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LEIRE MENDEZ FERNANDEZ
- Ezagutza arloa
- Fisiologia
- Saila
- Genetika, Antropologia Fisikoa eta Animalien Fisiologia
- Ikastegia
- Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea
- Posta elektronikoa
- leire.mendez@ehu.eus
My research career started 15 years ago at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain, with the focus on the understanding on metal uptake and toxicity of metal mixtures in aquatic ecosystems, and the use of metal bioaccumulation in macroinvertebrates as an ecological monitoring tool. Thus, my master thesis, doctorate and postdoctoral career where developed in this research line, namely ecotoxicology, within the Animal Ecotoxicity and Biodiversity research group. Simultaneously with my research career, I wanted to expand my knowledge and skills in regards to sustainability and ecology, and I completed a postgraduate course in Environment and Sustainability at the UPV/EHU (2016). During this course, I had the opportunity to participate in a collaborative project with different stakeholders to promote sustainability in the city of Bilbao (Basque Country).
In 2021 I obtained a position as Assistant Professor of Animal Physiology, at the Dept. of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology in the Sciences Faculty at the UPV/EHU, where I teach Biology for Geologist (1st course) and Environmental Animal Physiology for Biologist (4th course), among other practical lessons of Animal Physiology. Since 2021, I am involved in two projects related with bivalve physiological energetics and ecotoxicological determinations under different stress scenarios (GIU21/028 and PID2022-139616OB-C31/C32/C33), and is now part of the focus of my research line.