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Jose F. Grillo

Jose F. Grillo, Ph.D. student
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35723
E-Mail: jose.grillo-canizales@uni-giessen.de

 

Fields of interest and focus of work

  • Environmental quantification of microplastics
  • Effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms
  • Microplastic ecotoxicology

 

Scientific career

  • since 2023: Ph.D. student at the Marine Holobiomics Lab, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.
  • 2020 - 2023: Postgraduate studies (Masters in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics). University Oberta de Catalunya. Spain. Thesis: "Does the choice matter? Identifying differences in the microbial communities of biofilm samples isolated from marine microplastics analyzed with the bioinformatic software QIIME2, Mothur & Vsearch."
  • 2013 - 2019: Undergraduate studies (Bachelors of Biology). Universidad Simón Bolívar. Venezuela. Thesis: "Interactions between the polyestyrene microparticles and the coral Porites porites: Possible toxic effects" 

 

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles
  • Grillo J, Tirpitz V, Reichert J, Canesi M, Reynaud S, Douville E, Ziegler M. 2025. Coral Skeletal Cores as Windows Into Past Symbiodiniaceae Community Dynamics. Global Change Biology 31, e70575.
    10.1111/gcb.70575.
  • Grillo J, López-Ordaz A, Hernández AJ, Gómez FB, Sabino MA, Ramos R. 2025. Rural village as a source of microplastic pollution in a riverine and marine ecosystem of the southern Venezuelan Caribbean. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 269, 104511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2025.104511
  • Grillo J, López-Ordaz A, Hernández AJ, Catarí E, Sabino MA, Ramos R (2023). Synthetic microfiber emissions from denim industrial washing processes: An overlooked microplastic source within the manufacturing process of blue jeans. Science of The Total Environment 884, 163815.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163815
  • Grillo J, Rebolledo AG, Sabino MA, Ramos R (2022). Microplastics in Latin America and the Caribbean: on the adoption of reporting standards and quality assurance and quality control protocols. Environmental Advances 8, 100236.
    10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100236
  • Grillo J, Sabino MA, Ramos R (2021). Short-term ingestion and tissue incorporation of Polystyrene microplastic in the scleractinian coral Porites porites. Regional Studies in Marine Science 43, 101697.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101697
Conference contributions
  • Grillo J, Ziegler M (2024). Coral skeletons as records of Symbiodiniaceae communities over time. European Coral Reef Symposium. Naples, Italy. Oral presentation.
  • Grillo J, López-Ordaz A, Hernández AJ, Ramos R (2023). Denim microfibers released from industrial washing processes as a source of marine microplastic pollution. 2023. International Conference on Marine Science. Cartagena, Colombia. Poster.
  • Grillo J, Sabino MA, Ramos R (2019). Polystyrene microparticles and the coral Porites porites: Toxic effects? XII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología. 2019. Caracas, Venezuela. Oral presentation.
 
Grants and Awards
  • Grillo J, López-Ordaz A, Hernández AJ, Ramos R (2022). "Characterization and comparison of the co-ocurrence of bacterial biofilm community and heavy metal presence in microplastics isolated from water and sediment samples from both a river and a marine bay". The PADI Foundation. Grant number: 74890.
 
Scholarships
  • Ph.D. scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD (since 2023)