Natàlia Corcoll Cornet
Om Natàlia Corcoll Cornet
Research Area
I do research in ecotoxicology and ecological impact assessment in aquatic ecosystems. My research focuses on developing new tools and approaches for ecological and chemical risk assessment that can be applied in biomonitoring programs and to improve the current water quality legislations. I am also interested in understanding the mechanisms of tolerance development to chemical toxicity in algae (evolutionary toxicology) and microbial biodegradation. Assessing the impact of multiple stressors on microbial communities is another important work in my research.
In my group, we mainly use algae and benthic microbial communities (so-called aquatic biofilms) as biological models. They are considered important sources of food, oxygen production and are fundamental for biochemical cycles in rivers and coastal areas. Our research is primarily a collection of field and lab-based data that seek to find relationships between chemical pollution, among other environmental stressors and structural, physiological, and molecular responses of microbial communities. In collaboration with bioinformaticians, we recently started to apply genomic tools (eg. DNA metabarcoding, metagenomics, RNA-seq) to better understand toxicity mechanisms, effects, and adaptative responses at molecular, species, and community levels.
Brief CV
2020-present. Senior lecturer in Environmental Sciences with a focus on Ecotoxicology, Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Gothenburg.
2019. Docent (Associate Professor) in ecotoxicology, Univ of Gothenburg
2016-2020. Forskarassistent (Assistant Professor) funded by FORMAS. Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Gothenburg
2014-2015. Postdoctoral researcher, Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Gothenburg
2012-2014. Postdoctoral researcher. Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Spain
2012. PhD in Biological Sciences. Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Univ of Girona, Spain.
2008. MSc in Fundamental and Applied Ecology. Univ of Barcelona & Univ of Girona, Spain
2006. BSc in Biology, Univ of Girona, Spain
Supervision
Supervision of graduate students as main advisor: Daniela Gómez Martínez (PhD 2020 - ), Astrid Schleeh (2022 - ), Mary Alex (2021 - ), Max Karlsson (MSc 2019), Anton Sandblom (MSc 2019), Andreas Håkansson (MSc 2017), Albert Serra Compte (MSc 2015).
Publications
Here is a list with different links to get access to all my publications:
Teaching
- ES2616 Advanced Environmental Methodology, 15 hp (course leader)
- ES1220 Ecology and Evolution for environmental scientists, 15 hp (course leader)
- ES1410 Environmental Impact Assessment, 7.5 hp
- BIO 430 Ecotoxicology with emphasis on ecology, 15 hp
- BIO 435 Ecotoxicology with emphasis on physiology, 15 hp
- ES2423 Sustainable development: A case study approach, 15 hp
Collaborations
- Master students and undergraduates are welcome to contact me for an internship/research project.
- Welcome to join our group as independent postdoctoral and apply jointly for funding (e.g. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship)
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The curse of the uncultured
fungus
Kessy Abarenkov, Erik Kristiansson, Martin Ryberg, Sandra Nogal-Prata, Daniela Gómez-Martínez, Katrin Stüer-Patowsky, Tobias Jansson, Sergei Palme, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Natàlia Corcoll, Ruud Scharn, Marisol Sánchez-García, Maryia Khomich, Christian Wurzbacher, R. Henrik Nilsson
MycoKeys - 2022-01-01 -
Addendum to Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological
Impacts
Ahmed Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Juliane Hollender, Nicolas Creusot, Bettina Wagner, Renata Behra
Environmental Science and Technology - 2021-01-01 -
Triclosan changes community composition and selects for specific bacterial taxa in
marine periphyton biofilms in low nanomolar
concentrations
Karl Martin Eriksson, Kemal Sanli, R. Henrik Nilsson, Alexander Eiler, Natàlia Corcoll, Carl-Henrik Johansson, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Erik Kristiansson
Ecotoxicology - 2020-01-01 -
Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological
Impacts
A. Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, J. Hollender, N. Creusot, B. Wagner, R. Behra
Environmental Science & Technology - 2020-01-01 -
Copper affects composition and functioning of microbial communities in marine biofilms at environmentally relevant
concentrations
Natàlia Corcoll, Yang Jianghua, Thomas Backhaus, Xiaowei Zhang, K. Martin Eriksson
Frontiers in Microbiology - 2019-01-01 -
Modelling vs. experimental testing of chemical toxicity of environmental mixtures of pesticides on freshwater
algae
Anton Sandblom, Thomas Backhaus, Natàlia Corcoll
SETAC Helsinki - SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 26 - 30 May 2019, Helsinki, Finland - 2019-01-01 -
Phenotypic and genotypic adaptations in a riverine green alga (Chlorophyceae, Selenastraceae) as a response to long-term exposure to chemical
stress
Max Karlsson, Oskar Johansson, R. Henrik Nilsson, Thomas Backhaus, Adrian K Clarke, Natàlia Corcoll
SETAC Helsinki - SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 26 - 30 May 2019, Helsinki, Finland - 2019-01-01 -
Metabarcoding and metagenomics in periphyton biofilms for
ecotoxicology
Natàlia Corcoll
