Jesús Carrera Ramírez
1437 - 1488
jcrgeo@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0002-8454-4352
Research group: Groundwater and Hydrogeochemistry
Jesus Carrera has been Research Professor at CSIC since 2006. Prior to that, he was Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia, where he had been head of the School of Civil Engineering (1992-1994) and Vice-President for Research (1994-1998). His research focuses on Groundwater Hydrology, with emphasis on quantitative modeling and integrative solutions to water related problems. He participates in many advisory committees, including the National Water Council or the plenary of National Research Evaluation Commission. In the process, he directed 30 doctoral theses, and supervised 20 postdoctoral scientists; he published some 200 journal papers (some 16 kcites, IH of 62, according to GS). He has received numerous awards (e.g., Spanish Academy of Sciences Medal, EGU’s Darcy Medal, PSIPW Prize for Water. He is member of Academia Europa and the US National Academy of Engineering .
Invited conferences
2014
- “Seeking an effective multiphase flow equation: capillary effects”, International seminar “Dynamic processes in capillary fringes”, Institute of Technology, 24-25 de febrero, Karlsruhe, Alemania.
- “Desafíos en la investigación del agua. Incertidumbres y soluciones”, Agua y sociedad transferencia de conocimiento, Universidad de Barcelona, España.
- “Aigües subterrànies i recàrrega d’ acüifers”, Jornada del cluster català de recerca de l’aiugua, 27 de junio, Universitat de Girona, España.
- “Towards a mixing and dispersion transport equation.
(needed for reactive transport)”. 22-26 septiembre. Oberwolfach Workshop – The Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach. Selva Negra, Alemania. - “Fracturar o no fracturar, esta es la cuestión”, IFCA, 14 de octubre, Santander, España.
- “Sobre escritura de artículos”, IHLL, 17 de noviembre, Azul, Argentina.
- “Fracturar o no fracturar, esta es la cuestión” IHLL, 18 de noviembre, Azul, Argentina.
- “Las aguas subterráneas y ordenación del territorio”, conferencia invitada, ACUMAR, 19 y 20 de noviembre, Argentina.
- Carrera, J.; Pool, M., 2014, “Addressing Conceptual Model Uncertainty in the Evaluation of Model Prediction Errors”, AGU Fall Meeting, 15 de diciembre, San Francisco, Estados Unidos.
- Carrera, J.; Soler, J.; de Dreuzy, J.; Dentz, M., 2014, “Towards a transport approach that acknowledges mixing and dispersion”, AGU Fall Meeting, 17 de diciembre, San Francisco, Estados Unidos.
- “A view on hydroquemical processes relevant for water management in arid countries (artificial recharge and soil salinization)”, 6th International conference on water resources and arid environments, King Saud University, 16-17 diciembre, Ryadh, Arabia Saudi.
2015
- “Sea water intrusion”, en el marco del seminario “Flow and Transport in Porous and Fractured Media, Development, Protection, Management and Sequestration of Subsurface Fluids”. 25 julio, Córcega, Francia
- “Reactive transport”, en el marco del seminario “Flow and Transport in Porous and Fractured Media, Development, Protection, Management and Sequestration of Subsurface Fluids”, 28 julio, Córcega, Francia.
- Sur le stockage de CO2 et l’exploitation du gaz de schiste: enjeux et risques, en el marco del seminario “Flow and Transport in Porous and Fractured Media, Development, Protection, Management and Sequestration of Subsurface Fluids”. 29 Julio, Córcega, Francia.
- “Introducción: Hidrología Subterránea, Ríos y acuíferos”. Conferencia de divulgación, 09 septiembre, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
- “Deformación, Sismicidad Inducida y Fracking”. Conferencia de divulgación, 10 septiembre, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
- “Emerging Challenges and “Weird” Models in Hydrogeology”. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting, 14 de diciembre, San Francisco, Estados Unidos.
