Who we are

RISKNAT has grown and enriched in 2023 by incorporating new institutions and research topics. We are a group of researchers, grouped into different research teams, attached to the following institutions:

Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà de la Facultat de Ciències de la Terra (FCT) de la Universitat de Barcelona (DTO-UB);
Departament de Geologia de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (DG-UAB) ;
Institut de Ciències del Mar del Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (ICM-CSIC).

RISKNAT is currently made up of 18 members, of whom we are 12 doctors (11 with a permanent contract), 1 research technician, and 4 pre-doctoral researchers.

Joan Manuel Vilaplana Fernàndez led the group until 2018, when he was replaced by Eulàlia Masana Closa, current coordinator.

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We are an interdisciplinary group, constituted by geologists, engineering geologists and geophysicists. This allows for a synergic comprehension of phenomena under study and the development of new techniques and methodologies. We cover a broad spectrum of activities, from field work (which we prioritise, both on land and offshore), to hazard assessment.

Equilibri de gènere

RISKNAT is coordinated since 2017 by a woman (E. Masana) and includes 9 women out of 18 members.

Women are the leaders of 4 out of 8 research lines on hazardous processes, indicating that both genders are empowered in our group. Also, the former president and promoter of the Comissió d’Igualtat at the Facultat de Ciències de la Terra (UB), where RISKNAT is affiliated, is member of our group (M.Ortuño), and the leader of the research line on Active tectonics, paleoseismology and seismic hazard. We also prioritize woman appearance in the media and in the outreach material we generate. On the other hand, and regarding high level teaching and training, the coordinator of the Especialitat de Riscos Geològics of the Master en Recursos Minerals i Riscos Geològics (UB-UAB) is also a woman. We note also that ICM researchers involved in the group abide by the Pla d’Igualtat of CSIC and within ICM’s Severo Ochoa Strategic Plan (2020-2023), specific gender balance actions are being implemented to ensure gender balance at all levels of the research career stage and within the research disciplines of ICM.

Eulàlia Masana
Catedràtica d’Universitat DTO-UB
RISKNAT Coordinator
Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology
eulalia.masana@ub.edu
CV Personal

Glòria Furdada
Professora Titular d’Universitat DTO-UB
Fluvial and torrential floods (head)
Snow Avalanches
Landslides
gloria.furdada@ub.edu
CV Personal

Marta Guinau
Professora Col·laboradora DTO-UB
Mass movements (head)
Rock falls, Landslides
mguinau@ub.edu
CV Personal

Maria Ortuño
Professora Agregada DTO-UB
Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology (head)
maria.ortuno@ub.edu
CV personal

Olga Margalef
Professora Lectora DTO-UB
Paleoclimatic paleoenvironmental reconstruction (head)
Permafrost dynamics. Pedology.
olga.margalef@ub.edu

Raimon Pallàs
Professor Titular d’Universitat DTO-UB
Active tectonics and Paleoseismology
Geomorphology and Dating
Web contents
raimonpallas@ub.edu
CV personal

Giorgi Khazaradze
Professor Agregat DTO-UB
GNSS geodesy (head)
Active Tectonics
Landslides
gkhazar@ub.edu
CV Personal

Jaume Bordonau
Professor Titular d’Universitat DTO-UB
Geomorfology
Active tectonics and Paleoseismology
jaume.bordonau@ub.edu

David García
Tècnic de Suport a la Recerca DTO-UB
Remote sensing, GIS, Monitoring instrumentation
dgarcia@ub.edu

Llanos Valera Prieto
Investigadora Pre-doctoral DTO-UB
Fluvial and torrential floods
llanosvalera@ub.edu

Júlia Molins
Investigadora Pre-Doctoral DTO-UB
Active tectonics and paleoseismology
jmolinsvigata@ub.edu

Marc Ollé
Investigador Pre-Doctoral DTO-UB
Active tectonics and paleoseismologymarcollelopez@gmail.com

Roger Urgelés
Investigador Científic ICM-CSIC
Geological risk at sea
Geophysics, geotechnics and hydrology (head)
Gas hydrates
urgeles@icm.csic.es
CV

Xavier Garcia Martínez
Investigador Científic ICM-CSIC
Geophysics
Electromagnetic methods
xgarcia@icm.csic.es
CV

Savitri Galiana
Investigadora Científica ICM-CSIC
Geophysics
Hidrodynamical and biogeochemical modelling
galiana@icm.csic.es

Raquel Arasanz Pujol
Investigadora predoctoral ICM-CSIC
Geological risks and Geomorphology
Gas hydrates, Antarctic Peninsula
raquel@icm.csic.es

Joan Bach
Professor Titular d’Universitat DG-UAB
Hydric resources
Environmental Geology
Outreach
joan.bach@uab.cat

Mario Zarroca
Professor Titular d’Universitat DG-UAB
Geophysical techniques (ERT, GPR, Seismic refraction)
Gravity instabilities
mario.zarroca.hernandez@uab.cat

Collaboration network

RISKNAT’s activity is highly interdisciplinary. We complement our own fields of expertise through close collaboration with ex-members of the research group, ex-doctoral students and other specialists in leading international methods and techniques. For years we have had a network of external contacts that allow us to strengthen the impact of our activities. We highlight the following fully consolidated collaborators:

Joan Manuel Vilaplana (Observatori del GeoRisc)
Mar Tapia (LEGEF-IEC)
Emma Suriñach (LEGEF-IEC)
Octavi Gómez-Novell (Unicht, Italia)
Xabier Blanch (TU Dresden, Alemanya)
Pere Oller (GeoNeu Risk)
Marta González (ICGC)
Jordi Pinyol (ICGC)
Carles Balasch (Universitat de Lleida)
Jordi Tuset (Universitat de Lleida)
Ana Moli (Arxiu Comarcal del Pallars Sobirà)
Juanmi Insua-Arévalo (Univeersidad Complutense de Madrid)
Julián García-Mayordomo (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España)
Raquel Martín-Banda (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España)
Andrés Diez Herrero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España)
Mar Génova (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Thomas Rockwell (San Diego State University, USA)
Stéphane Baize (IRSN, França)
Bruno Pace (Unicht, Italia)
Oona Scotti (IRSN, França)
Laura Peruzza (I. Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Italia)
Lucilla Benedetti (CEREGE, France)
Virginia Ruiz Villanueva (Université de Lausanne, Suïssa)