5th Biofilm Workshop " Omic approaches in biofilm research: advances in ecology and ecotoxicology", 11 -13 September 2018, Sweden - 2018-01-01 -
Linking pesticide pollution with periphyton quality in agricultural streams: a fatty-acids
approach
Natàlia Corcoll, Andreas Håkansson, Anders K. Nilsson, Karin S L Johansson, Helena Spångfors, Maria Kahlert, Jenny Kreuger, Thomas Backhaus
SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting 13−17 May 2018 | Rome, Italy. Abstract Book. - 2018-01-01 -
Fluvial biofilms exposed to desiccation and pharmaceutical pollution: New insights using
metabolomics
Albert Serra-Compte, Natàlia Corcoll, Belinda Huerta, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sergi Sabater, Damià Barceló, Diana Álvarez-Muñoz
Science of the Total Environment - 2018-01-01 -
Comparison of four DNA extraction methods for
comprehensive assessment of 16S rRNA bacterial
diversity in marine biofilms using
high-throughput sequencing
Natàlia Corcoll, Tobias Österlund, Lucas Sinclair, Alexander Eiler, Erik Kristiansson, Thomas Backhaus, Karl Martin Eriksson
FEMS Microbiology Letters - 2017-01-01 -
The Use of Biofilms to Assess the Effects of Chemicals on Freshwater
Ecosystems
Helena Guasch, Joan Artigas, Berta Bonet, Chloé Bonnineau, Oriol Canals, Natàlia Corcoll, Arnaud Foulquier, Julio López-Doval, Sandra Kim-Tiam, Soizic Morin, Enrique Navarro, Stephane Pesce, Lorenzo Proia, Humbert Salvadó, Alexandra Serra
Aquatic Biofilms: Ecology, Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment .Edited by: Anna M. Romaní, Helena Guasch and M. Dolors Balaguer - 2016-01-01 -
Multiple-stressor effects on river biofilms under different hydrological
conditions
L Ponsati, Natàlia Corcoll, M Petrovic, Y Picó, A Ginebreda, E Tornés,, H Guasch, D Barceló, S Sabater
Freshwater Biology - 2016-01-01 -
Ecophysiology of River
Algae
S Sabater, J Artigas, Natàlia Corcoll, L Proia, X Timoner, E Tornés
River Algae. O. Necchi Jr. (ed.) - 2016-01-01 -
Increasing extent of periods of no flow in intermittent waterways promotes
heterotrophy
V. Acuña, M. Casellas, Natàlia Corcoll, X. Timoner, S. Sabater
Freshwater Biology - 2015-01-01 -
Effects of flow intermittency and pharmaceutical exposure on the structure and metabolism of stream
biofilms
Natàlia Corcoll, Maria Casellas, Belinda Huerta, Helena Guasch, Vicenç Acuña, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Albert Serra-Compte, Damià Barceló, Sergi Sabater
Science of the Total Environment - 2015-01-01 -
Cumulative Stressors Trigger Increased Vulnerability of Diatom Communities to Additional
Disturbances
Soizic Morin, Berta Bonet, Natàlia Corcoll, Helena Guasch, Marius Bottin, Michel Coste
Microbial Ecology - 2015-01-01 -
Risk assessment of chemical pollution in Mediterranean rivers based on classical periphyton bioindicators and new
biomarkers
Natàlia Corcoll, Maja Kuzmanovic, Lídia Ponsatí, Elisabet Tornés, Berta Bonet, Thomas Backhaus, Mira Petrovic, Antoni Ginebreda, Damià Barceló, Helena Guasch, Sergi Sabater
Poster presentation at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain - 2015-01-01 -
Comparison of different DNA extraction methods for marine periphyton and its implications for
ecotoxico-metagenomics
Natàlia Corcoll, Karl Martin Eriksson, Moritz Buck, Thomas Backhaus
Poster Presentation at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain - 2015-01-01 -
Diatom responses to zinc contamination along a Mediterranean
river
Soizic Morin, Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Ahmed Tlili, Helena Guasch
Plant Ecology and Evolution - 2014-01-01 -
Pollution-induced community tolerance to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in fluvial biofilm communities affected by WWTP
effluents
Natàlia Corcoll, Vicenç Acuña, Damià Barceló, Maria Casellas, Helena Guasch, Belinda Huerta, Mira Petrovic, Lidia Ponsatí, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sergi Sabater
Chemosphere - 2014-01-01 -
Seasonal changes in antioxidant enzyme activities of freshwater biofilms in a metal polluted Mediterranean
stream
Berta Bonet, Natàlia Corcoll, Vicenç Acuňa, Laura Sigg, Renata Behra, Helena Guasch
Science of the Total Environment - 2013-01-01 -
Antioxidant enzyme activities as biomarkers of Zn pollution in fluvial
biofilms
Berta Bonet, Natàlia Corcoll, Helena Guasch
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - 2012-01-01 -
The effect of metals on photosynthesis processes and diatom metrics of biofilm from a metal-contaminated river: A translocation
experiment
Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Soizic Morin, Ahmed Tlili, Manel Leira, Helena Guasch
Ecological Indicators - 2012-01-01 -
Light History Influences the Response of Fluvial Biofilms to Zn
Exposure
Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Manel Leira, Bernard Montuelle, Ahmed Tlili, Helena Guasch
Journal of Phycology - 2012-01-01 -
In situ spatio-temporal changes in pollution-induced community tolerance to zinc in autotrophic and heterotrophic biofilm
communities
Ahmed Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Soizic Morin, Bernard Montuelle, Annette Bérard, Helena Guasch
Ecotoxicology - 2011-01-01 -
Chl-a fluorescence parameters as biomarkers of metal toxicity in fluvial biofilms: An experimental
study
Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Manel Leira, Helena Guasch
Hydrobiologia - 2011-01-01 -
Copper accumulation and toxicity in fluvial periphyton: The influence of exposure
history
A. Serra, Natàlia Corcoll, H. Guasch
Chemosphere - 2009-01-01