136
*From www.scholar.google.com on November 8th, 2010
Patents
13, in the areas of bioremediation, production of chemicals by microbes, genetic tools