Mid-career researcher (42 yr, PhD 2009) that has already coordinated 22 research projects focused on polar and mountain ecosystems funded by public and private international agencies. After 8 years at the Antarctic Environments and Climate Change research group of the Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), in May 2017 I started a new challenge as Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Department of Geography of the Universitat de Barcelona (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). I lead a research group on Antarctic, Arctic and Alpine Environments (ANTALP). My research interests include the study of cold-climate geomorphological processes and past environments in the polar regions and high mountains using a wide range of natural records (glacial, periglacial, lacustrine). I have carried out 8 field seasons in Antarctica and 8 in the Arctic, with over two years of field experience in the polar regions. Apart from Sierra Nevada, where I focused my PhD, I have conducted research in other mountain regions (Rockies, Alps, Pamir, Tien Shan, Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains), which has provided me a wide comprehension of Earth surface processes in cold-climate environments. I have published 149 SCI papers, many of them in top journals (76, Q1) on geomorphological and palaeoclimate topics (90 articles with none of my PhD supervisors as co-authors, and many include my students), 115 book chapters, 220 abstracts in conferences and coordinated 8 books and 11 Special Issues in SCI journals. The recent books I have edited “Past Antarctica” (Elsevier, 2020), “Iberia, land of glaciers” (Elsevier, 2021), “The landscape of the Sierra Nevada” and “Periglacial landscapes of Europe” (both SpringerNature, 2022) are a reference for world-leading experts working in past environments in the polar regions and in the Mediterranean mountains. I have also conducted dozens of outreach activities for an audience beyond academia (lectures, webs, exhibitions). All these research outputs have been carried out in parallel to my teaching activities at different European universities (Portugal, Russia, Spain).


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

Environmental Management, Mykolas Romeris University

 
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

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Portuguese                     B                  C                   B