PhD Agricultural Engineer; with wide experience in research on soil contamination, soil remediation, waste management, plant physiology. Good teaching skills. Additional knowledge and experience in environmental analyses, environmental laws, quality assurance, management of decontamination projects. Languages: Spanish (mother tongue), English and German.
Academics
2001-2005 PhD. “Restoration/Stabilization of Mine Tailings from the Cartagena-La Unión Mining District (SE Spain)” Cartagena Polytechnic University (Spain) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland). Finished in September 2005.
2002-2003 Master in Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Instituto AMYCA de formación (Murcia). 600 hours.
1996-2001 Agricultural Engineer E.T.S. Ing. Agronómica. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.
Professional Experience
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain).
From February 2011 - current
Position: Senior Scientist
Department: Agricultural Science and Technbology Department.
Activity: Management of soil contamination studies. Revegetation of mining polluted soils in semiarid areas
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC). Murcia. Spain.
From: From June 2010 to January 2011
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Department of Water and Soil Conservation
Activities: Management of soil contamination studies. Revegetation of mining polluted soils in semiarid areas.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (Switzerland).
From: January 2009 to June 2010
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences. Soil Protection Group.
Activities: Management of soil contamination studies focused on shooting ranges soils in Switzerland. Use of lysimeters as a tool to study soils and groundwater contamination. Soil decontamination studies. Supervision of students
Befesa Gestión de Residuos Industriales, S.L.(Abengoa Group) Seville (Spain).
From: September 2007 to October 2008.
Position: Engineer in soil and groundwater contamination and restoration projects (soil, groundwater); manager of quality assurance.
Department: Soil Management and Decontamination
Activities: Elaboration and development of soil and groundwater contamination evaluation projects, risk assessment, decontamination projects in soils and waters (including engineering design) and waste management. Running of Standard ISO/IEC 17020 in Department, including elaboration of work technical proceedings. Responsible of quality assurance and documental management.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (Switzerland).
From: September 2005 to September 2007
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences. Soil Protection Group.
Activities: Soil remediation studies based on green technologies. Use of advanced physical techniques to study root growing in heterogeneously contaminated soils. Studies of native metal tolerant plant communities growing in polluted ecosystems.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (Switzerland).
From: December 2003 to September 2005
Position: PhD researcher
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences. Soil Protection Group.
Activities: Analyses and environmental characterization of industrial and mining wastes. Metal availability and speciation studies in contaminated soils. Remediation of metal polluted soils. Use of lab tools for environmental studies.
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain).
From October 2001 to December 2003
Position: PhD researcher
Department: Agricultural Production Department. Edaphologic and Agricultural Chemistry Section.
Activity: Analyses and environmental characterization of industrial and mining wastes. Metal availability and speciation studies in contaminated soils. Remediation of metal polluted soils. Use of lab tools for environmental studies. Elaboration of soil analyses reports.
Languages
Spanish:Mother tongue
English:High level (technical, speaking, writing) (B2)
German:Good level (speaking, writing) (B2-C1)
Italian:Basic level
French:Basic level (A1)
Computing
Advance knowledge:Windows; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet: Explorer, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes.
User: Statistics: SYSTAT, SPSS; Image treatmen: ImageJ; Risk assessment: RISC, RBCA. Engineering: Autocad, Surfer.
Supplementary education
2008 Basic level in risks at work. Mutua Universal. Seville (Spain) 30 hours.
2007 Basic level in work safety for Chemist Industry. Unipresalud. Seville (Spain). 10 hours.
2002 IV Meeting on alternatives for socioeconomic development in former mining areas. Fundación Sierra Minera. La Unión (Murcia-Spain). 15 hours.
