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Elena Ormeño
University of California, Berkeley
Division of Ecosystem Sciences Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM)
Tel. 510-642-9732 Fax. 510-643-5098 E-mail: elenaormeno@berkeley.edu Address: 251A Hilgard Hall, California 94720 (USA). |
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- PhD Summa cum laude in Environmental Biosciences (Chemical Ecology), 2003-2006, University:Provence, Marseille (France), National Centre of Scientific Research, Mediterranean Institute of Ecology and Paleoecology (IMEP ,UMR 6116 CNRS). Laboratory Equipe Diversité Fonctionnelle des Communautés Végétales (DFCV) ("Equipe d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle" in the past.)
- MS in Environmental Biosciences (Terrestrial Ecosystems), 2002-2003, University of Provence, Marseille (France),(IMEP, UMR 6116 CNRS). Equipe Diversité Fonctionnelle des Communautés Végétales (DFCV).
- Graduated in Environmental Sciences 1998-2002 Alcalá de Henares (Spain, Madrid).
POSITIONS HELD
- Postdoctoral researcher present, University of California, Berkeley, Envrionemntal Sciences, Policy and Management (ESPM), Trace gas Biogeochemistry laboratory (Berkeley, USA).
- Assistant Professor 2007, Faculty of Environment, University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM).
- Laboratory Fire Ecology (Toledo, España) Fire Ecology.
- Research/Teaching Assistant 2006, Faculty of Biology, University of Provence (Marseille, France).
- Doctoral fellowship, 2003-2006, French Environmental Agency (Marseille, France).(IMEP)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am interested in soil-plant-atmosphere interactions through volatile compounds of terrestrial plants. To understand these interactions I go through the following questions:
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PUBLICATIONS
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- Ormeño, E., Céspedes, B., Sánchez, I.A., Velasco-García, A., Moreno, J.M., Fernandez, C., Baldy, V. The relationship between terpenes and flammability of leaf litter. Forest Ecology and Management 2009. 257: 471–482.
- Larchevêque M., Ballini C., Baldy V., Korboulewsky, N., Ormeño E., Montès N. Restoration of a Mediterranean post-fire shrubland: plant functional responses to organic soil amendment. Restoration Ecology 2009. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00512.
- Fernandez C., Monnier Y., Ormeño E., Baldy V., Greff S., Pasqualini V., Mévy JP., Bousquet-Mélou A. Variations in allelochemical composition of leachates of different organs and maturity stages of Pinus halepensis. Journal of Chemical Ecology DOI 10.1007/s10886-009-9667-8.
- Ormeño E., Olivier R., Mévy JP., Baldy V., Fernandez C. Compost may affect volatile and semi-volatile plant emissions through nitrogen supply and chlorophyll fluorescence. Chemosphere In press.
2008
- Ormeño E., Baldy V., Ballini C., and Fernandez C. Production and diversity of Volatille terpenes from plants on calcareous and siliceous soils: effect of soil nutrients. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2008. 34: 1219-1229.
- Fernandez C., Voiriot S., Mevy J-P., Vila B., Ormeño E., Dupouyet S., Bousquet-Melou A. Regeneration failure of Pinus halepensis Mill.: the role of autotoxicity and some abiotic environmental parameters. Forest Ecology and Management 2008. 255: 2928-2936.
2007
- Ormeño E., Fernandez C., Bousquet-Mélou A., Greff S., Morin E., Robles C., Vila B., Bonin G. Monoterpene and sesquiterpene emissions of four typical Mediterranean species, through calcareous and siliceous soils in south of France. Atmospheric Environment 2007. 41 : 629-639.
- Ormeño E., Mévy J. P., Vila B., Bousquet-Mélou A., Greff S., Bonin G., Fernandez C. Water deficit stress induces different monoterpene and sesquiterpene emission changes in Mediterranean species. Relationship between terpene emissions and plant water potential. Chemosphere 2007. 67 : 276-284
- Ormeño E., Bousquet-Mélou A., Mévy, J-P., Greff S., Robles C., Bonin G., and Fernandez C. Effect of intraspecific competition and substrate type on terpene emissions of some Mediterranean species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2007. 33: 277-286.
- Ormeño E., Fernandez C., and Mévy J.P. 2007. Plant coexistence alters terpene emission and content of Mediterranean species. Phytochemistry 2007. 68 : 840-852.
2006
- Ormeño E. PhD 2006. Stratégies d’émission de Composés Organiques Volatils (COV) par quatre espèces végétales méditerranéennes. 286 pp. Aix-Marseille I University (France).
