Through a VLIR-UOS PhD grant, Joey Genevieve T. Martinez is currently investigating nematodes as indicators of pollution in small-scale mining or artisanal mining in the Philippines. He is also looking into the response of nematodes during soil recovery in rehabilitated mine sites in his country. Currently, he is a staff at Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines.
Martinez, J.G.; Torres, M.A.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Moens, T. (2018). Influence of heavy metals on nematode community structure in deteriorated soil by gold mining activities in Sibutad, southern Philippines. Ecol. Indic. 91: 712-721. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.021, meer
Martinez, J.G.T (2018). Nematodes as bio-indicators of environmental impacts of mining activities in the Philippines: a study using field and laboratory approaches. PhD Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Gent. 136 pp., meer
