Educational Background

• Ph. D., 1999, Physics, Universitat de Barcelona. Advisor: M. Fernàndez. Title: Numerical modelling of lithospheric deformation. Application to the Azores-Gibraltar region.
• M. Sc., 1997, Geophysics, Universitat de Barcelona
• B.S c., 1994, Physics, Universitat de Barcelona

Research Interests

• My research is focused on the field of numerical modeling applied to the study of large-scale lithospheric deformation processes. Much of my work has been focused on the programming and development of thermomechanical models with the aim of understanding the interaction between lithosphere-asthenosphere and its response in the variations on the elevation, temperature, and stress and strain distribution. I am also interested in subduction and delamination processes, their dynamic evolution and response on surface topography. I study the topography as a combination of isostatic equilibrium and dynamic due to some mantle processes. 
• I work to find the thermal and compositional distribution of the crust and upper mantle using an integrated geophysical-petrological modeling, that simultaneously fit all available geophysical data (e.g. Bouguer and Geoide anomaly, elevation, surface heat flow, seismic velocities) and the petrophysics of the mantle. Recently, I am working on the integration of geophysical data with numerical modeling for geothermal purposes. 
• Active research regions are the Mediterranean, the Iberian Peninsula and its margins, the Alpine-Himalayan System and the Betic-Gibraltar-Rif System.

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