Directions of PhD Thesis
Ongoing
2028 – Madhusudan Sharma, “Geodynamics of the Adria Microplate: From the Mantle to the Surface Through Numerical Modeling”, within GeoAdria Project, Universidad de Barcelona. Advisors: I. Jiménez-Munt, A.M. Negredo.
Defended
2024 – Wentao Zhang, “Geodynamics of the Central Alpine Mediterranean Orogenic System: Mantle characterization and vertical motions”. China Scholarship Council, Universidad de Barcelona, Advisors: I. Jiménez-Munt, M. Torne, A.M. Negredo. Prize to the best hispano-americana Geophysical PhD Thesis from 2023 and 2024. Fundación García-Siñériz PDF
2022 – Hanneke Heida. “Isostatic vertical motions during the Messinian salt giant or marginal vertical motions”. within SALTGIANT ETN. Universidad de Barcelona. Advisors: D. García-Castellanos and I. Jiménez-Munt. PDF
2021 – Kittiphon Boonma, “Slab tearing, vertical tectonic motions, and the Miocene marine gateways across the Gibraltar Arc”. ITN Project SUBITOP. Universidad de Barcelona. Advisors: D. García-Castellanos and I. Jiménez-Munt. PDF
2021 – Angel Valverde, “Numerical modeling of continental collision and intraplate deformation. Application to the Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of North Iberia”. Universidad de Barcelona. Project MITE. Advisors: D. García-Castellanos and I. Jiménez-Munt. PDF
2015 – Alberto Carballo, “Geophysical and petrological characterization of the lithospheric mantle in Iberia and North Africa”. Universidad de Barcelona. JAE-Predoc-CSIC. Advisors: M. Fernàndez and I. Jiménez-Munt. PDF
2015 – Lavinia Tunini, “The Central Asia collision zone: numerical modelling of the lithospheric structure and the present-day kinematics”. Universidad de Barcelona. Project ATIZA. Advisors: I. Jiménez-Munt and M. Fernàndez. PDF
PostDoctoral
2024-2025 – Wentao Zhang, “Geophysic-Petrological modeling of the Calabrian Arc subduction”. Project GeoAdria.
2024-Presente – Olga Ortega Gelabert, Programa MOMENTUM “Integration of artificial intelligence into numerical models applied to geosciences”
2022-2025 – Ángela María Gómez García, Juan de la Cierva Formación 2021. “3D Gravity, Thermal and Rheological Models of the Southern Sant Andreas Fault System”.
2020-2021 – Mireia Peral. “3D geodynamic modeling”. Project GeoCAM.
Technician
2026 – Josep Andreu Sabaté “modelización numérica y técnicas de inteligencia artificial aplicadas a sistemas geológicos”. Proyecto GeoAdria.
Guest Researcher
2026 – Chenxing Li, “Multi-Scale Thermomechanical Coupling in the Junggar Basin: Integrated Lithosphere-Basin Modeling and Machine Learning-Driven Parameter Optimization”. PhD student from China University of Petroleum (Beijing, China). Director PhD: Nansheng Qiu. One year stage.
2022 – Sofia Charissis, ‘Reconstruction of the lithosphere in the Western Pyrenees using LitMod2D_2.0’, Université Montpellier, Master Thesis, Université Montpellier. Tutor: Frédéric Gueydan, 3 months stage.
2022 – Arcangela Bollino, “Thermo-mechanical evolution of the crust-mantle system in the Alboran Sea by means of 2D numerical models”. PhD student from Università degli Studi di Milano. Director PhD: A.M. Marotta. Three months stage