José María Carmona Pérez

Associate professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-7415-3224

Scopus Author ID: 35996975300

Researcher ID: Q-6146-2016

Knowledge area: Prospecció i Investigació Minera

Secretary of the Geology Education Studies Council

Department Representative on the Geology Studies Council

Member of the Board of Directors of the Water Research Institute (IdRa) of the University of Barcelona

Research group: BIOTECNOLOGIA SOSTENIBLE i BIOREMEDIACIÓ

Contact Information
Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology
Facultat de Geologia. C/Martí Franqués, s/n
934021399
jmcarmona(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of groundwater resources. Subjects: Hydrogeology (Bachelor's, Bachelor's and Master's), Underground Hydrology (Bachelor's Degree), Groundwater and Surface Hydrology (Bachelor's Degree), Environmental Hydrogeology (Bachelor's Degree), Soil and Groundwater Pollution (Master's Degree). Period: 1986 to the present

Characterization of episodes of soil and groundwater pollution. Subjects: Hydrogeology (Bachelor's, Bachelor's and Master's), Underground Hydrology (Bachelor's Degree), Underground and Surface Hydrology (Bachelor's Degree), Environmental Hydrogeology (Bachelor's Degree), Soil and Groundwater Pollution (Master's Degree). Period: 2000 to the present

Assessment of the environmental and health risks of contaminated soils and aquifers. Subjects: Storage and management of industrial waste (Bachelor's and Bachelor's), Environmental Hydrogeology (Bachelor's), Soil and groundwater pollution (Master's). Period: 2005 to 2017

Remediation of contaminated aquifers and soils. Subjects: Hydrogeology (Bachelor's and Master's), Storage and management of industrial waste (Bachelor's and Bachelor's degree), Environmental Hydrogeology (Bachelor's degree), Soil and groundwater pollution (Master's). Period: 2005 to the present

Groundwater management. Subjects: Subjects: Hydrogeology (Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree), Underground Hydrology (Bachelor's Degree), Underground and Surface Hydrology (Degree), Environmental Hydrogeology (Degree), Soil and Groundwater Pollution (Master's Degree). Period: 1986 to the present

My profile

Degree in Geology by the University of Barcelona, Diploma in Hydrogeology by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (International Groundwater Hydrology Course) and PhD in Geology by the University ... + info

Academic Training

Licenciado en Geología . Universidad de Barcelona . 15/09/1980 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Graduado en Geología . Universidad de Barcelona . 19/10/1982 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Diplomado en Hidrología Subterrànea . Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya . 15/07/1983 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Geología . Universidad de Barcelona . 29/10/1987 . (Ph.D.)

Diplomado en Volcanología . Universidad de Barcelona . 02/06/1987 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Research interests

Remediation of aquifers and soils contaminated by organic compounds

Characterization of episodes of contamination of soil and groundwater DNAPL

Numerical modeling of aquifers and their use in the development of aquifer management programs

Numerical modeling of aquifers and their use in controlling, monitoring and remediation of pollution episodes

Water as a limiting vector of biodiversity in spaces with water resources at risk

Projects

Prova pilot per la remediació de les aigües subterrànies contaminades per percloroetilè en un antic emplaçament industrial al terme municipal de Vilafant. CTN1601136 . 2017 - 2019 . Ref.309357 . Agència Catalana de l'Aigua . PI: José María Carmona Pérez; Diana Puigserver Cuerda

Remediación de suelos y aguas subterráneas contaminados por DNAPL bajo niveles de fondo que dificultan su degradación . 2008 - 2011 . Ref.CGL2008-02164/BTE . Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia . PI: Jose Maria Carmona Perez

Integración de técnicas de caracterización de episodios de contaminación de suelos y aguas subterráneas por dnapl para la definición de propuestas de rehabilitación de acuíferos . 2005 - 2008 . Ref.CTM2005-07824/TECNO . Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia . PI: Jose Maria Carmona Perez

Projecte I+D d'avaluació de la viabilitat de noves estratègies de descontaminació complementàries a les existents per l'acceleració de la rehabilitació en l'episodi de contaminació per tetraclorur de carboni i cloroform a la zona de Pineda . 2006 - 2008 . Ref.304146 . Clariant Ibérica, S.A. . PI: Jose Maria Carmona Perez

Model numèric i programa de gestió de l'aqüífer al.luvial de la Riera d'Arbúcies . 2004 - 2004 . Ref.302849 . Agència Catalana de l'Aigua . PI: Jose Maria Carmona Perez

Journal Publications

Carmona, J.M.; Bitzer, K.; López, E. and Bouazza, M. (2000). Isotopic composition and origin of geothermal waters at Caldetes (Maresme-Barcelona). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 69-70, pp. 441 - 447 . ISSN: 0375-6742

Prat, N.; Munné, A.; Rieradevall, M.; Carceller, F.; Fons, J.; Chacón, G.; Ibáñez, J.; Font, X.; Carmona, J. M.; & Tomo, A. (2000). Biodiversity of a Mediterranean stream drainage network. Verhandlungen International Vereinigung Limnologie , 27, pp. 135 - 139

