Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Institutional Management
Decision Making & Policy
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Physical Oceanography
Climatology
Meteorology
Policy
Law
Economics
Management
Pollution
Activities
The major activity at present is coordinating the participation of Spain in the different International Oceanographic Organizations:
-Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)
-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO)
-Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR)
-Marine Board of the European Science Foundation (ESF)
-UN Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (ABE-LOS)
-Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
-International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)
-Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la mer Méditerranée (CIESM)
-General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
-Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)
-International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
-International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)
-International Seabed Authority (ISA)
-International Whaling Commission IWC)
-Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
-Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice under the Convention on Biological Diversity (SBSST).
Skills
Organisational skills, Social skills and Computer skills.
Expertise in:
(i) International Coordination
(ii) Oceanographic Research (Climate Change and Satellite Oceanography)
(iii) Teaching at University Level (Oceanography).
Working language(s)
English
Spanish and French
Comment(s)
Other Professional Details:
-Expert of the United Nations World Ocean Assessment
-National delegate of GPO (Global Partnership for Oceans)
-National delegate of Euromarine (European Marine Networks of Excellence)
-National delegate of POGO(Partnership for Observation of Global Oceans)
-Principal Investigator of Research Projects on Ocean Climate of the European Space Agency (ENVISAT, CRYOSAT and SMOS)
- Participant in Research Projects on Oceanography of the European Union (EcoSARP, CANIGO and Ferrybox)
-Principal Investigator of the National Project “Satellite Oceanography in the context of Climate Change”
-53 scientific works on Oceanography and Climate Change since 1990
-Member of the Government Panel of Experts ANEP (Ocean and Climate)
-Lead Guest Editor of Deep-Sea Research 2 (Special Issues on “Satellite Oceanography and Climate Change” and “Oceanography of the Bay of Biscay”)
-Editor of the book “Oceanography and Satellites” 502pp
-Editorial Board of Continental Shelf Research
-Lecturer of the European Master on Marine Environment and Resources (Universities of Southampton, Bordeaux, Liege, and Basque Country). Satellite Oceanography and Meteorology. Erasmus Mundus Award
-Joint Award for Science Divulgation from the Royal Society of Mathematics, the Royal Society of Physics and the Foundation for Science and Technology of Spain.
