MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS
IPA              International Permafrost Association
ANTPAS     Antarctic Permafrost, Periglacial Environments and Soils
EGU            European Geosciences Union
MRI             Mountain Research Initiative
SCG             Societat Catalana de Geografia
ACOM        Associació Catalana d'Observadors Meteorològics

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
  • 15-5-2022 onwards             
Profesor Titular de Universidad. Department of Geography, Universitat de Barcelona.
  • 15-5-2017 to 14-5-2022
Research scientist, Ramon y Cajal program. Department of Geography, University of Barcelona. Funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spanish Government.
  • 1-7-2014 to 14-05-2017
Tenure-track researcher. Centro de Estudos Geográficos. University of Lisbon. Funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.
  • 1-1-2013 to 31-12-2014
Postdoctoral researcher (AXA fellowship). Centro de Estudos Geográficos. University of Lisbon. Funded by AXA Research Fund.
  • 31-12-2010 to 31-12-2012
Postdoctoral researcher (Beatriu de Pinós fellowship). Centro de Estudos Geográficos. University of Lisbon. Funded by the Agència de Gestió i Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, Catalan Government.
  • 1-1-2010 to 30-12-2010
Postdoctoral researcher (FCT fellowship). Centro de Estudos Geográficos. University of Lisbon. Funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.
  • 1-1-2009 to 31-12-2009
Research assistant at the Landscape Service of the University of Barcelona.
  • 1-1-2007 to 31-12-2008
PhD contract (FPU). Department for Physical and Regional Geography, University of Barcelona. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spanish Government.
  • 1-4-2005 to 31-12-2006
PhD fellowship (FPU). Department for Physical and Regional Geography, University of Barcelona. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spanish Government.
  • 1-1-2005 to 31-3-2005
PhD fellowship (FI). Department for Physical and Regional Geography. University of Barcelona. Funded by the Agència de Gestió i Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, Catalan Government.
  • 1-1-2004 to 30-6-2004
Collaboration fellowship with the Department for Physical and Regional Geography, University of Barcelona. Funded by the Ministry of Education, Spanish Government.
  • 1-10-2002 to 30-6-2003
Seneca Fellowship at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Funded by the Ministry of Education, Spanish Government.

INTERNSHIPS ABROAD
2010-17      Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon – 2010-2017 (90 months)
2008            Department of Geography, University of Ottawa (Canada) – 2 months
2007            Geographiches Institut, University of Bern (Switzerland) – 4 months
2006            Geographiches Institut, University of Bern (Switzerland) – 2 months
2004            Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) – 1 month

REFEREE ACTIVITIES
  • Reviewer for international peer-reviewed journals: Nature Geoscience, Earth and Planetary Science, Global Change Biology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Quaternary Science Reviews, Science of the Total Environment, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, The Holocene, Geomorphology, Catena, Solid Earth, Journal of Mountain Research, Soil Science Society of America, Journal of Soils and Sediments, SOIL, Sedimentary Geology, Geosciences, Computers and Geosciences, Land Degradation and Development, Boletín Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Cuaternario y Geomorfología, Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, Tourism Planning & Development, Bulletin of Geography- Physical Geography Series, Journal of Maps, Nemus.
  • Reviewer for international conferences: 1st Southern Hemisphere Conference on Permafrost, 5th European Conference on Permafrost, POLAR-2018, IV Congresso de Ciências Polares, IV, V and VI Iberian Conferences of the International Permafrost Association, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013-2017, VII Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia 2015 (Portugal), 1st International Conference Sustainable Development Mountain Regions.
  • Reviewer of the Second Order Draft of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2019, autumn 2018.
  • Reviewer of the First Order Draft of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2019, spring 2018.
  • Referee of Spanish calls for research projects (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva), since September’15.
  • Referee of Czech National calls for research projects and PhD fellowships, since July’15.
  • Referee of Polish National calls for research projects, since March’17.
  • Referee of National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada for research projects, since December’17.
  • Referee and member of the panel of the call for research projects the Research Council of Norway, since July’19.
  • Referee of French Polar Institute calls for research projects, since August’20.
  • Referee and member of the panel of the call for research projects of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica of Perú, since April’21.
  • Referee and member of the panel of the call for research projects the Research Council of Slovakia, since July’21.
  • Referee of the SCAR Fellowships scheme of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 2020.
  • Referee of the organization of training schools within the European Geosciences Union during 2014, 2014.
  • Referee of grants for the program Nova geração de cientistas polares of the Caixa Geral (Portugal), 2012.
 
