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; Fish Health and 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 (2020-2024) 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 = 66; citations = 16541 (google scholar)
  • Publication of 277 research articles and 15 book chapters,
  • Editor of the volume “Biology of stress in fish” 2016. Physiology of fish series, Academic Press, Elsevier.
  • Current organizer of the biennial symposia on Stress in fish. Am. Fisheries Soc. Physiol. Section (2006-2024).
  • Participation in 33 multi-year projects (15 as PI, 8 international).

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.