2001 Environmental Management in Murcia Region. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain). 30 hours.
2001 Use of ICP-OES + ICP-MS,EAA for liquids analyses and vis-uv spectrometry. Tecnoquim S.L. Murcia (Spain).
2001 Microanalyses using X rays Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain).
Teaching
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). Zürich (Switzerland)
“Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering” Subject:“Bodenschutz: Fallbeispile” (1 hour)
Academics
2001-2005 PhD. “Restoration/Stabilization of Mine Tailings from the Cartagena-La Unión Mining District (SE Spain)” Cartagena Polytechnic University (Spain) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland). Finished in September 2005.
2002-2003 Master in Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Instituto AMYCA de formación (Murcia). 600 hours.
1996-2001 Agricultural Engineer E.T.S. Ing. Agronómica. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.
Professional Experience
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain).
From February 2011 - current
Position: Senior Scientist
Department: Agricultural Science and Technbology Department.
Activity: Management of soil contamination studies. Revegetation of mining polluted soils in semiarid areas
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC). Murcia. Spain.
From: From June 2010 to January 2011
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Department of Water and Soil Conservation
Activities: Management of soil contamination studies. Revegetation of mining polluted soils in semiarid areas.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (Switzerland).
From: January 2009 to June 2010
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences. Soil Protection Group.
Activities: Management of soil contamination studies focused on shooting ranges soils in Switzerland. Use of lysimeters as a tool to study soils and groundwater contamination. Soil decontamination studies. Supervision of students
Befesa Gestión de Residuos Industriales, S.L.(Abengoa Group) Seville (Spain).
From: September 2007 to October 2008.
Position: Engineer in soil and groundwater contamination and restoration projects (soil, groundwater); manager of quality assurance.
Department: Soil Management and Decontamination
Activities: Elaboration and development of soil and groundwater contamination evaluation projects, risk assessment, decontamination projects in soils and waters (including engineering design) and waste management. Running of Standard ISO/IEC 17020 in Department, including elaboration of work technical proceedings. Responsible of quality assurance and documental management.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (Switzerland).
From: September 2005 to September 2007
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences. Soil Protection Group.
Activities: Soil remediation studies based on green technologies. Use of advanced physical techniques to study root growing in heterogeneously contaminated soils. Studies of native metal tolerant plant communities growing in polluted ecosystems.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (Switzerland).
From: December 2003 to September 2005
Position: PhD researcher
Department: Department of Environmental Sciences. Soil Protection Group.
Activities: Analyses and environmental characterization of industrial and mining wastes. Metal availability and speciation studies in contaminated soils. Remediation of metal polluted soils. Use of lab tools for environmental studies.
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain).
From October 2001 to December 2003
Position: PhD researcher
Department: Agricultural Production Department. Edaphologic and Agricultural Chemistry Section.
Activity: Analyses and environmental characterization of industrial and mining wastes. Metal availability and speciation studies in contaminated soils. Remediation of metal polluted soils. Use of lab tools for environmental studies. Elaboration of soil analyses reports.
Languages
Spanish:Mother tongue
English:High level (technical, speaking, writing) (B2)
German:Good level (speaking, writing) (B2-C1)
Italian:Basic level
French:Basic level (A1)
Computing
Advance knowledge:Windows; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet: Explorer, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes.
User: Statistics: SYSTAT, SPSS; Image treatmen: ImageJ; Risk assessment: RISC, RBCA. Engineering: Autocad, Surfer.
Supplementary education
2008 Basic level in risks at work. Mutua Universal. Seville (Spain) 30 hours.
2007 Basic level in work safety for Chemist Industry. Unipresalud. Seville (Spain). 10 hours.
2002 IV Meeting on alternatives for socioeconomic development in former mining areas. Fundación Sierra Minera. La Unión (Murcia-Spain). 15 hours.
2001 Environmental Management in Murcia Region. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain). 30 hours.
2001 Use of ICP-OES + ICP-MS,EAA for liquids analyses and vis-uv spectrometry. Tecnoquim S.L. Murcia (Spain).
2001 Microanalyses using X rays Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Cartagena (Spain).
Teaching
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). Zürich (Switzerland)
“Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering” Subject:“Bodenschutz: Fallbeispile” (1 hour)