Verónica Barrajón-Santos, MSc

Scientific project collaborator (prae doc)
PhD-Student
4. floor, room 414
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 83
m: barrajonsv19@univie.ac.at

 Title of the Doctoral Thesis

Microbial community analysis in the neotropical ant-plant association: Azteca spp. – Cecropia spp.

Research interests


  • Symbiosis
  • Ant-Plant Interactions
  • Microbial Diversity and Interactions
  • Tropical Ecology

 Cooperations

  • Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (University of Vienna)

 Curriculum Vitae

Current position

Education and scientific career

  • 2019 Teaching Assistant of EMBO course Techniques in Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2018–2019 Research Assistant on Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2018 Teaching Assistant of Biotechnology Bachelor Course Microbial Physiology, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2018 MSc Thesis Ecology and detection of Potential Biological Control Agents, Biointeractions & Plant Health BU, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2017–2018 Diplom (MSc) in Environmental Agrobiology, Universidad de Barcelona, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2017 Teaching Assistant of EMBO course Techniques in Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2017 Internship on Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
  • 2015–2016 Degree Thesis "Effect of diguanylate cyclases and phosphodiesterases on the motility of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria", Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • 2015 Internship on Soil Microbiology, Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • 2011–2016 Degree (BSc) on Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid