EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue: Spanish

Other languages:

Organisational/managerial skills: Experience with group dynamics, at «Pollos San Juan»; as owner-manager (3 employees), at several non-profit associations («Ecologistas en Acción», «La Breva», in Málaga-Spain) as President, Secretary, Treasurer.

Digital skills:

• Good command of office suite (word processor, spread sheet, presentation software) 
• Good command of R, Mathematica, Joomla! und Mediawiki (University) 
• Good command of MacOSX und bash (University) 
• Zoom usage and event streamings (OBS, YouTube and Twitch) 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publications:

• Espada‐Hinojosa, S., Karthäuser, C., Srivastava, A., Schuster. L., Winter, T., De Oliveira, A. L., Schulz, F., Horn, M., Sievert, S., Bright, M. (2024). “Comparative genomics of a vertically transmitted thiotrophic bacterial ectosymbiont and its close free‐living relative”. Molecular Ecology Resources 24(1):e13889. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13889. 
• Breyer, E., Espada-Hinojosa, S., Reitbauer, M., Karunarathna, S. C., Baltar, F. (2023). «Physiological properties of three pelagic fungi isolated from the Atlantic Ocean«. Journal of Fungi 9(4):439. doi:10.3390/jof9040439 
• Espada-Hinojosa, S., Drexel, J., Kesting, J., Kniha, E., Pifeas, I., Schuster, L., Volland, J.-M., Zambalos, H. C., Bright, M. (2022). «Host-symbiont stress response to lack-of-sulfide in the Giant Ciliate mutualism«. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0254910. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0254910 
• De Oliveira, A. L., Srivastava, A., Espada‐Hinojosa, S., Bright, M. (2022). «The complete and closed genome of the facultative generalist Candidatus Endoriftia persephone from deep‐sea hydrothermal vents”. Molecular Ecology Resources 22(8):3106-3123. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13668 
• Bright, M., Espada-Hinojosa, S., Volland, J.-M., Drexel, J., Kesting, J., Kolar, I., Morchner, D., Nussbaumer, A., Ott, J., Scharhauser, F., Schuster, L., Zambalos, H. C., Nemeschkal, H. L. (2019). «Thiotrophic bacterial symbiont induces polyphenism in giant ciliate host Zoothamnium niveum«. Scientific Reports 9(1): 15081. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51511-3 
• Volland, J.-M., Schintlmeister, A., Zambalos, H., Reipert, S., Mozetič, P., Espada-Hinojosa, S., Turk, V., Wagner, M. & Bright, M. (2018). «NanoSIMS and tissue autoradiography reveal symbiont carbon fixation and organic carbon transfer to giant ciliate host«. The ISME journal 12(3): 714. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0069-1 
• Bright, M., Espada-Hinojosa, S., Lagkouvardos, I., and Volland, J.-M. (2014). «The giant ciliate Zoothamnium niveum and its thiotrophic epibiont Candidatus Thiobios zoothamnicoli: a model system to study interspecies cooperation«. Frontiers in Microbiology 5. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00145 
• Espada-Hinojosa, S. (2002). «Modelos de alimentación ecológica». Consum@ étic@ n° 0, p. 21 (in Spanish) 
• Espada-Hinojosa, S. (2002). «Pesca y alimentación ecológica». Europa Azul n° 68, p. 71-73 (in Spanish) 
• Luna, A., Espada-Hinojosa, S., López, C., Alés, G. (2002). «Transport system environmental assessment of an urban agglomeration integrated in a coastal wetland: Bay of Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain)», en Veloso F.; Taveiro, F.; das Neves, L. (eds.) «The Changing Coast. Vol. 3». Porto, Portugal. p. 69-74 
• Luna, A., López, C., Espada-Hinojosa, S., Alés, G. (1999). «Evaluación ambiental estratégica del plan intermodal de transporte metropolitano de la Bahía de Cádiz», en Domínguez, M. (ed.) «El paisaje urbano en el marco de la sostenibilidad». Segovia. p. 257-276 (in Spanish) 

Presentations:

• 2024, Vienna (Austria). PhD thesis. «Functional and evolutionary ecology of the giant ciliate Zoothamnium niveum thiotrophic mutualism«. Oral presentation. 
• 2022, Prague (Czech Republic). Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. «Phenotypic plasticity of both partners in the giant ciliate Zoothamnium niveum thiotrophic mutualism». Poster 
• 2017, Piran (Slovenia). 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium. «Partner fidelity feedback maintains the giant ciliate Zoothamnium niveum – Cand. Thiobios zoothamnicoli mutualism». Oral presentation 
• 2012, Cádiz (Spain). I Iberoamerican Congress on Integrated Coastal Zone Management. «La integración del conocimiento sobre la costa andaluza y sus limitaciones: El deslinde de la costa gaditana y los Baños del Carmen (Málaga)«. Oral presentation (in Spanish) 
• 2008, London (United Kingdom). CoastNet. «Planning and environmental assessment, limitations and potentials. The example of the transport system in a coastal urban agglomeration: Bahía de Cádiz (Andalucía, Spain)». Oral presentation 
• 2006, Wien (Austria). 5th International Symbiosis Society Conference. «The implications of symbiotic revolution for human survival: a symbiodiversity approach». University of Málaga, Spain. Poster 
• 2003, Córdoba (Spain). 3rd Environmental Education Andalusian Congress. «Simbiodiversidad: Una superación del enfoque reduccionista, homocéntrico y transmisivo en la universidad como aportación a la educación ambiental«. Poster (in Spanish) 
• 2002, Oporto (Portugal). Litoral. «Transport system environmental assessment of an urban agglomeration integrated in a coastal wetland: Bay of Cadiz». Poster 

Projects:

• 2003, Coordination of the project: «Conservation of the coast of Málaga (Andalusia, Spain)» for «Ecologistas en Acción». Regional government of Andalusia (Spain) 

Seminars:

• 2001, Organisation of the Workshop «Sustainability» of the Universidad de Cádiz (Spain) 

Honours and awards:

• 1998, 3rd Prize «Research in Urban environment» Seville Municipality (Spain)