About Us
Maria Teresa Cieschi Villalba
Analytical Chemist by the National University of the Litoral (UNL) Santa Fe, Argentina. MSc and PhD in Agricultural Chemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain. Her research activity has focused on the study and development of new micronutrient (Zn and Fe) fertilizers from natural resources such as lignosulfonates, leonardites, and protein hydrolyzates.
Sébastien Thomine
Leader of the group Integrated approaches to ion transport at the Cell Biology Department at I2BC (Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell). Expert in the field of plant nutrition, with an emphasis on iron and other micronutrients, as well as nitrate. . He contributed to the discovery of ion transporters and channels that play essential roles in the remobilization of nutrients in plants.
David Touboul
Recognized analytical chemist, the Co-head of the Department ofAnalytical and Structural Chemistry and Biology and Head of the Mass Spectrometry Group at the ICSN (Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles). He has been the principal investigator of various projects funded by different organisms: French National Agency for Research, one of the French Research Institutes of Excellence (LabEx) fellowships, French Ministry for Research, Sanofi-Aventis.
Ana María Álvarez Fernández
Relevant Scientist at EEAD-CSIC (Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Zaragoza (Spain), has 20 years of expertise in Agricultural Chemistry research. Since 2019 she is EEAD-CSIC’s Deputy Technical Director. Since 2014 she is responsible for the Metabolomic and Proteomic Service at EEDA-CSIC. Since 2001 she is a member of the Plant Stress Physiology group of the EEAD-CSIC. She combines knowledge and expertise in metal homeostasis in plants, rhizosphere, micronutrient fertilizers, analytical chemistry, metabolomics, and metallomics