Training & Education
Annual report 2024 GEO3BCN-CSIC
Doctoral theses
Author: Mario Benavente Marín
Defense date: July 30th
Supervisors: Santiago Giralt Romeu (GEO3BCN-CSIC) & Armand Hernández Hernández (Universidade Da Coruña)
Academic Advisor: Alberto Sáez Ruiz (UB)
Author: Wentao Zhang
Defense date: November 15th
Supervisors: Ivone Jimenez Munt & Monserrat Torne (GEO3BCN-CSIC), & Ana Negredo (University of Barcelona)
Academic Advisor: Alex Marcuello Pascual (University of Barcelona)
Author: Erandi Tzayani Rodríguez Pérez
Defense date: November 26th
Supervisor: Encarnación Montoya (GEO3BCN-CSIC)
Academic Advisor: Teresa Elena Vegas Vilarrúbia (UB)
Author: Olaya Dorado García
Defense date: December 19th
Supervisor: Adelina Geyer Traver (GEO3BCN)
Academic Advisor: Meritxell Aulinas Juncà (UB)
Master theses project
Dinàmiques d’incendis en regions tropicals megadiverses: estudi de l’Amazònia baixa equatoriana des d’una perspectiva a llarg termini
Author: Pere Chaler
Defense date: 18 September 2024
Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main tutor: X. Benito Granell & Co-
Supervisor: Cañellas-Boltà
Dinàmiques d’incendis en regions tropicals megadiverses: estudi de l’Amazònia alta equatoriana des d’una perspectiva a llarg termini
Author: Victor Torrent
Defense date: 18 September 2024
Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main tutor: X. Benito Granell & Co-
Supervisor: C. Trapote
Seminars
Speakers by gender
GEO3BCN & UB Seminars
These conferences were organized as part of the seminar series hosted by Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC), with the collaboration of the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Barcelona (UB).
Oct 22, 2024
‘Demystifying turbidity currents by direct monitoring on the ocean floor’, by Matthieu Cartigny (Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Durham University).
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Sep 10, 2024
‘Regional to Nanoscale Ore Deposit Metallogeny’, José María González Jiménez (Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra & Geosciences CSIC-Hub).
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May 29, 2024
‘Plate-Boundary Convergence as the driving force of devastating M7.2 EQ in eastern Taiwan’, by Hao Kuo-Chen (National Taiwan University).
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May 22, 2024
Double Seminar on Volcanic Systems: Exploring Rock-Fluid Interactions and Hazard Mitigation.
1º ‘The influence of hydrothermal alteration on volcanic hazards’ by Michael Heap, professor from University of Strasbourg.
2º ‘Alteration and permeability evolution in volcanic rocks: An experimental rock physics and geochemical approach to understanding how rock-fluid interactions change permeability in volcanic systems’, by Alexandra Kushnir, Research and Teaching Associate, Rock Physics and Geofluids LaboratoryEPFL ENAC IIC RPGL
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May 10, 2024
‘Evolution of Monogenetic Volcanism in the Eastern Sector of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration’, by Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez, Institute of Geosciences, UNAM Juriquilla Campus, Mexico.
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Apr 10, 2024
‘Cosmogenic surface exposure dating applications from Turkey: moraines, lava flows, alluvial fans, fault surfaces, rock avalanches, fluvial terraces, and incision rates’, by Attila Çiner, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Feb 14, 2024
‘Evaluation of Ground Motion and Optimum Seismic Monitoring at an Inner-City Deep Geothermal Power Plant’, by Sabrina Keil, researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
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Jan 31, 2024
‘Monitoring geothermal reservoirs using seismic noise’, by Pilar Sánchez Sánchez-Pastor, GEO3BCN-CSIC researcher.
Equality committee seminars
Building Bridges: The Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Science
- María Pilar Díaz López, expert consultant in social policy
- Organized by the Equality Committee of GEO3BCN-CSIC and the Equality Commission of the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Barcelona
- 23/10/2023 – 12:00
- Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona
Invited seminars & conferences
Keynote Lecture: “The role and potential of storage in CCUS clusters in Spain”
- Speaker: Juan Alcalde
- Format: Online
- Date: October 15, 2024
- Organizer: AIMPLAS – Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico
Talk: “Emmagatzematge geològic d’hidrogen en medis porosos”
- Speaker: Juan Alcalde
- Format: Online
- Date: October 15, 2024
- Event: 5ª Trobada Tecnològica de la Xarxa H2CAT
- Organzer: Xarxa H2CAT
Keynote Lecture: Opening of the 4th MedGU Conference
- Speaker: Daniel Garcia-Castellanos (GEO3BCNC-CSIC)
- Date: November 25, 2024
- Location: Paranymph Hall, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Host: Attila Çiner
Talk: “Les mollusques et la crise de salinité du Méssinien”
- Authors: Danaé Thivaiou et al., incl. D. Garcia-Castellanos
- Event: Conference of the French Palaeontological Association
- Date: June 2024
- Location: France
Talk: “Identifying small amplitude periodicities: From neonates to first normal mode observations on Mars”
- Speaker: Martin Schimmel
- Date: October 4, 2024
- Location: GEO3BCN-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Talk: “Mars normal mode observations”
- Speakers: Schimmel, M., Stutzmann, E., Lognonné, P.
