José A. Siles

José A.
Siles, PhD
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation, Soil Microbial Ecology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
Lab Manager
Email: 
jose.siles@berkeley.edu OR josesimartos@gmail.com

Ph.D. Biology, Spanish National Research Council & University of Granada, Granada, Spain, 2014 

M.Sc. Research and Advances in Microbiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, 2010

B.Sc. Biology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, 2009

Research lines: 

1. Resilience of soil microbial communities to petroleum hydrocarbon contamination.  

2. Depth-dependent patterns of archaeal, bacterial and fungal communities in petroleum-hydrocarbon contaminated soils.

3. Culture-dependent characterization of the soil bacterial communities inhabiting PG&E Shell Pond, a multicontaminated waste management unit situated in San Francisco Bay area. 

4. Comparing oligotrophic vs rich culture media to isolate more diverse soil bacterial communities.