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Dr Joan Josep Estrany Bertos

Dr Joan Josep Estrany Bertos
Senior lecturer
Geography (director)
Physical geography
  • Despatx 49primer pisBeatriu de Pinós
  • Despatx 7primer pisBeatriu de Pinós

Curriculum

Brief CV

Inca, Mallorca -1976. Lecturer (Profesor Titular de Universidad) in Physical Geography. Head of the Natural Hazards and Emergencies Observatory of the Balearic Islands (https://riscbal.uib.eu) and PI of the MEDhyCON research group (http://medhycon.uib.cat) at the University of the Balearic Islands. My particular interest is in the fields of hydrology, erosion and sediment export and origin in drainage basins. Currently, focused on the transfer of scientific knowledge in the management of natural risks in the Balearic Islands. My particular interest is focused in the fields of catchment hydrology, erosion and sediment yield and tracing. Catchment studies have focused on establishing sediment budgets and quantifying sediment sources in Mediterranean fluvial systems. Particular emphasis has been placed on the use of electronic sensors as the base for hydrometric nested networks, as well as environmental radionuclides (i.e. Cs-137) as sediment tracers. I have published >45 papers (30% as first author, 42% as last author, and 42% as corresponding author) in JCI-SCI international journals in the last 16 years. During this period, I have managed as Principal Investigator three national AEI projects, three European projects from competitive calls, one Balearic Government project, two cooperation projects and >20 knowledge transfer contracts. I have supervised five doctoral students, three of whom awarded with the International Mention (FPI-MINECO contract, FPU-Ministerio de Educación contract and FPI-Government of the Balearic Islands contract). They are currently occupying academic contracts as Contracted Lecturer, scientific and technical coordinator at RiscBal and postdoctoral contract with Margarita Salas. Nowadays, supervision of three doctoral students (contracted FPI-Ministerio de Ciencia, contracted FPU-Ministerio de Educación and contracted FPI-UIB), together with a co-supervised doctoral student in the framework of the Erasmus + KA107 project with the Sultan Moulay Slimane University of Beni Mellal (Morocco) in a framework of scientific cooperation.

This scientific specialization enabled the consolidation of a research line focused on hydrosedimentary connectivity in Mediterranean catchments affected by the impacts of global change such as land abandonment, forest fires and forest transition, or floods. This research is carried out through the continuous monitoring of water and sediment flows as well as meteorological parameters through a dense network of hydrometric stations in different catchments of the Balearic Islands and through satellite data, climate modelling with GIS tools and hydrological modeling. In this field, as the head of MEDhyCON, a unique and internationalized experience has been achieved in the study of surface hydrology and in the development of tools for the management of water resources in Mediterranean conditions, working for more than a decade in the deployment of a network of hydrometric stations along the Balearic Islands, of great use for the management of water resources and flood risks. As a result of this work, MEDhyCON is the nucleus of the Natural Hazards and Emergencies Observatory of the Balearic Islands - RiscBal. It is a technological infrastructure based on an environmental monitoring network - RiscBal-Control, deployed in the Balearic Islands to control the risks of flooding, wildfire, gravitational movements and climate risks that allows the creation of RiscBal-Alerts, the early warning system against natural risks, through real-time data and modelling. In addition, a complete compilation of all existing scientific and technical information is systematized and carried out to create and maintain a geospatial database of natural risks in the Balearic Islands that integrates hazards, risks, vulnerable elements and planning and management instruments. It is the creation and deployment of tools with a marked scientific and technical approach developed for knowledge transferring to the society.

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Thesis advising

Thesis advisor during the academic year 2023-24 for the following PHD programmes:

Teaching, 5 previous years

Subject Information
21102 - Cartography
21103 - General Physical Geography
21126 - Environmental Impact Assessment
21132 - Final Degree Project in Geography
21137 - Laboratory Techniques in Physical Geography
21138 - Costal Geomorphology

Research

Research groups

Group Membership type
Mediterranean Hydrological and Ecogeomorphological Connectivity (MEDhyCON) Main researcher
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