Edgardo Ramirez Reinat

CV: B.S. in Microbiology - Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao

WAESO Fellow, Arizona State University

Geomicrobiology PhD student

Research interests: Marine microbial communities, extreme environment microbial communities. I currently study the mechanisms of carbonate biocorrosion by Fischerella sp., a marine euendolithic cyanobacteria, isolated from the coast of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. My research focuses in understanding the process by which these cyanobacteria actively bore into the carbonates. The process is not well understood and our approach includes bioimaging with confocal microscopy, calcium-channel blocker effects on boring, and molecular techniques among others. See more about this.

Other interests: Harley-Davidson motorcycles, rock climbing, hiking, fishing, hunting, off-roading (on trails of course!) and drinking rum on a hammock by the beach whenever I can...

Contact: 480 727 7762

SoLS-Arizona State University

P.O.Box 874601

Tempe, AZ 85287-4601

email: erreinat@asu.edu