MEMBER OF DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
  • MSc candidate: Sara Ramos, Universidade de Lisbon (Portugal): "Spatial modelling of the Temperature at the Top of Permafrost in Cierva Point (Antarctic Peninsula)", 9th November 2018.
  • PhD candidate: Manuel Gómez Lende, University of Valladolid (Spain): "Las cuevas heladas en Picos de Europa: clima, morfologías y dinámicas", 13th July 2015, rapporteur.
  • PhD candidate: Jesús Alcalá Reygosa, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain): "La evolución volcánica, glaciar y periglaciar del complejo volcánico Ampato (Sur de Perú)", 12th November 2014.
  • PhD candidate: Jesús Ruiz Fernández, University of Oviedo (Spain): “Las formas de modelado glaciar, periglaciar y fluviotorrencial del macizo Occidental de los Picos de Europa (Cordillera Cantábrica)”, 4th January 2013.
 
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS
  • Journal Land Degradation & Development, since July’16.
  • Journal Solid Earth, since November’15.
  • Journal Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, since February’19.
  • Journal Visnyk Geology, Lviv University (Ukraine), since November’13.
  • Journal Baltic environment, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), since October’13.
  • EGU-SSSD Newsletter of European Geosciences Union, from 2012 to 2015.
  • PYRN Newsletter (Permafrost Young Researchers Network), from 2012 to 2014.
 
REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
  • Co-chair of the Action Group Antarctic Permafrost, Periglacial Environments and Soils of the “Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)”, since January 2018.
  • Spanish President of the International Permafrost Association, since January 2018.
  • Co-chair of the Subdivision "Soil as a record of the past" within the "Soils Division System (SSS)” of the European Geosciences Union, from 2015 to 2018.
  • Member of the EU-POLARNET, consortium of expertise and infrastructure for polar research, since 2015.
  • Member of the Action Group Geological Heritage and Geoconservation of the “Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)”, 2015-2017.
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the PYRN (Permafrost Young Researchers Network), 2012-2014.
  • National Representative of the PYRN (Permafrost Young Researchers Network), 2011-2013.
  • Member of the National Portuguese Committee of the International Permafrost Association, 2010-2017.
 
MEMBER OF THE Scientific COMMITTEE IN CONFERENCES
  • ​10th International Conference on Geomorphology. Coimbra (Portugal), 12-16th September 2022.
  • Southern Hemisphere Conference on Permafrost (SouthCOP). Queenstown (New Zealand), 4-14th December 2019.
  • VII Iberian Conference of the International Permafrost Association. Jaca (Spain), 25-27th June 2019.
  • Cambio climático y cultural en la Península Ibérica. Oviedo (Spain), 18th December 2017.
  • VI Iberian Conference of the International Permafrost Association. Mieres (Spain), 21-23th June 2017.
  • 8th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences. Lisboa (Portugal), 26-28th October 2016.
  • XI Congreso Internacional de Geomática y Ciencias de La Tierra 2016. Toledo (Spain), 26-30th October 2015.
  • 7th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences. Évora (Portugal), 28-29th October 2015.
  • VII Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia 2015. Lisbon (Portugal), 8-10th October 2015.
  • V Iberian Conference of the International Permafrost Association. Valladolid (Spain), 24-26th June 2015.
  • 4th European Conference on Permafrost. University Évora, University Lisbon. Évora (Portugal), 18-21th June 2014.
  • IV Iberian Conference of the International Permafrost Association. Vall de Núria (Catalonia), 25-27th June 2013.
 
5.18 ORGANIZING COMMITTEEs IN CONFERENCES
  • 6th European Conference on Permafrost, International Permafrost Association. Puigcerdà (Catalonia), 19-24 June 2023.
  • 32 Jornadas de campo de Geografía Física - 1er Congreso de Geografía Física. Investigación, educación y desarrollo. Valencia (Spain) – Wageningen (Netherlands), 30th June – 10th July 2017.
  • VI Iberian Conference, International Permafrost Association. Mieres (Spain), 21-23th June 2017.
  • 4th European Conference on Permafrost, International Permafrost Association. Évora (Portugal), 18-21st June 2014.
  • IV Iberian Conference of the International Permafrost Association. Vall de Núria, 25-27th June 2013.