Anna Febrero Ribas is Professor from Department of Plant Physiology at University of Barcelona. Her topic of interest is Plant Ecophysiology, phytoremediation of heavy metals

Development of new selection criteria for fast and reliable characterization of the traits actually determining yield is studied for implementation of cereal breeding programs. Ecophysiology of cultivated cereals in the Mediterranean area, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and the study of water use efficiency of wheat and barley crops is also consider. Management of natural resources and landscape is the research scope in Mediterranean area. Together with Prof. Jose Luis Araus, Dr Jordi Bort and PhD students Cristina Caldelas and Santiago de la Iglesia, we are conducting the research on the use of natural resources, plants, for the removal of metals from contaminated waters and soils. The accumulation and tolerance of plants to metals is being assessed. The biochemical mechanisms of tolerance and accumulation of metals in plants and its possible manipulation are being characterised. Management techniques to improve the performance of plants for metal uptake are being explored. Identification of natural products conferring tolerance to metal stress is being studied.