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Raúl Rivas González

Raúl Rivas González

Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología. Catedrático de Microbiología, Universidad de Salamanca
Raúl Rivas González. Catedrático de Microbiología en la Universidad de Salamanca. Licenciado en Biología (1999) y Doctor en Microbiología (2003). Director del grupo de investigación reconocido "Interacciones Microbianas" de la Universidad de Salamanca. Investigador del Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), investigador de una Unidad de Excelencia de la Junta de Castilla y León y científico vinculado al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Ha sido investigador de la Universidad de Gent en Bélgica y profesor visitante en la Universidad Austral de Chile. Su investigación está relacionada con la microbiología, la biotecnología, la biodiversidad bacteriana y las interacciones microbianas. Su experiencia se puede resumir en la participación en 60 proyectos y contratos de investigación, siendo en 40 de ellos el investigador principal. Autor de 4 patentes, 5 licencias de derechos, 246 comunicaciones científicas en congresos, 200 publicaciones científicas (artículos de investigación, artículos técnicos y capítulos de libros), 33 artículos docentes y 158 artículos de divulgación. Es subdirector del Departamento de Microbiología y Genética de la Universidad de Salamanca y ha sido editor en jefe de la revista "Microbiology Insights" (2008-2017) y editor asociado en otras revistas internacionales. Evaluador de proyectos científicos nacionales e internacionales. Miembro de comités científicos de reuniones y congresos. Asesor científico de empresas. Ha alcanzado la evaluación de Excelente en el Programa Nacional Docentia (2007-2012 y 2013-2016). Ha participado en 23 proyectos de innovación y mejora docente siendo en 14 de ellos el investigador principal. Ha supervisado 14 Tesis Doctorales, 9 Tesis de Grado, 37 Trabajos de Máster, 71 Trabajos de Grado, 4 alumnos de formación, 8 prácticas en empresa y 3 alumnos con becas de colaboración en departamentos universitarios. Ha sido director de 43 cursos de formación permanente y especializada. Imparte docencia en la Universidad de Salamanca en los grados de Farmacia (Microbiología), Ciencias Ambientales (Biotecnología Ambiental), y Criminología (Métodos microbiológicos y de biología molecular en investigación criminalística), así como en el Máster oficial en Evaluación y Desarrollo de Medicamentos. Ha sido profesor de los Campus Científicos de Verano (FECYT, 2016-2018) y del Programa Interuniversitario de la Experiencia de Castilla y León (2015-2018). Ha recibido varios premios y menciones entre los que destaca el Primer Premio Nacional de Fotografía Científica (Gobierno de España y FECYT, 2015). Es miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología, de la Sociedad Española de Fijación de Nitrógeno, de diversas comisiones docentes y ha intervenido en numerosos tribunales nacionales e internacionales para la evaluación de trabajos académicos de diversa índole. Participa activamente en la difusión y divulgación de la Microbiología y de la Biotecnología a la sociedad impartiendo charlas, talleres o cursos de formación e interviniendo en actividades como la “Semana de la Ciencia en Castilla y León”, el festival “Pint of Science” o “La Noche Europea de los Investigadores” entre otras. Desde el año 2015 hasta 2018 dirigió y condujo el programa de radio semanal “El Viejo Verde” (http://radio.usal.es/) emitido por internet y por la 89.0FM Salamanca y dedicado a la divulgación científica. En el año 2019 publicó “La maldición de Tutankamón y otras historias de la microbiología” y “El asesino que envenenó a Napoleón y otras historias de la microbiología”, en el año 2021 publicó "Las sirenas de Colón y otras historias prodigiosas de la biología" y en el año 2022 ha publicado "La penicilina que salvó a Hitler y otras historias de la microbiología" todos ellos del sello Guadalmazán de la editorial Almuzara.

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