Oriol Ferrer Garcia
Tenured-trak lecturer at the Department of Geodynamics & Geophysics, University of Barcelona
Oriol Ferrer graduated from Universitat de Barcelona in 2002 with a B.Sc. degree in Geology. Subsequently, he undertook a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences at the same university. In 2012 he finished his PhD with honors focused on the study of the eastern Bay of Biscay structure and the evolution of salt structures of the Parentis basin (eastern Bay of Biscay). Since 2009 Oriol has been a research assistant on the Geomodels Research Institute, combining this work with teaching as a lecturer in different B.Sc and M.Sc. courses of the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Since 2010 he has been in charge of the Geomodels analogue modeling laboratory working on its design and construction. During 2013-2014 he did a post-doc at the Fault Dynamics Research Group (Royal Holloway University of London). Actually he has a tenured-track lecturer position at the University of Barcelona.
Much of Oriol’s work has focused on the structure of the Bay of Biscay - North-Iberian Margin, the Basque-Cantabrian, Ebro and Duero Basins, Eastern Mediterranean and the Prebetic Zone in Spain but also on the Salta Basin (Argentina) and the North Sea. His current research interest includes analogue modeling (salt tectonics during extension & inversion), salt tectonics, 2D/3D seismic interpretation and 3D reconstruction of geological bodies.
My research lines are focused mainly in:
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✓Structural analogue modelling
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✓Salt Tectonics
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✓Extension & inversion tectonics
Studies
2002 Degree in Geology (University of Barcelona)
2004 Diploma d’ ”Estudis Avançats”
2012 PhD in Geology by the Universitat de Barcelona
Title: Salt Tectonics in the Parentis Basin (eastern Bay of Biscay): Origin and kinematics of salt structures in a hyperextended margin affected by subsequent contractional deformation)
Grants and professional degree
2002 – 2006: Grant Formación del Profesorado Universitario (FPU) of the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (MECyD)
2006 – 2009: Collaboration Grant in research projects UB
2009 - 2012: Research technician University of Barcelona
2008 – present: Associate lecturer / Tenured-track lecturer
2013 - 2015: Post-doctoral research assistant in the Fault Dynamics Research Group (Royal Holloway University of London)
Others
Stages abroad:
2001 – Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG) de La Plata (Argentina) (4 months) supervised by Prof. D. Poiré.
2004 – Institute Français du Pétrole (IFP) en Rueil-Malmaison (Francia) (2 months) supervised by Nadine Ellouz-Zimmerman
2005 – Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) – University of Texas at Austin (USA) (3 months) supervised by Prof. Martin P.A. Jackson
2006 – Université de Lille 1, UMR CNRS Géosystèmes – Villeneuve d’Ascq (Francia) (6 months) supervised by Prof. Bruno C. Vendeville
2009 – Université de Lille 1, UMR CNRS Géosystèmes – Villeneuve d’Ascq (Francia) (4 weeks) supervised by Prof. Bruno C. Vendeville
2013 - 2015 – Post-doctoral stage in the Fault Dynamics Research Group – Royal Holloway University of London (United Kingdom) (2 years) supervised by Professor Ken McClay.
Scientific surveys abroad:
September 2003: MARCONI Survey (Characterization of the North-Iberian Continental Margin) aboard the R.V Hespérides.
