Laura Núñez Pons
PhD Researcher in Marine Biology
Resume
Academic Education
• PhD in Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain (November 6th 2012)
• European PhD in Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain (November 6th 2012)
• Master of Experimental Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, 2005-2006.
• Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) and research sufficiency in the frame of the doctorate program of Marine Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, 2003-2005
• Postgraduate master of “Contaminación marina y efectos antropogénicos en los sistemas marinos”, International University Study Center (IUSC) (Barcelona) (2003-2004)
• Licentiate in Biology, Universitat de Valencia, Spain (1998-2003)
Academic Positions
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Postdoc Fundación Ramón Areces for Extended Studies
HIMB, University of Hawai'i 2013-current
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Universitat de Barcelona 2012-2013
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PhD Student FPU Fellowship
Universitat de Barcelona 2006-2012
Pubblications
• Núñez-Pons, L.; Gates, R.; Baghdasarian, G.
Physiological adjustments to thermal and light fluctuations in anemone–dinoflagellate systems using model holobionts.
In preparation.
• Moles, J.; Núñez-Pons, L.; Taboada, S.; Cristobo, J.; Avila, C. In Press.
Incidence of anti-predatory chemical defenses of Antarctic benthic organisms. Marine Biology.
• Núñez-Pons, L. and Avila, C. 2015
Natural produtcs mediating ecological interactions in the Antarctic ecosystems: A mini-Review of the known Molecules. Natural Product Reports. In Press. DOI: 10.1039/c4np00150h.
• Núñez-Pons, L.; Nieto, R. Ma; Avila, C.; Jiménez C. and Rodríguez, J.
2014.
Mass Spectrometry Detection of Minor New Meridianins from Antartic
Colonial Ascidians Aplidium falklandicum and A. meridianum.
Journal of Mass Spectrometry. In Press.
• Núñez-Pons, L. and Avila, C. 2014.
Defensive Metabolites from Antarctic Invertebrates: Does Energetic Content Interfere with Feeding Repellence?
Marine Drugs 12:3770-3791.
• Figuerola, B.; Núñez-Pons, L.; Monleón-Getino A. and Avila, C. 2014. Chemo-ecological interactions in Antarctic bryozoans.
Polar Biology 37(7):1017-1030.
• Carbone, M.; Núñez-Pons, L.; Ciavatta, M. L.; Castelluccio, F.; Avila, C. and Gavagnin, M. 2014.
Occurrence of a taurine derivative in an Antarctic glass sponge. Natural Products Communications 9(4):469-470.
• Núñez-Pons, L. and Avila, C. 2014.
Deterrent activities in the crude lipophilic fractions of Antarctic benthic organisms: chemical defenses towards keystone predators.
Polar Research. 33, 21624.
• Figuerola, B.; Núñez-Pons, L.; Moles J. and Avila, C. 2013.
Feeding repellence in Antarctic bryozoans.
Naturwissenschaften 100(11):1069-1081.
• Xavier, J. C.; Barbosa, A.; Agusti, S.; Alonso-Sáez, L.; Alvito, P.; Ameneiro, J.; Avila, C.; Baeta, A.; Canário, J.; Carmona, R.; Catry, P.; Ceia, F.; Clark, M. S.; Cristobo, F. J.; Cruz, B.; Duarte, C. M.; Figuerola, B.; Gili, J.-M.; Gonçalves, A. R.; Gordillo, F. J. L.; Granadeiro, J. P.; Guerreiro, M.; Isla, E.; Jiménez, C.; López-González15 Ana M. Mota, C.-J.; Nogueira, M.; Núñez-Pons, L.; Orejas, C.; Paiva, V. H.; Palanques, A.; Pearson, G. A.; Pedrós-Alió, C.; Peña Cantero, A. L.; Power, D. M.;. Ramos, J. A.; Rossi, S.; Seco, J.; Sañe, E.; Ester A. Serrão, E. A.; Taboada, S.; Tavares, S.; Teixidó, N.; Vaqué, D.; Valente, T.; Vázquez, E.; Vieira, R. P. P.; Viñegla, B.. 2013.
Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives.
Journal of Sea Research 83:9-29.
• Núñez-Pons, L. 2012.
Chemical ecology in invertebrates of the marine benthos of Antarctica: natural products and chemical defense in hexactinellid sponges, soft corals and colonial ascidians. PhD dissertation. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. www.tdx.cat/bitstream/10803/104105/1/LNP_TESIS.pdf
• Núñez-Pons, L.; Carbone, M.; Vázquez, J.; Gavagnin, M. and Avila, C. 2013.
Lipophilic defenses of Alcyonium soft corals from Antarctica.
Journal of Chemical Ecology: 39(5):675-685.
• Taboada, S.*; Núñez-Pons L.* and Avila, C. 2013.
Feeding repellence of Antarctic benthic invertebrates against the omnivorous seastar Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906.
Polar Biology 36(1):13-25. *Authors with equal
contributions.
• Núñez-Pons, L.; Carbone, M.; Vázquez, J.; Rodríguez, J.; Nieto, R. Ma; Varela, Ma M.; Gavagnin, M. and Avila, C. 2012.
Natural products from Antarctic colonial ascidians of the genera Aplidium and Synoicum: variability and defensive role.
Marine Drugs 10(8):1741-1764.
• Núñez-Pons, L., Rodríguez-Arias, M., Gómez-Garreta, A., Ribera-Siguan, A. and Avila, C. 2012.
Feeding deterrency in Antarctic marine organisms: bioassays with the omnivore amphipod Cheirimedon femoratus.
Marine Ecology-Progress Series 462:163-174.
• Carbone, M.; Núñez-Pons, Paone, M.; L.; Castelluccio, F.; Avila, C and Gavagnin, M. 2012.
Rossinone-related meroterpenes from the Antarctic tunicate Aplidium fuegiense.
Tetrahedron 68:3541-3544.
• Núñez-Pons, L., Carbone, M., Paris, D., Melck, D., Ríos, P., Cristobo, J., Castelluccio, F., Gavagnin, M. and Avila, C. 2012.
Chemo-ecological studies on hexactinellid sponges from the Southern Ocean.
Naturwissenschaften 99(5):353-368.
• Ballesteros M., Núñez-Pons L., Vázquez, J., Cristobo, F. J., Taboada, S., Figuerola, B., Avila, C. 2011.
Ecología química en el bentos antártico.
Ecosistemas, 20(1):54-68.
• Núñez Pons, L., Forestieri, R., Nieto, R. M., Varela, M., Nappo, M., Rodríguez, J. Jiménez, C., Castelluccio, F., Carbone, Ramos-Esplá, A., M., Gavagnin, M. and Ávila, C. 2010.
Chemical defenses of tunicates of the genus Aplidium from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica).
Polar Biology 33(10):1319-1329.
• Carbone, M., Núñez Pons, L., Castelluccio, F., Avila, C., and Gavagnin, M. 2009.
Journal of Natural Products 72(7): 1357-1360.
• Avila, C., Taboada, S., and L. Núñez-Pons. 2008.
Antarctic marine chemical ecology: what's next?.
Marine Ecology: An Evolutionary perspective, 29: 1-70.
