Expert guide
UAB Experts Guide for journalists
This guide contains a list of researchers from different areas of knowledge who put their expertise at the disposal of the media. If you need help in finding an expert for a specific subject or contacting with one of the members of our lecturing staff, please contact our Communication Unit by phone at (+34) 935868228 or by e-mail.
Charlotte Poschenrieder Wiens
Director of the Plant Physiology Research Group. Expert in plant responses to stress derived from problem soils; mainly salinity, pollution and extreme soil pH. Her studies focuse on the mechanisms of resistance, tolerance and adaptation using both physiological and molecular- genetic approaches in model plants, as well as in natural populations and crops. She ha published more than 150 articles in international journals and accumulates more than 6,000 citations. She has large experience in the coordination of reserach projects and in the evaluation of projects and scientific production at the national and intenational level. She has directed more than 20 Doctoral Thesis.
Keywords: plant - soil relationships, plant stress, salinity, heavy metals, micronutrients, aluminium, resistance mechanisms, adaptation, Arabidopsis thaliana, halophytes, metallophytes, crop plants
Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology
Plant physiology