Viladevall, M.; Puigserver, D.; Saavedra, J.; Carmona, J.M. (2012). Biogeochemical exploration using the Thola shrub in the Andean Altiplano, Bolivia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 12(1), pp. 33 - 44 . https://doi.org/10.1144/1467-7873/10-RA-034 . ISSN: 1467-7873

Puigserver, D.; Carmona, J.M.; Cortés, A.; Viladevall, M.; Nieto, J.M.; Grifoll, M.; Vila, J.; Parker, B.L. (2013). Subsoil heterogeneities controlling porewater contaminant mass and microbial diversity at a site with a complex pollution history. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 144(1), pp. 1 - 19 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0169-7722

Puigserver, D.; Nieto, J.M.; Grifoll, M.; Vila, J., Cortés, A.; Viladevalla, M.; Parker, B.; Carmona, J.M. (2013). Hydrochemical and microbial evolution in microcosm experiments of sites contaminated with chloromethanes under biostimulation with lactic acid. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology . ISSN: 0169-7722

Puigserver, D.; Cortés, A.; Viladevall, M.; Nogueras, X; Parker, B.L.; Carmona, J.M. (2014). Processes controlling the fate of chloroethenes emanating from dnapl aged sources in river-aquifer contexts. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 168, pp. 25 - 40 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0169-7722

Puigserver, D.; Nieto, J.M.; Grifoll, M.; Vila, J.; Cortés, A.; Viladevall, M; Parker, B.L.; Carmona, J.M. (2016). Temporal hydrochemical and microbial variations in microcosm experiments from sites contaminated with chloromethanes under biostimulation with lactic acid. Bioremediation Journal, 20(1), pp. 54 - 70 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1088-9868

Puigserver, D.; Herrero, J.; Torres, M.; Cortés, A.; Nijenhuis, I.; Kuntze, K.; Parker, B.L.; Carmona, J.M. (2016). Reductive dechlorination in recalcitrant sources of chloroethenes in the transition zone between aquifers and aquitards. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(18), pp. 18724 - 18741 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0944-1344

Herrero, J.; Puigserver, D.; Nijenhuis, I.; Kuntze, K.; Carmona, J. M. (2018). Combined use of ISCR and biostimulation techniques in incomplete processes of reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated solvents. Science of the Total Environment, 648, pp. 819 - 829 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0048-9697

Puigserver, D.; Herrero, J.; Parker, B.L.; Carmona, J.M. (2019). Natural attenuation of pools and plumes of carbon tetrachloride and chloroform in the transition zone to bottom aquitards and the microorganisms involved in their degradation. Science of the Total Environment, 712(135679) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0048-9697

Others Publications

Herrero, J.; Puigserver, D.; Nijenhuis, I.; Kuntze, K.; Carmona, J.M. (2019). Bioremediation potential in recalcitrant areas of PCE in alluvial fan deposits . In International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering . Volume. 13 . Number. 4 . (pp. 203 - 211) . ISBN: 1307-6892 .

D. Puigserver; J. Herrero; M. Torres; A. Cortés; I. Nijenhuis; K. Kuntze; B. L. Parker ; J. M. Carmona. (2016). Degradation of chloroethenes in the transition zone between aquifers and aquitards . In WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment . Volume. 209 . (pp. 115 - 126) . Wessex Institute of Technology Press (WIT Press) . ISBN: ISSN 1743-3541 . doi:10.2495/WP160111

Cortés, A.; Puigserver, D.; Carmona, J.M.; Viladevall, M. (2011). Biological remediation approach involving soils and groundwaters polluted with chlorinated solvents in a Mediterranean context . In Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences . (pp. 223 - 246) . Transworld research Network . ISBN: 978-81-7895-528-5 .

D. Puigserver; L. Cónsola; J. M. Carmona; J. M. Nieto; A. Cortés & M. Grifoll (2011). Influence of pore water and microbial heterogeneities on the evolution of NAPL contamination at old mega sites . In GQ10: Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World (Proc. 7th International Groundwater Quality Conference held in Zurich, Switzerland, 13-18 June 2010). IAHS Publ 342, 2011 . Number. 342 . (pp. 184 - 188) . International Association of Hydrological Sciences . ISBN: 978-1-907161-16-2 .

Puigserver, D.; Carmona, J.M.; Barker, J.; Cortes, A.; Nogueras, X.; Viladevall, M. (2011). Use of chemical and biological techniques in the remediation of sites contaminated by chlorinated solvents . In GQ10: Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World (Proc. 7th International Groundwater Quality Conference held in Zurich, Switzerland, 13-18 June 2010). IAHS Publ 342, 2011 . Number. 342 . (pp. 445 - 448) . International Association of Hydrological Sciences . ISBN: 978-1-907161-16-2 .

Relevant Activities

Member of the Spanish Society of Geology

Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

Member of the Spanish Association of Hydrogeologists

Member of the Spanish Group of Environmental Geology and Land Management

Member of the International Geostatistical Association