personal web page of Dr. Marcos F. Martinez Moreno

Scientific career

• since 10/2024:
  Postdoctoral Researcher at Surface Processes Department (HZDR, Germany)
• 03/2024 – 09/2024:
  Research associate at the Department of Microbiology (University of Granada, Spain)
• 2020 - 2024:
  PhD student at the Department of Microbiology (University of Granada, Spain) - International mention and cum laude qualification
• 09/2022 – 12/2022:
  Guest Researcher at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN, Belgium)
• 2016 – 2017:
  M.Sc. in Biotechnology (University of Granada, Spain)
• 08/2016 – 10/2016:
  Guest Researcher at Swansea University (United Kingdom)
• 2012 – 2016:
  B.Sc. in Biology (University of Granada, Spain)

Research fields

• Biogeochemistry
• Geomicrobiology
• Environmental microbiology
• Nuclear waste disposal safety
• Microorganisms – radionuclide/metal interaction
• Biocorrosion

Projects

• 09/2023 – 05/2024:
  ACOMER – Analysis of Complex/Coupled biogeochemical mechanims at the metal canister/bentonite interface in a radioactive waste disposal (Ministry of Science and Innovation – Spanish Government)
• 06/2021 – 05/2024:
  ConCorD (EURAD) – Container corrosion under disposal condition (European Commission)
• 01/2023 – 12/2023:
  Application of immobilized bacteria in composite hydrogels for bioremediation of heavy metals and recovery of critical elements (University of Granada, Spain)
• 01/2022 – 12/2022:
  Impact of microbial processes at the copper canister - compacted bentonite interface and their effects on selenium mobilization (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities – Spanish Government)
• 04/2017 – 09/2017:
  MIND – Microbes in nuclear waste disposal: Development of the safety case knowledge base about the influence of microbial processes on geological disposal of radioactive wastes (European Commission)

Grants/Prices

• First Prize to a Postdoc Presentation. ALLIANCE Young Researchers Webinars (September 2024)
• Ramón Areces Foundation grant for postdoctoral studies. XXXVI Call for Applications for the Extension of Studies Abroad in Life and Material Sciences (July 2024)
• Audience Award at the 1st Doctoral Monologue Contest. Doctoral school and scientific culture unit at the University of Granada (June 2023)
• Attendance grant for international conference: Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS 2023) in Hamburg (Germany). EURAD Mobility
• Attendance grant for international conference: 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement (Clay Conference 2022) in Nancy (France). Vice-Rectorate for Research (University of Granada)
• Three-months research internship grant at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) in Mol (Belgium). Federation of European Societies for Microbiology (FEMS)
• Attendance grant for international conference: 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement (Clay Conference 2022), Nancy (France). Doctoral School of Sciences, Technologies and Engineering (University of Granada)
• Registration fee grant for the XXVIII Congreso Nacional de la SEM (Spanish Society of Microbiology). Federation of European Societies for Microbiology (FEMS)
• Research and Training Grant: “Degradation of Microplastics” at Swansea University (UK). ERASMUS+

Publications

2024

Microbial influence in Spanish bentonite slurry microcosms: unveiling a-year long geochemical evolution and early-stage copper corrosion related to nuclear waste repositories.

• Environmental Pollution (2024), 358, 124491.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124491

Long-term tracking of the microbiology of uranium-amended water-saturated bentonite microcosms: a mechanistic characterization of U speciation.

• Journal of Hazardous Materials (2024), 476, 135044.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135044

Insights into the impact of physicochemical and microbiological parameters on the safety performance of Deep Geological Repositories.

• Microorganisms (2024), 12(5), 1025.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12051025

Microbial Responses to Elevated Temperature: Evaluating Bentonite Mineralogy and Copper Canister Corrosion within the Long-Term Stability of Deep Geological Repositories of Nuclear Waste.

• Sci. Total Environ. (2024), 915, 170149.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170149

2023

Impact of compacted bentonite microbial community on the clay mineralogy and copper canister corrosion: a multidisciplinary approach in view of a safe Deep Geological Repository of nuclear wastes.

• J. Hazard. Mater. (2023), 458, 131940.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131940

Impact of microbial processes on the safety of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste.

• Front. Microbiol. (2023), 14, 1134078.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1134078

2020

Molecular Binding of EuIII/CmIII by Stenotrophomonas bentonitica and Its Impact on the Safety of Future Geodisposal of Radioactive Waste

• Environ. Sci. Technol. (2020), 54(23), 15180-15190.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02418

2018

Green synthesis and biotransformation of amorphous Se nanospheres to trigonal 1D Se nanostructures: impact on Se mobility within the concept of radioactive waste disposal

• Environ. Sci. Nano. (2018), 5(9), 2103-2116.
  DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EN00221E