Joaquim Vila Grajales

Joaquim Vila Grajales

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0003-2212-2474
Scopus Author ID: 7202013319
Researcher ID: G-1562-2016
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Member of the Direction Board of the Water Research Institute (IRdA-UB)
Member of the Student Council of the Biochemistry Degree

Research group: Biotecnologia Sostenible i Bioremediació

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Microbiologia Av. Diagonal 645
934034672
qvila(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Industrial Biochemistry and Microbiology (BSc in Biochemistry)
Industrial and Food Microbiology (BSc in Biotechnology)
Environmental Microbiology and Sustainable Processes (BSc in Biotechnology)

Academic Training

Llicenciat en Biología . Universitat de Barcelona . 08/09/1999 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Master en Biología Experimental . Universitat de Barcelona . 31/10/2000 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Diploma d'Estudis Avançats . Universitat de Barcelona . 25/09/2002 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctor en Biología . Universitat de Barcelona . 28/07/2009 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Microbial Ecology Applied to Bioprocesses
Biodegradation of organic contaminants
Bioremediation of soil, groundwater and marine environments

Projects

Microbial networks for PAC cycling in polluted soils . 2015 - 2018 . Ref.661361 . Unió Europea . PI: José Julio Ortega Calvo
Desarrollo y evaluación a nivel de laboratorio de distintas estrategias de descontaminación de terrenos contaminados con aceites dieléctricos . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.310560 . Red Eléctrica de España, S.A . PI: Magdalena Grifoll Ruiz; Joaquin Vila Grajales
Hacia una modulación basada en riesgo de los flujos de carbono implicados en la eliminación biológica de contaminantes orgánicos en suelos: redes microbianas . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.PID2019-109700RB-C22 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Magdalena Grifoll Ruiz; Joaquim Vila Grajales
Biovaloración de material pirolítico para el desarrollo de fertilizantes orgánicos destinados a estimular elmicrobioma del suelo siguiendo principios agroecológicos (VALUE4SOIL) . 2023 - 2026 . Ref.CPP2022-009699 . Fertinagro Biotech S.L. . PI: Joaquim Vila Grajales
Diseño basado en el riesgo de la biorremediación de emplazamientos contaminados por hidrocarburos para proporcionar suelos resilientes: Redes metabólicas microbianas . 2023 - 2027 . Ref.PID2022-139732OB-C22 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Magdalena Grifoll Ruiz; Joaquim Vila Grajales

Journal Publications

Lundstedt, S.; Bandowe, B.A.M.; Wilcke W.; Boll, E.; Christensen, J.H.; Vila, J.; Grifoll, M.; Faure, P.; Biache, C.; Lorgeoux, C.; Larsson, M.; Frech Irgum, K.; Ivarsson,P.; Ricci, M. (2014). First intercomparison study on the analysis of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxy-PAHs) and nitrogen heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic compounds (N-PACs) in contaminated soil. Trac-Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 57, pp. 83 - 92 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2014.01.007 . ISSN: 0165-9936
Tian, Z.; Gold, A.; Nakamura, J.; Zhang, Z.; Vila, J.; Singleton, D.R.; Collins, L.B. ; Aitken, M.D. (2017). Nontarget Analysis Reveals a Bacterial Metabolite of Pyrene Implicated in the Genotoxicity of Contaminated Soil after Bioremediation. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(12), pp. 7091 - 7100 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01172 . ISSN: 0013-936X
Tian, Z.; Vila, J.; Wang, H.; Bodnar, W.; Aitken, M.D. (2017). Diversity and abundance of high-molecular-weight azaarenes in PAH-contaminated environmental samples. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(24), pp. 14047 - 14054 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03319 . ISSN: 0013-936X
Tian, Z.; Vila, J.; Yu, M.; Bodnar, W.; Aitken, M.D. (2018). Tracing the biotransformation of PAHs in contaminated soil using stable isotope-assisted metabolomics. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(2), pp. 103 - 108 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00554 . ISSN: 2328-8930
Vila, J.; Tian, Z.; Wang, H.; Bodnar, W.; Aitken, MD. (2020). Isomer-selective biodegradation of high-molecular-weight azaarenes in PAH-contaminated environmental samples. Science of the Total Environment, 707(135503) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135503 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Rolando, L.; Vila, J.; Posada-Baquero, R.; Castilla-Alcantara, JC.; Caracciolo, AB.; Ortega-Calvo, JJ. (2020). Impact of bacterial motility on biosorption and cometabolism of pyrene in a porous mèdium. Science of the Total Environment, 717(137210) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137210 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Posada-Baquero, R; Jiménez-Volkerink, SN; García, JL; Vila, J; Cantos, M; Grifoll, M; Ortega-Calvo, JJ (2020). Rhizosphere-enhanced biosurfactant action on slowly desorbing PAHs incontaminated soil. Science of the Total Environment, 720(137608) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137608 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Sara N. Jiménez-Volkerink; Joaquim Vila; Maria Jordán; Cristina Minguillón; Hauke Smidt; Magdalena Grifoll (2022). Multi-omic profiling of a newly isolated Oxy-PAH degrading specialist from PAH-contaminated soil reveals bacterial mechanisms to mitigate the risk posed by polar transformation products. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(1), pp. 139 - 149 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05485 . ISSN: 0013-936X
Jiménez-Volkerink, S.N.; Jordán, M.; Singleton, D.R.; Grifoll, M.; Vila, J. (2023). Bacterial benz(a)anthracene catabolic networks in contaminated soils and their modulation by other co-occurring HMW-PAHs. Environmental Pollution, 328 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121624 . ISSN: 0269-7491

Others Publications

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