Staff

Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral researcher

Research Interests:

My research involves the development and improvement of modelling approaches to achieve a more realistic representation of the water cycle in hydrologic models. Models encapsulate our knowledge about how hydrologic systems function. Therefore, our ability to understand and anticipate changes relies on simulations of the water cycle that are crucial for water resources management under a changing climate.

I am particularly interested in the integration of large-sample hydrologic datasets and satellite Earth observations in hydrologic modelling frameworks. The development of multi-criteria sensitivity analysis methods and multi-objective optimization strategies is a key aspect of my investigation, as well as the application of Machine Learning workflows that can identify new and complex relationships in datasets about the system functioning that otherwise would remain unknown. For this, High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and parallelization techniques have become an essential part of my scientific work.

Career:

• Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany, 01/2026 – 12/2027

• Postdoctoral Researcher – Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Germany, 01/2024 – 12/2025

• Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany, 05/2023 – 07/2023

• Visiting Researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Germany, 05/2022 – 07/2022

• Visiting Researcher, Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 06/2021 – 08/2021

• Doctoral Candidate – FPU Fellow, PhD in Physics and Space Sciences, University of Granada, Spain, 09/2018 – 01/2023

• Graduate Researcher, Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Spain, 05/2017 – 09/2018

• Master Student, MSc in Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, 10/2015 – 07/2017

• Intern, Granada’s Council Department of Civil Protection and Mobility, Spain, 12/2014 – 05/2015

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Urban Design and Spatial Planning, University of Granada, Spain, 11/2014 – 06/2015

• Bachelor Student, BSc in Civil Engineering – Mention in Hydrology, University of Granada, Spain, 09/2010 – 07/2015

Education:

• PhD in Physics and Space Sciences, University of Granada, Spain, 09/2018 – 01/2023
• MSc in Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, 10/2015 – 07/2017
• BSc in Civil Engineering – Mention in Hydrology, University of Granada, Spain, 09/2010 – 07/2015

Research Boards and Committees:

• Member of the Geo.X Early Career Scientists (ECS) Section's Core Team https://www.geo-x.net/en/ecs/

Awards:

• Prize for the best PhD Dissertation in Climatology, awarded by the Asociación Española de Climatología (Premio a la mejor Tesis Doctoral en Climatología defendida en universidades españolas durante los cursos 2021-2022 y 2022-2023 de la Asociación Española de Climatología). The awards ceremony took place at the XIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Climatología in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain) in January 2025. This recognition highlighted the scientific quality and methodological innovation of my doctoral research.

• Young Researcher Prize (Premio Joven Investigador) awarded during the XI Congreso de la Asociación Española de Climatología in Cartagena (Spain) in 2018 for the presentation “Simulations of the hydrological response to the climate change for the Iberian Peninsula through a land-surface model”. This distinction acknowledged the novelty of applying a land-surface model for climate-impact assessment in the Iberian Peninsula within a large-sample hydrology framework.