Prof. Dr. Lluis Tort   ORCID ID:0000-0002-3907-722X.        

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Lluis.Tort@uab.cat

Professor of Physiology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Dept. of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology.

PhD in Biology at the UAB, post-doctorate at the Univ. of Bristol (UK) and Aberdeen Univ. (Scotland, UK). Specialist in fish physiology with current research in fish stress and Immune response and monitoring and preservation of fish welfare.

Scientific and academic management:

  • Supervisor of 18 Doctoral Theses and MastersTheses.
  • Coordinator of European Student Mobility (1996 to 2008) and the Erasmus Mundus in Aquaculture Health Management (AquaH) 2020-Present.
  • Dean (2020-present) of the Professional College of Biologists of Catalonia
  • President of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities ECIU (2015-2017)
  • Vice Chancellor of Planning and Strategic Projects. UAB (2012-2016)
  • President of the Catalan Society of Biology (Local Scientific Academy) 2010-2016
  • Director of the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology (2004-2010).
  • President of the IX Congress of Fish Biology. American Fisheries Society, July 2010. Barcelona.
  • General Secretary of the International Symposium on Mediterranean Aquaculture (2000)

General indicators of scientific impact:

  • index h = 69; citations = 19726 (google scholar, Jan 2026)
  • Publication of 287 research articles and 15 book chapters,
  • Editor of the volume “Biology of stress in fish” 2016. Fish Physiology series, Academic Press, Elsevier.
  • Current organizer of the biennial symposia on Stress in fish. Am. Fisheries Soc. Physiol. Section (2006-2026).
  • Participation in 33 multi-year projects (15 as PI).

Review and evaluation:

  • Associate Editor of Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. Associate Editor of Frontiers in Immunology. Editorial Board of Develop. Comp. Immunology.
  • Reviewer, consultant or evaluator for agencies of the European Union, USA, Canada, UK, Norway, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Singapore and Taiwan.