2021 Master Visual Tools to E,power citizens, University of Girona, Spain.
2006 Doctor of Science in Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Main subject: Forest Trees Ecology. Thesis topic: "The ozone transfer between atmosphere and vegetation. A study on Scots pine in the field".
1996 Master in Environmental Impact Assessment, Institute of Ecological Research, Málaga, Spain. Topic: "Environmental impact study of the forestation project for Queixans mountain in La Cerdanya”.
1995 Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain. Main subjects: terrestrial ecology.
1991 Environmental Expert Diploma, Work Department of Catalan Government, Spain.
2017 February-2022 January Research Coordinator/Graphics Officer, INAR, University of Helsinki. (Analysis and visualization for research planning and communication)
2015 April- 2016 May Part-time Coordinating editor, Department of Forest Sciences of the University of Helsinki in Finland and Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Practical coordination of the report for EASAC -European Academies' Science Advisory Council- Environment and Energy Panels: “Sustainability and multi-functionality in Europe's forests: balancing raw material, climate change, biodiversity, and energy needs”)
2013 July- 2018 June Ad honorem Associate Researcher at the CTFC-Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia in Spain and pro bono collaborator at the Department of Forest Sciences of the University of Helsinki in Finland. (Fund rising, supervision, data analysis).
2011 July- 2013 June IEF- Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Spain. (Project management, budget control, field campaign, recruitment, fund rising, supervision, and data analysis in relation with research at three new micrometeorological sites in the Pyrenees).
2009 September- 2011 June: Maternity leave.
2009 June-September: Part-time Project work, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki and the Finnish Society of Forest Science, Finland. (Development of contents for the web-page of the “CarbonSinkTree” project, physiological and ecological description of the carbon cycle of boreal conifers).
2009 February-May: Part-time Project work, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2008 Post-Doctoral researcher, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change, Forestry Technological Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Spain. (Coordinator and surrogate principal investigator of the CarboEurope-Integrated Project site in Vall d’Alinyà, in charge of summer campaigns, project closing, reporting, and related scientific cooperation. Reconstruction of sample data-base and summary analysis of data collected during the previous Carbomont project).
2007 September-December: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2006 November-2007 September: Maternity leave.
2005-2006 Project Officer at the iLEAPS/IGBP international project office, Helsinki, Finland. Integrated Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere Processes Study/International Geosphere- Biosphere Programme. (Shared assistance to the day-to-day office work, organization of international meetings and workshops, preparation of reports, publications and promotional material. Executive editor of the iLEAPS Newsletter responsible for lay-out and content editing. Hands-on experience on international research programs and networking).
2001-2006 Fellow researcher, Department of Forest Ecology and Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. (Shared responsibility for the coordination of the branch-scale gas-exchange chambers and related measurements at the SMEARII station. Research tasks within the framework of the PhD thesis completion. Course-field assistant).
1998-2000 Post-graduate researcher on grant, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland. (Shared responsibility for the year-round maintenance works of the SMEARII station, coordination of the branch-scale gas-exchange chambers and related measurements. Attendance to courses and research tasks within the framework of the PhD studentship. Specialization with the ozone flux measurements).
1997 Young foreigner researcher on training fellowship, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland.(Shared responsibility for the year-round maintenance works of the SMEARII station. Technical acquaintance with all equipment and specialization with the branch-scale gas-exchange chambers).
1996 June-December: Summer Trainee, Hyytiälä research field station of the Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland. (Assistance to the summer works related with the ecophysiological measurements at the newly created SMEARII research field station).
1995 July 2 weeks. Technical assistant, Forestry Studies and Applications Centre, CREAF, Barcelona, Spain (Technician for the forest census at the biological station El Vilar de la Castanya).
1995 Field biologist, Vacarisses town council and Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. (Monitoring of the vegetal regeneration after forest fire).
Catalan, native speaker, mother tongue
Spanish, native speaker
English, excellent (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency, 1994)
Finnish, fluent
PhD-thesis
2015-2020, Mercedes Ibáñez “Biodiversity effects on greenhouse gas emissions in grassland ecosystems” PhD thesis UdL. In co-operation with Prof. Maria-Teresa Sebastià and Dr. Angela Ribas (UAB). Supervision retrieved.
2012-June 2017, Haifa Debouk, “Assessing the effect of global change on plant functional structure, greenhouse gases, and soil functions in grasslands” UdL and CTFC. In co-operation with Prof. Maria-Teresa Sebastià.
2010-2020, Johanna Joensuu, PhD thesis “O3 and NOx interactions with foliage: improving current knowledge and models", UHel. In co-operation with Dr. Maarit Raivoinen.
Master and Grade thesis
2012 November-2013 September. Project co-supervisor with Prof.Maria-Teresa Sebastià, to Marta Trepat “Dynamics of the grazing load in mountain grasslands as captured by photographical series”, Final grade project, University of Lleida.
2012 July-August. Internship co-supervision with Dr. Laura Llorens to Carla Bellera Villar, trainnership within the Master of Environmental Sciences, University of Girona.
2012 February-September. Master thesis co-supervisor with Dr.Angela Ribas, to Mercedes Ibáñez Raffaelle, “CO2 dynamics in Pyrenean sub-alpine grasslands: environmental and biological factors”, Master of Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Professional and internship
2013 April-November. Professional supervisor to Mercedes Ibáñez. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI and AGEC project.
2013 May-June. Internship supervision to Nil Bordetes and Albert Vila, “Escola de Capacitació Agrària del Pirineu”, Bellestar.
2012 February-2013 September. Professional supervisor to Helena Sarri, Environmental Techniques Assistant. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI Project.
2012 October-November. Fellowship supervision to Mercedes Ibáñez and Cristina Rota. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI Project.
2012 September, fellowship supervision, Carla Bellera Villar. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI Project.
2012 May-September. Internship supervisor, Cristina Rota Moreno. Master in Environmental Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Botanical expert for the CAPACITI Project.
2012 May-June. Internship co-supervisor to Dafne Padrós, Gardening Techniques Studies at Rubió I Tudori Professional School. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI Project.
2011 Nov- 2012 Jan. Professional supervisor under working contract, Camille Boubekeur, Environmental Agronomy Engineer. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI Project.
2011 August. Internship co-supervisor, Carla Velasco Casals, student of Environmental Sciences at University of Barcelona. General assistance to field and lab work for the CAPACITI Project.
Teaching
2001-summer 2 weeks. Assistant to the field course “Physics and Chemistry of Air Pollution. Field measurements MPE17” , department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki.
2012 Short Time Scientific Mission COST action ABBA to ETH-Grassland sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
2011-2013 Marie-Curie IEF Fellowship at CTFC, Spain.
2008 Post-doc beneficiary researcher at CTFC, Spain.
2006 Exchange of staff beneficiary, Roma, Italy. ACCENT/BIAFLUX programme.
2004 Short visit exchange grant beneficiary, Wuzburg, Germany. VOCBAS project.
1998-2007, 2009 Beneficiary researcher at the interdisciplinary group of Department of Forest Ecology and Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006 travelling grants, Chancellor of the University of Helsinki.
1997 Young foreigner researcher fellowship, CIMO, Finnish Ministry of Education.
1993-1994 ERASMUS 9-month exchange programme to King’s College of London, UK.