- Ormeño E., Baldy V., Ballini C., Larchevêque M., Périssol C., and Fernandez C. Effects of environmental factors and leaf chemistry on leaf litter colonization by fungi in a Mediterranean shrubland. Pedobiologia 2006. 50 : 1-10.
- Ormeño E., Mévy J. P., Bousquet-Mélou A., Vila B., Greff S., Fernandez C. Terpenes stored and released from needles of Pinus halepensis. Potential implications for the environmental flammability risk The First International Symposium on Environment Identities and Mediterranean Area 2006. Corte-Ajaccio- France. Electronic publication. ISBN: 1-4244-0232-8.
- Ormeño E., Fernandez C., Greff S, B., G.illes. Contribution of some Mediterranean plants to BVOC in the atmosphere of an open and a closed environment. Preliminary study. XIVth Air pollution Conference 2006. WIT Press. Cordoba, Spain. p.629-636
2005
- Larchevêque M., Baldy V., Korboulewsky N., Ormeño E., and Fernandez C. Compost effect on bacterial and fungal colonization of kermes oak leaf litter in a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem. Applied Soil Ecology 2005. 30: 79-89
2004
- Morin E., Ormeño-Lafuente E., Robles C., Bousquet-Mélou A., Greff S., Bonin G., Fernandez C. Influence de paramètres écologiques sur les émissions de composés organiques volatils terpéniques de végétaux méditerranéens. Congrès Environnement et Identité en Méditerranée 2004. Corte. France. p. 86-91
- Larchevêque M., Baldy V., Korboulewsky N., Fernandez C., E Ormeño. Compost amended on a degraded Mediterranean soil: effect of microbial colonization of kermes oak leaf litter. Waste Management and the environment tome II, 2004. De V. Popov, H. Itoh, C.A. Brebbia & S. Kungolos (Eds). WIT press, p. 233-242.
In press
- Ormeño E., and Fernandez V. ¿Qué sabemos sobre los terpenos? Investigación y ciencia In Press.
PROJECTS
- Starting 2010: Les composés organiques volatils émis dans la rhizosphère du blé (Triticum aestivum L.) et leurs rôles dans les interactions entre les plantes et les bactéries promotrices de leur croissance (Université de Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgique).
- 2008 – 2009: Measurements of Ozone Removal and VOC Emissions in Citrus Trees with Implications for Regional Air Quality (Laboratory: Trace Gas Biogeochemistry, University of California at Berkeley, USA).
- 2008 – 2009: Flux Measurements of Biogenic Precursors to Ozone and Particulate Matter in the Central Valley (Laboratory: Trace Gas Biogeochemistry, University of California at Berkeley, USA).
- 2008 – 2009: Role of natural molecules from vegetation burning on tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata and N. tabacum) development and ecophysiology (Laboraty: Fire Ecology, University of California at Berkeley, USA).
- 2008 – 2009: Simulación de los efectos del cambio climático sobre un jaral-brezal afectado por el fuego (SECCIA) (Laboratory: "Ecología del fuego", Faculty of Environment, University of Castilla La Mancha).
- 2007 – 2010: Effet de l’épandage de boue de stations d’épuration sur les composés Organiques Volatils (COV) de végétaux méditerranéens (Laboratory: Equipe Diversité Fonctionnelle des Communautés Végétales, DFCV, IMEP, UMR 6116 CNRS, Marseille, France).
- 2007 – 2009: Conséquences des brûlages dirigés sur le métabolisme primaire et secondaire de deux pins méditerranéens et relation avec les potentialités d’inflammation (Laboratory: Equipe Diversité Fonctionnelle des Communautés Végétales (DFCV) (IMEP, UMR 6116 CNRS, Marseille, France).
- 2003 – 2005: Etude des émissions de composes organiques volatils (COV) au sein des formations arbustives méditerranéennes et relation avec les potentialités d'inflammation » (Laboratory: Equipe Diversité Fonctionnelle des Communautés Végétales, DFCV, IMEP, UMR 6116 CNRS, Marseille, France).
- 2002 – 2003:Valorisation d’un compost de boues de stations d’épuration en garrigue : effets sur la végétation naturelle et sur une plantation expérimentale (Laboratory: Equipe Diversité Fonctionnelle des Communautés Végétales, DFCV, IMEP, UMR 6116 CNRS, Marseille, France).
REVIEWER
Trends in Plant Sciences (1), New Phytologist (1), Forest Ecology and Management (2), Plant Biology (2), International Journal of Wildland Fire (1), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (1)