Ferran Garcia-Pichel
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Phone: 480-727-7534
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BDI B330A TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 6101Campus: Tempe
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Ferran Garcia-Pichel, students and collaborators study the roles, adaptations, and impacts of microbes in natural environments ranging from desert soils to shallow marine waters. The microbes they study play roles o fecological importance, including the formation and destruction of minerals, the prevention of soil erosion, or the biogeochemical cycling of elements
His current foci on microbial adaptations involve studying mechanisms carbonate dissolution, the production of sunscreen compounds, and the microbial ability to produce hydrogen from water. Current applied aspects of their research nclude developing strategies for the sustainable recovery of degraded arid lands and searching for novel microbial capacities and products that have potential use in biomedicine and technology.
Professor Garcia-Pichel is also interested in improving undergraduate and graduate education. He teaches advanced microbiology, microbial ecology and geomicrobiology courses. He joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 1999.
- Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Oregon
Courses
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 302 | Advanced Bacteriology Lab |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MIC 302 | Advanced Bacteriology Lab |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MIC 591 | Seminar |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MIC 591 | Seminar |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 591 | Seminar |
- Fulbright Scholar (1986-1988)
- Harold T. Bold Award in Phycology (1991)
- Max-Planck Society Post-Doctoral Stipend (1992-1994)
- 2002 Henry W. Menn Memorial Award, Skin Cancer Foundation
- Outreach efforts singled by NSF’s director in Report to Congress (2004)
- 2004 Named “Faculty Exemplar” by ASU’s President.
- 2009 American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer (2010-2012)
- 2010 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
- 2013 Elected 2014 Neil Welker Award Lecturer in Prokaryotic Biology
- 2014 Named Virginia M. Ullman Professor for the Environment
- 2015 Inducted Honorary Member, Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society)
- 2018 Finalist, Arizona Governor’s Innovation Award
- 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award in Biocrust Research
- 2020 Amer. Society for Microbiology AC White Award for Interdisciplinary Research and Mentorship
- 2021 Named Regents Professor by Arizona Board of Regents, highest academic rank in Arizona.
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- 2023 Society for Ecological Restoration’s Sperry Award for contributions to restoration science