2016
- “Dewatering: An Established Technology with Numerous Challenges Ahead”. 4th Itasca Symposium, Applied Numerical Modeling, Marzo 7-9, Lima, Perú.
2017
- “Challenges and Opportunities in Groundwater under Cities” y “Urban Groundwater: the Barcelona case”- Action TU1206 Meeting-Sub-Urban Conference, Marzo 12-16, Technical University of Civil Engenieering, Bucharest
- “Caracterización de yacimientos fracturados y acuíferos asociados” Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas (IIMAS) Universidad de Méjico – Marzo 25 a Abril 1, 2017
- “Quo Vadis Hidrogeología (y el IHLLA)”, Instituto de Hidrología de Llanuras de Azul, UNCPBA- Junio 1, 2017
- “Hidrogeología y Obra Civil”, AIH-Grupo chileno- Diciembre 6, 2017.
- “Seawater Intrusion, the seventh egipt plague: the argentona pilot site.”, IDAEA, CSIC, Barcelona, 50 aniversario del CID – Diciembre 2017
Prices
- 2014 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water. Ryadh, Arabia Saudi.
- 2015 Chester C. Kisiel Memorial Lecture. The University of Arizona. USA.
- 2017 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2018 “Foreign member”, National Academy of Engineering, USA.
RESTORA
Managed recharge of aquifers and use of organic substrates to accelerate the renaturalization of water
The general objective of RESTORA is to improve the managed recharge of aquifers using reactive layers and demonstrate that it is a safe technology to tackle new challenges of pollution. These layers, coupled with a conventional purification system, allow water to be renaturalized in the aquifer without any risk to human health or the ecosystem, benefiting water quantity and quality in Catalonia.
Funding: Agència Catalana de l'Aigua (AGA)
Start Date: 01/03/2020 – End Date: 16/05/2023
Project Leader: Silvia Díaz Cruz , Jesús Carrera Ramírez
Researchers: Albert Contreras Llin
Funding: Regional Project
https://restora.h2ogeo.upc.edu/
MARadentro
Managed aquifer recharge: addressing the risks of recharging regenerated water
Severe shortage in good quality water reserves is a global problem that will increase with a growing world population. Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) will contribute to replenish depleted aquifers. However, there are risks associated to the occurrence of pathogens and emerging pollutants in groundwater. MARadentro aims to assess and minimize these risks, and to increase the benefits of MAR guaranteeing human health and environment protection through the development of affordable and effective permeable reactive layers. The transfer of the knowledge to policy makers will also help in EU regulation on MAR.
Funding: Water JPI (Horizon2020-JPI) + MINECO
Start Date: 17/05/2019 – End Date: 16/05/2022
Project Leader: Silvia Díaz Cruz , Jesús Carrera Ramírez
Researchers: Sara Ortiz Montealegre , Adrià Sunyer Caldú
Funding: National Project
NITREM
NITrogen REMoval from waste rock (NITREM)
The ultimate source of most of the nitrogen cycling at a mine site is the ammonium nitrate-based explosives used in the excavation of the mine. Waste rock, a by-product from the excavation of non-metalliferous rock in mining activities, often contains adsorbed nitrogen compounds (ammonium and nitrate) that are residues from the detonation of the explosives. Once the waste rock is deposited on the ground surface, the percolation of rain and snowmelt through the deposit will leach the nitrogen compounds, potentially impacting local recipients.
https://eitrawmaterials.eu/project/nitrem/
Start Date: 01/01/2018 – End Date: 31/03/2021
Researchers: Jesús Carrera Ramírez
ENIGMA
Developing innovative methods for imaging process dynamics in subsurface hydrosystems
The ENIGMA network will train a new generation of young researchers in the development of innovative sensors, field survey techniques and inverse modelling approaches. This will enhance our ability to understand and monitor dynamic subsurface processes that are key to the protection and sustainable use of water resources.