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Mr. Rafael SALAS

IPI Principal Investigator, Programme Coordinator

Phytoplankton Taxonomy

Work Location

Old Dublin Rd, Galway,
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) iHUB
Galway
Galway H91 DCH9
Ireland

Nationality

Spain

Email(s)

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Telephone

+353872681219

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.net/expert/rsalas

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-0579

Highest Degree

MSc

Job Type

Teaching/Education
Research
Natural Resource Management
Operational Support (technical)
Technical Advice & Consulting

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products

Activities


I'm a Phytoplankton taxonomist and marine ecologist with 19 years of experience. I joined the marine Institute, marine Environment and Food Safety Services (MEFS) in Galway, Ireland in 2002. Working in the Biotoxins-Chemistry unit and later in the Phytoplankton unit as Scientific and technical Officer where I currently work. I'm currently going on career break in 2021 and relocating to the Canary Islands HAB observatory as a PhD student to study the biodiversity of ciguatera causative species.
Currently working on the biodiversity and distribution of Azadinium and Amphidoma species in NE Atlantic. Two new species discovered from Irish waters and first records of two other species. Looking at ribotype and toxin diversity within Az. spinosum. Also, organising and coordinating the next round of the International Phytoplankton Intercomparison (IPI) proficiency testing scheme in collaboration with IOC UNESCO in Copenhagen and OCHAB in Gran Canaria. Intercalibration leader

Sea regions of study

North Atlantic Ocean

Skills

Phytoplankton taxonomy, Marine Biology, Phycology, Systematics, Marine Ecology, Culturing,  Management, Quality assurance, Molecular techniques; qPCR Intercalibration studies; statistics Biotoxins HPLC + LCMS techniques

Working language(s)

English
Spanish

Citation(s)

ResearchGate

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Website(s)

https://https://hab.ioc-unesco.org/ipi-home/

Comment(s)

MSc

Created: 2015-02-23 | Last Updated: 2024-09-13


Group(s): HAB , IOC , Ocean Sciences