Career

Advising on scientific and environmental issues (2020 – present)

Fourth Vice-Presidency of the Government of Spain and Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.
  • March 2021 – Present.
    • Member of the Cabinet of Ms Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Fourth Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Balearic Islands
  • December 2020 – March 2021.
    • Head of Scientific Culture and Institutional Relations at CSIC Illes Balears.
Comitè d’Experts per a la Transició Energètica i el Canvi Climàtic de les Illes Balears
  • February 2021 – March 2021.
    • Technical coordination.
  • February 2021 – March 2021.
    • Advisor: Balearics Climate Assembly.
Cartagena Oceanographic Research Institute (CORI)
  • June 2020 – Present.
    • Collaborator: Climate change, oceans and society at CORI.

Research (2010-2020)

[My scientific profile on ResearchGate]
Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)

PhD in Marine Sciences

  • November 2015 – July 2020
  • PhD in Marine Sciences (Polytechnic University of Catalonia): “Modelling of isoprene distribution and cycling in the ocean“.
  • Barcelona, Spain.
SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography – University of California San Diego

PhD Research Project (2019-2020)

  • Research Project Fellowship from the Fulbright Programme.
  • San Diego, California, USA.
IMEDEA-CSIC

Research Stay

  • April 2019 – September 2019 | 5 months
  • Mallorca, Spain
ETH Zürich

Research Stay

  • June 2018 | 1 month
  • UP Group – Environmental Systems Science. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ).
  • Fellowship: International Research Stays for Scientists. Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) – “la Caixa” Foundation.
  • Zurich, Switzerland.
ETH Zürich

Research Stay

  • May – September 2017 | 4 months
  • UP Group – Environmental Systems Science. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ).
  • Fellowship: International Research Stays for Scientists. Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) – “la Caixa” Foundation.
  • Zurich, Switzerland.
Takuvik (Université Laval – CNRS)

Research Stay

  • January – April, 2016 | 3 months
  • Ocean Ecosystems and Geosystems. Takuvik joint Université Laval / CNRS laboratory program.
  • Ville du Québec, Québec, Canadá
IMEDEA-CSIC

MSc Research Stay

  • October 2013 – September 2014 | 1 year
  • Mallorca, Spain
OceanLab – University of Aberdeen

BSc Research Stay

  • July – September 2013 | 2 months
  • “Benthic ecosystem functioning, anthropogenic impacts and climate change”. University of Aberdeen.
  • Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Earth Physics – University of Murcia

BSc Research Stay

  • September 2012 – July 2013
  • “Modelling the Regional Atmosphere”, Earth Physics, Department of Physics.
  • Murcia, Spain
ICMAN-CSIC

BSc Research Stay

  • July – September 2011
  • JAE-Intro 2011 Grant
  • “Ecosystem Oceanography”, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalucia (ICMAN-CSIC)
  • Cádiz, Spain
Marine Ecology – University of Murcia

BSc Research Stay

  • October 2010 – June 2012.
  • Management & Ecology of Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Dept. of Ecology & Hidrology.
  • Murcia, Spain

Research Cruises and Expeditions

I have participated in fieldwork expeditions and experiments in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, the Antarctic Ocean (x2), the Atlantic Ocean (x2), the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Being onboard of different research vessels (RV Hespérides, RV Akademik Treshnikov, and RV García del Cid) and research stations (Gump Station, Moorea, French Polynesia).

PEGASO Cruise. Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, South Georgia Islands, Orkney Islands and Gerlache Strait.  January – February, 2015.
PEGASO Cruise. Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, South Georgia Islands, Orkney Islands and Gerlache Strait.  January – February, 2015.
PEGASO Cruise. Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, South Georgia Islands, Orkney Islands and Gerlache Strait.  January – February, 2015.
BIOGAPS Project. Gump Station (USA), Moorea Island (French Polinesia). April, 2018.

 

Moorea Expedition – BIOGAPS Project
  • Gump Station (UC Berkeley, USA).
  • Moorea Island, French Polynesia.
  • 4 weeks.
  • April 2018
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    BIOGAPS Project. Gump Station (USA), Moorea Island (French Polinesia). April, 2018.
Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE Project)
Leg 0: Bremerhaven (Germany) – Cape Town (South Africa)

  • 4 weeks.

  • November – December 2016.

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ACE Expedition. Leg 0: Bremerhaven (Germany) – Cape Town (South Africa).
Leg 1: Cape Town (South Africa) – Tasmania (Australia)
  • 4 weeks.
  • December 2016 – January 2017.
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ACE Expedition. Leg 1: Cape Town (South Africa) – Tasmania (Australia). December 2016 – January 2017.
PEGASO Cruise
  • Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, South Georgia Islands, Orkney Islands and Gerlache Strait.
  • 6 weeks.
  • January – February 2015.
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PEGASO Cruise. Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, South Georgia Islands, Orkney Islands and Gerlache Strait.  January – February, 2015.
TransPEGASO Cruise
  • Cartagena (Spain) – Punta Arenas (Chile).
  • 4 Weeks.
  • October – November 2014.
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TransPEGASO Cruise. Cartagena (Spain) – Punta Arenas (Chile). October – November, 2014.

Teaching

MSc Scientific Communication of Scientific Research (VIU)
  • Seminar about Climate Change communication. 2020.
Physics II. Bachelor in Marine Sciences.
  • University of Barcelona – Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
    • Years:
      • 2017 – 2018.
      • 2018 – 2019.
Biological Oceanography. MSc in Marines Sciences and Management.
  • University of Barcelona – Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
    • Years:
      • 2016 – 2017.
      • 2018 – 2019.
Natural Disasters and Risk Management. MSc in Marines Sciences and Management.
  • University of Barcelona – Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
    • Years:
      • 2016 – 2017.
      • 2017 – 2018.