Mid-career researcher (PhD 2009), Associate Professor (“Profesor Titular”) at the Department of Geography of the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). After 8 years at the Antarctic Environments and Climate Change group of the University of Lisboa, in May’17 I started as RyC researcher at Geography-UB, where I have expanded my research fields and study topics. I have also conducted research at the University of Bern (Switzerland) and University of Ottawa (Canada). Currently, I lead a research group on Antarctic, Arctic and Alpine Environments (ANTALP). I have carried out 9 seasons in the Arctic and 8 in Antarctica, with ca. 2.5 years spent in the polar regions. My research interests include the study of cold climate geomorphological processes and past environments in polar and high mountains regions using a wide range of natural records (glacial, periglacial, lacustrine). As PI I have coordinated 28 projects at European (INTERREG-POCTEFA, INTERACT-EU, AXA RF) and national level (Spanish/Catalan, Portuguese) (> 5.5 M€). I am currently leading a major European project on permafrost and related hazards in the Pyrenees as well as the largest polar project in Spain. I have published 177 peer-reviewed papers (Scopus, 20-3-2026), most in top journals (106, Q1) on geomorphological and paleoclimate topics, 125 book chapters, 252 conference abstracts and coordinated 11 books and 12 Special Issues in journals. The last books I have published with Elsevier/SpringerNature (“Past Antarctica”, “Iberia, land of glaciers”, “The landscape of Sierra Nevada”, “Periglacial landscapes of Europe”) are a reference for researchers working in the polar regions and mid-latitude mountains; in addition, I have just coordinated the book “Global Change” (with Edicions UB in Spanish, SpringerNature in English), the most complete handbook for students and professionals on the topics. I have also carried out dozens of outreach activities for an audience beyond academia (lectures, social networks, documentaries, exhibitions). All these research outputs have been carried out in parallel to my teaching activities at different European universities (Portugal, Russia, France, Spain).
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ACADEMIC DEGREES

2009     PhD, Geography (speciality Physical Geography), University of Barcelona
“Doctor Europaeus” Mention, Outstanding PhD award of the University of Barcelona 2008-2009

2006     MSc, Applied Climatology, University of Barcelona

2006     MSc, Geography, University of Barcelona

2004      Degree of Licentiate in Geography, University of Barcelona


RESEARCH GROUPS

Antarctic, Arctic and Alpine Environments, University of Barcelona

Climate Change and Environmental Systems (ZEPHYRUS) , Universidade de Lisboa

 
RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

• - Centre for Geographical Studies-IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
  - Centre for Northern Studies, Laval University (Canada)
  - Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geoscience (France)
  - Czech Polar Research Group, Masaryk University (Czech Republic)
  - Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
  - Department of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
  - Department of Physics, University of Alcalá (Spain)
  - Institute Geo3bcn – CSIC (Spain)
  - Pyrenean Institute of Ecology – CSIC (Spain)

LANGUAGES OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST    

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Spanish                     Native          Native         Native

English                             C                  C                   C

Italian                              B                  C                   B

Portuguese                     B                  C                   B