The key words of my research are:

• Structure and function of marine microbial ecosystems,
• Carbon and nutrient flow in the microbial food web.
• Microbial population dynamics and diversity.
• The ecological significance of virus in the ocean.

ISI statistics (January, 2018): Articles: 77, Citations: >7000, h-index: 42

2020-24          CoPI: AQUACOSM-plus - Network of Leading Ecosystem Scale Experimental AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries and Oceans in Europe and beyond

2019-23          CoPI: SIMPLEX - Exploring fractality in ecosystem organization – Developing scale-invariant theory for biodiversity and complexity based on simple laws of ecology.

2019-23          CoPI: VirVar - Uncovering key players for regulation of phytoplankton function and structure: lessons to be learned from algal virus-haptophyte coexistence.

2019-22          CoPI: Ridges - Safe Havens for ice-associated Flora and Fauna in a Seasonally ice-covered Arctic Ocean.

2018-23          Partner: The Nansen Legacy - scientific exploration and sustainable management beyond the ice edge.

2018-21          Partner: MIXsTRUCT - Impact of MIXotrophs on the sTRUCTure of the marine pelagic food web.

2018-21          Partner: VIROVAC: Filter-feeding mesozooplankton as uncharted accomplices in marine virus ecology.

2016-20          CoPI: Network of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the Arctic to the Mediterranean - AQUACOSM (H2020-INFRAIA, ca 770 to UIB).