RISKNAT has grown and enriched since 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);
  • Laboratori d’Estudis Geofísics Eduard Fontserè (LEGEF) de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC).

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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.

Gender balance

RISKNAT is coordinated by women since 2017 (E. Masana and M.Guinau) and includes 8 women out of 21 members.

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Marta Guinau
Coordinadora de RISKNAT
Professora Agregada DTO-UB
Mass movements and torrential flows (leader)
mguinau@ub.edu
CV Personal

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

John Jairo Gallego Montoya
Investigador Marie Sklodowska-Curie
Active Tectonics and Paleosismology.
Hyperespectral data
jj.gallego.montoya@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 Paleoseismology
marcollelopez@gmail.com

Noemi Jacobo Quiñones
Investigadora pre-doctoral DMPGA-UB
Slope instabilities. Torrential flows
njacoboquinones@ub.edu

Ángel Rodés
Professor Lector DTO-UB
Geocronology (leader).
Surface process modelling
angelrodes@ub.edu
CV personal

Álvaro González
Professor Lector Serra Húnter DTO-UB
Earthquakes. Meteorite impacts.
Volcanic eruptions
alvaro.gonzalez@@ub.edu
CV personal

Octavi Gómez-Novell
Professor Lector DTO-UB
Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology.
Seismic Hazard Analysis
octgomez@ub.edu

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

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

Olga Margalef
Professora Titular d’Universitat DTO-UB
Paleoclimatic paleoenvironmental reconstruction (leader)
Permafrost dynamics. Pedology.
olga.margalef@ub.edu

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

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

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

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

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

Mar Tapia
LEGEF-IEC Coordinator
Seismology. Processing, monitoring,
instrumentation. Seismic hazard and risk
mtapia@iec.cat

Duna Roda Boluda
Professora Titular d’Universitat DG-UAB
Geomorfology. Denudation.
Landslides. Tectonics.
Geocronology
duna.roda@uab.cat

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)
  • Glòria Furdada Bellavista (professora jubilada – Universitat de Barcelona)
  • Emma Suriñach Cornet (Laboratori d’Estudis Geofísics Eduard Fontserè -EGEF-IEC)
  • Pere Oller Figueras (GeoNeu Risk)
  • Marta González (Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya – ICGC)
  • Jordi Pinyol (Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya – ICGC)
  • Fabián Bellmunt Traver (Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya – ICGC)
  • Juanmi Insua-Arévalo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
  • Carolina Canora Catalán (Universidad Autónoma 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)
  • Ana Lucía Vela (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España-CSIC)
  • Mar Génova (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
  • Aina Margalef Porcar (Andorra Recerca + Innovació, Andorra)
  • Anna Echeverría Moreno (Andorra Recerca + Innovació, Andorra)
  • Lucilla Benedetti (CEREGE CNRS IRD AMU INRAE, France)
  • Stéphane Baize (Institut de la radioprotection et de la sûreté nucléaire – IRSN, France)
  • Oona Scotti (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection – ASNR, France)
  • Bruno Pace (UNICT, Italia)
  • Laura Peruzza (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Italia)
  • Virginia Ruiz Villanueva (University of Bern, Schweiz)
  • Georgie Bennet (University of Exeter – United Kingdom)
  • Fiona Jane Clubb (Durham University, Unted Kingdom)
  • Benjamin Campforts (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • Lorenzo Borselli (Universidad Autónoma San Luís Potosí-México, UASLP, México)
  • Letícia Flores Marquez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – UNAM, México)
  • Pierre Lacan (Instituto de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
  • Ángela María Gómez García (Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences – CEMarin- Bogotá, Colombia)
  • Ariadna Flores (IFARHU-SENACYT Gobierno de la República de Panamá, Panamá)
  • Thomas Rockwell (San Diego State University, USA)