María del Carmen Llasat Botija

Full professor

Scopus Author ID: 6604069338

Researcher ID: L-6104-2014

Knowledge area: Física de la Terra

Contact Information
Department of Applied Physics
Martí i Franquès, 1
934021124
carmell(a)meteo.ub.edu

My profile

María del Carmen Llasat Botija is a full professor of Atmospheric Physics at the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Barcelona (UB), director of the Group for the Analysis of Adverse Meteorological Situations, GAMA, and coordinator of the Consolidated Group on Meteorology. She is a member of the Water Research Institute (IdRA) and the Institute for Complex Systems (UBICS) at the UB. With a PhD in Physical Sciences from the UB, her research focuses on improving knowledge, prevention and mitigation of hydrometeorological risks in a context of climate and environmental change, from a holistic perspective and within a framework of interdisciplinary collaboration, topics on which she has published nearly 300 articles and book chapters and has participated in more than eighty research projects. She regularly participates in the review of numerous national and international scientific works, reports and projects, among which are the last four IPCC reports. She was president of the Natural Hazards Section of the European Geophysical Society and editor-in-chief of the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, where she remains on the Editorial Committee. She is a member of various national and international societies, such as the Scientific Committee of the Société Hydrotechnique de France. She is actively involved in dissemination and awareness-raising activities regarding natural risks and sustainable development. She was a member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of the Generalitat of Catalonia for more than 10 years and is a member of the Catalan Group of the Club of Rome. In 2019 she received the Distinction of the Claustro de Doctores and the Social Council of the University of Barcelona for excellent scientific and humanistic dissemination activities. In 2020 she received the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe as a promoter and member of the steering committee of the Mediterranean Experts on Environmental and Climate Change (MedECC) and the preparation of the First Mediterranean Assessment Report on climate and environmental change. She is currently the coordinator of the MedECC Special Report on Coastal Risks. In 2022, he received the Cross of Saint George from the Generalitat of Catalonia for his research and transfer and awareness-raising activities in the field of climate change and natural risks. He teaches in the Physics degree, the Meteorology master's degree and the master's degree in Water Science and Integrated Management. In her team, she has trained numerous meteorology professionals, having directed around twenty doctoral theses and more than eighty third-cycle research projects - info

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Academic training

Física . Universidad de Barcelona . 06/1981 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Física . Universidad de Barcelona . 15/06/1983 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Física . Universidad de Barcelona . 24/04/1987 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted

Meteorologia i Climatologia (Bachelor's degree) - Física - Universidad de Barcelona.

Treball Fi de Màster (University Master's Degree) - Meteorología - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Hidrometeorologia i riscos meteorològics

Variabilitat i canvi climàtic

Impacte social i sensibilització davant els riscos naturals

Aplicació del radar meteorològic a l'estudi i predicció de pluges intenses i temps sever

Recursos hídrics, sequeres i incendis forestals: modelització i predicció

Participation in projects

FLOOD-UP. Explorando nuestra resiliencia frente a las inundaciones . 2014 - 2015 . Ref.FCT-14-8681 . Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnologia . PI: M. Del Carmen Llasat Botija

Análisis Holístico del impacto de las Precipitaciones Extremas e inundaciones y su introducción en escenarios futuros. Aplicación a las estrategias de adaptación y resiliencia . 2015 - 2017 . Ref.CGL2014-52571-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria del Carmen Llasat Botija

Doctorats industrials 2015. Empresa: Institut Cartogràfic i geològic de Catalunya . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.2015DI038 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: M. Del Carmen Llasat Botija

Contracte del Programa Juan de la Cierva-Incorporació 2015 . 2017 - 2019 . Ref.IJCI-2015-26953 . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria del Carmen Llasat Botija; Marco Turco

Rutas de adaptación al Cambio Climático en la Zona Costera Mediterránea. Superando los límites de la adaptabilidad . 2018 - 2020 . Ref.CTM2017-83655-C2-2-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria del Carmen Llasat Botija

Evaluación y prospectiva de los recursos hídricos de los Pirineos en un contexto de cambio climático, y medidas de adaptación con impacto en el territorio (PIRAGUA) . 2018 - 2021 . Ref.EFA210/16 PIRAGUA . Unió Europea . PI: Maria del Carmen Llasat Botija

Journal Publications

Turco, M.; von Hardenberg, J.; AghaKouchak, A.; Llasat, M. C.; Provenzale, A.; Trigo, R. M. (2017). On the key role of droughts in the dynamics of summer fires in Mediterranean Europe. Scientific Reports, 7(81), pp. 1 - 10 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322

Parodi, A.; Kranzlmueller, D.; Clematis, A.; Danovaro, E.; Galizia, A.; Garrote, L.; Llasat, M.C.; Caumont, O.; Richard, E.; Harpham, Q.; Siccardi, F.; Ferraris, L.; Rebora, N.; Delogu, F.; Fiori, E.; Molini, L.; Foufoula-Georgiou, E.; D'Agostino, D. (2017). DRIHM (2US): An e-Science environment for hydro-meteorological research on high impact weather events. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(10), pp. 2149 - 2166 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0003-0007

Kreibich, H.; Di Baldassarre, G.; Vorogushyn, S.; Aerts, J.C.J.H.; Apel, H.; Aronica, G.T.; Arnbjerg‐Nielsen, K.; Bouwer, L.M.; Bubeck, P.; Caloiero, T.; Chinh, D.T.; Cortès, M.; Gain, A.K.; Giampá, V.; Kuhlicke, C.; Kundzewicz, Z.W.; Llasat, M.C.; Mård, J.; Matczak, P.; Mazzoleni, M.; Molinari, D.; Dung, N.V.; Petrucci, O.; Schröter, K.; Slager, K.; Thieken, A.H.; Ward, P.J.; Merz, B. (2017). Adaptation to flood risk - results of international paired flood event studies. Earth's Future, 5(10), pp. 953 - 965 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2328-4277

Marcos, R.; Llasat, M.C.; Quintana-Seguí, P.; Turco, M. (2017). Use of bias correction techniques to improve seasonal forecasts for reservoirs - A case-study in northwestern Mediterranean. Science of the Total Environment, 610-611, pp. 64 - 74 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0048-9697

Gilabert, J.; Llasat, M.C. (2017). Circulation weather types associated with extreme flood events in Northwestern Mediterranean. International Journal of Climatology . https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5301 . ISSN: 0899-8418

Cortès, M.; Turco, M.; Llasat-Botija, M.; Llasat, M.C. (2018). The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain). Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences, 18, pp. 857 - 868 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1561-8633