- Date: June 28, 2024
- Location: Utrecht University, Netherlands
Talk: “Ambient seismic noise interferometry”
- Speaker: Martin Schimmel
- Event: “Atalaya Mining presents STONE”
- Date: March 6, 2024
- Location: Huelva, Spain
- Organizer: Junta de Andalucía
Talk: “Planetary habitability crisis and systemic capitalist crisis: epistemological challenges”
- Speaker:Carles Soriano Clemente
- Format: In-person
- Date: August 11, 2024
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Organizer: Escuela CCOO Muñiz Zapico
Talk: “Geological hazards, prevention and climate change”
- Speaker: Olaya Dorado
- Format: In-person
- Date: February 15, 2024
- Location: Institut de Formació Contínua-IL3, Barcelona
- Organizer: Gaudir UB, course: “Els grans canvis de la Terra: evolució natural i impacte humà”
Seminar and Technical Visit: “Paleomagnetism and magnetostratigraphic dating”
- Speaker: Elisabet Beamud
- Date: February 21, 2024
- Location: Paleomagnetism Laboratory, visit by staff from the Institut Català de Paleontologia “Miquel Crusafont” (ICP)
- GEO3BCN-CSIC team:
Talk: “The origin of polygonal diapir arrays”
- Speaker: Mar Moragas
- Event: Sivas Salt Tectonics Workshop and Field Trip
- Date: July 2–8, 2024
- Location: Sivas, Turkey
- Organizer: Pau University, Bergen University, MTA
Talk: “Modeling the Iberian thermal lithosphere: perspective on geothermal studies”
- Speaker: Ivone Jiménez Munt
- Event: International Geoenergy Forum 2024, Energy Transition – Geothermal Forum
- Date: September 26, 2024
- Format: Online
Talk: “The lithosphere and upper mantle of Adria margins from integrated geophysical–geochemical modeling”
- Speaker: Ivone Jiménez Munt
- Event: AdriaArray Workshop
- Date: 2024
- Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Courses
DRT 2024 – Deformation, Rheology and Tectonics International Meeting
International Conference
Gema Llorens (main organizer), Juan Alcalde, Joaquina Álvarez Marrón, Estefanía Bravo, Dennis Brown, David Cruset, Daniel García-Castellanos, Eloi Gonzalez Esvertit, Paula Herrero, Ivone Jiménez-Munt, Montserrat Torné, Yuanchao Yu & Silvia Zafrilla.
1ª Escuela de Verano EPOS-ES: Geociencias en Abierto
Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)
GEO3BCN-CSIC, Universidad de Salamanca, EPOS-ES
GEO3BCN-CSIC team:
Olaya Dorado y Adelina Geyer
Taller de Prospectiva: “Aprovechamiento geotérmico en acuíferos urbanos. El paradigma de la ciudad de Zaragoza”
Workshop on applied geothermal energy
Ivone Jiménez-Munt
Workshops
Title: Uncertainty in Geology & Geophysical Interpretation
Date: July 8, 2024
Location: GEO3BCN-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Speaker: Juan Alcalde
Title: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Geosciences
Date: November 5–7, 2024
Location: Delegació CSIC Catalunya, Carrer de les Egipcíaques, 15, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona
Project: ChEESE
Title: CRM Recovery from Brines: BrineRIS Resource Mapping and Innovative Technologies
Date: March 12–13, 2024
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Project: BrineRIS
Title: How European Projects Are Developing HPC-Based Software and Services to Address Natural Hazards
Location: online
Date: December 10, 2024
Project: ChEESE
University teaching
Organization: Universitat de Barcelona & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Role: Course Coordinator and Lecturer
GEO3BCN-CSIC Teaching Team: Daniel García-Castellanos (coordinator), Ivone Jiménez-Munt, Gema Llorens, Jaume Vergés & Juan Alcalde
Organization: Universitat de Barcelona
Role: Lecturer
GEO3BCN-CSIC teaching team: Juan Alcalde
Organization: Universidad de Oviedo
Role: Lecturer
GEO3BCN-CSIC teachin team: Santiago Giralt