I Edición de los premios “Yo Investigo. Yo Soy CSIC” de divulgación científica. El concurso tiene como finalidad que investigadores e investigadoras predoctorales en formación del CSIC acerquen sus investigaciones y presenten los trabajos y los resultados de su tesis doctoral a un público no especializado empleando un lenguaje sencillo y accesible mediante un vídeo de tres minutos de duración.

Los tres primeros premios han sido:

   1. Miriam Carolina Pérez Cova (Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua - IDAEA) - Título: Nadando con la muerte.
   2. Patricia Contreras Tejada (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas - ICMAT) - Título: Las partículas cuánticas dan la cara.
   3. Andrea García Alonso (Instituto de Física de Cantabria - IFCA) - Título: 

Announcement for IDAEA weekly seminar series taking place this Wednesday 15th in the CID – Seminari B room at 12.00 p.m.

Speaker: Marten in ‘t Veld
Title: Time Series analysis of PM2.5 in Barcelona over the last years

Job offer for PhD contract to research on “Nanoparticle exposures in workplace environments: physical-chemical and toxicological characterisation”. Position offered within research team on indoor and ambient air quality Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research (EGAR) in Barcelona.

Application deadline: 20th January 2020.

The hydrogeology Group offers a PhD fellowship to study water quality improvement during artificial recharge of aquifers under the Water-JPI European project MARadentro. As part of the project the candidate will collaborate with international and interdisciplinary partners.

The goal of the thesis is to assess the water quality improvement during soil passage and to optimize the reactive barrier design in order to improve the recharged water quality regarding contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), pathogens, and toxicity.

Application deadline: 19th January 2020.

- La presidenta del CSIC, Rosa Menéndez, visita el Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua con motivo de la acreditación del instituto como Centro de Excelencia ‘Severo Ochoa’.

- Por primera vez, el IDAEA-CSIC logra esta acreditación, gracias a la cual recibirá un millón de euros anuales durante cuatro años.

Announcement for IDAEA weekly seminar series taking place this Wednesday 18th in the CID – Seminari B room at 12.00 p.m.

Speaker: Marta Via Gonzàlez
Title: Identification and quantification of Sources of Organic Aerosol using ACSM data

The ENFOCHEM research group offers a predoctoral contract position within the PRIMA project INWAT.

We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student candidate with a great interest in acquiring knowledge in high resolution mass spectrometry for the determination of the presence and transformation of pharmaceuticals in water samples and aquatic biota.

El Catalan Water Partnership (CWP), amb el suport de l'Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua (IdRA-Universitat de Barcelona) i de l'Agència per a la Competivitat de l'Empresa (ACCIÓ-Generalitat de Catalunya), han organitzat la primera edició de Water Talks, titulat "Els microplàstics: Problemàtica, projectes actuals, reptes i tendències en el futur".

Announcement for IDAEA weekly seminar series taking place this Wednesday 11th at CID – Sala d'Actes room at 12.00 p.m. (1st talk)

Speaker: Víctor Vilarrasa Riaño
Title: Carga el coche eléctrico en el suelo

Announcement for IDAEA weekly seminar series taking place this Wednesday 11th at CID – Sala d'Actes room at 12.00 p.m. (2nd talk)

Speaker: Adrià Sunyer Caldú
Title: Water reuse: the risks of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) transfer from reclaimed wastewater to agricultural products