Carlos Celdrán Fernández

My PhD thesis focuses on the adaptation of blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) to drought, with the goal of understanding how plants adjust to global climate change and how this knowledge could benefit agriculture. Together with my team, we are analyzing the phenotypic and genotypic variability of the plant, as well as conducting a metagenomic and functional analysis of the associated microbial populations. With this, we aim to discover not only how L. angustifolius has adapted to different levels of aridity in various environments, but also how these populations have evolved across the Iberian Peninsula. We are also interested in the role the microbiome plays in the plant’s survival and adaptation. By studying these interactions, we hope to generate information that could help develop more resilient crops, especially in regions vulnerable to aridity due to climate change.