Mercè Ratera Bastardas
Strategic Projects and Fundraising Officer (Severo Ochoa)
932557630 - int: 437828
merce.ratera@idaea.csic.es
I have been working in a SME, in basic research, and in healthcare research and innovation technologies, where project-management skills, creativity and self-confidence and self-driven grew in parallel. I always desire helping transfer all the knowledge gained at the academia or science institutions to our society. Now in IDAEA, I am confident that my technical and scientific profile as well as my industrial and personal skills help to enhance its research potential and output increasing its funding attraction.
RI-URBANS
Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS
The project aims to demonstrate how service tools from atmospheric research infrastructures can be adapted and enhanced to better address the challenges and societal needs concerning air quality in European cities and industrial hotspots. RI-URBANS responds to urgent needs to substantially reduce air pollution across the European Union by providing enhanced air quality observations in support of advanced air quality policy assessment.
We develop and enhance synergies between Air Quality Monitoring Networks (AQMNs) and research infrastructures in the atmospheric domain and combine advanced scientific knowledge and innovative technologies to develop pilot service tools. These will enhance the AQMNs capacity to evaluate, predict and support policies for abating urban air pollution. RI-URBANS deploys tools and information systems in the hands of citizens and communities to support decision-making by AQ managers and regulators. The focus is on ambient nanoparticles and atmospheric particulate matter, their sizes, constituents, source contributions, and gaseous precursors. RI-URBANS will evaluate novel air quality parameters, source contributions, and their associated health effects to demonstrate the European added value of implementing such service tools.
Funded by the European Commission’s call “European Research Infrastructures capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges (LC-GD-9-1-2020)”