CV

Education

Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Climate Sciences — ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2019)

M.Sc. in Meteorology — Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Spain (2015)

B.Sc. in Physics — Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Spain (2014)

Current Position

July 2026 – present   “César Nombela” Research Fellow · Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO, CSIC-UCM), Madrid, Spain

Former Affiliations

2024 – 2026   Postdoctoral Researcher · Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO, CSIC-UCM), Madrid, Spain

2022 – 2023   Recognised Researcher (R2) · Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain

2021 – 2022   Weather Prediction Modeller / WRF Specialist · Meteomatics AG, Switzerland

2020 – 2021   Postdoctoral Researcher · ETH Zürich, Switzerland

2017 – 2019   PhD Student / Scientific Assistant · ETH Zürich, Switzerland

2016 – 2017   PhD Student / Scientific Assistant · GEOMAR – Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

2015 – 2016   Research Assistant · Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Supervision

PhD Students

  • Regina Ortiz Martin (ongoing, expected 2028) — Avances en la caracterización de olas de calor · IGEO (CSIC-UCM). Co-supervised with D. Barriopedro, R. García-Herrera, S. Collazo.

Master Theses

  • Oscar Mata (2026) — Attribution of Extreme Events to Climate Change · Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Co-supervised with R. García-Herrera.
  • Bremilda Sutizal (2026) — Elaboración de modelos de ML para determinar la concentración de NO₂ en la ciudad de Sevilla · Universitat de Barcelona. Co-supervised with D. J. Vicente.
  • Oscar Magallón (2026) — Atmospheric Blocking in the Northern Hemisphere: Climatology and Surface Impacts · Universitat de Barcelona.
  • Marta Jorge (2026) — Estudio de la serie meteorológica del Observatorio de Paranal de 1999 a 2025 · Universitat de Barcelona. Co-supervised with A. Arias, M. Gaug.
  • Jaime Guash (2025) — Do Artificial Intelligence Weather Models Simulate Atmospheric Variability Correctly? · Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Co-supervised with R. García-Herrera.
  • Elizabeth Weirich Benet (2021) — Heat Wave Prediction with Machine Learning · ETH Zürich. Co-supervised with D. Domeisen, J. Cohen, E. Fraenkel.
  • Marc Gerber (2019) — Analysis of Rossby Wave Phase Speeds Ahead of Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events · ETH Zürich. Co-supervised with D. Domeisen.

Bachelor Theses

  • Marc Federer (2019) — Analysing Ensemble Prediction of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings · ETH Zürich.
  • Lukas Greter (2019) — Flow Features Before and After Sudden Stratospheric Warmings · ETH Zürich.
  • Ronja Bohnenblust (2018) — Differences in the Surface Impacts of Various Stratospheric Events · ETH Zürich.

Awards

  • Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award · European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2019
  • Young Scientist Travel Award · European Meteorological Society (EMS), 2019
  • Outstanding Master’s Award · Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 2016