Helena Albert Minguez

Lecturer Professor

Knowledge area: Petrologia i Geoquímica

Contact Information
Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology
Martí i Franquès, s/n
934021414
halbert(a)ub.edu

Previous Tasks

Profesora Lectora. Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona. 31/07/2020

Colaboradora Honorífica. Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2020

Titulado Superior de Actividades Técnicas y Profesionales. Observatorio Geofísico Central (OGC), Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN). 25/03/2019 - 30/07/2020

Research Fellow. Earth Observatory of Singapore and Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University. 01/09/2016 - 31/01/2019

Beca de formación. Observatorio Geofísico Central - Instituto Geográfico Nacional. 10/02/2012 - 31/01/2016

Beca Complutense Predoctoral. Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense. 01/04/2011 - 09/02/2012

Colaboradora Honorífica. Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense. 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2011

Teaching imparted

Trabajo Fin de Grado - Geología - Universidad de Barcelona.

Trabajo Fin de Grado - Geología - Universidad de Salamanca.

Trabajo Fin de Máster - Recursos Minerales y Riesgos Geologicos - Universidad de Barcelona.

Prácticas Externas - Geología - Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Earth Materials - Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environmental Earth Systems Science (EESS) - Nanyang Technological University.

Solid Earth - Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environmental Earth Systems Science (EESS) - Nanyang Technological University.

Stays abroad in Research Centers

Observatorio Geofísico Central (Instituto Geográfico Nacional). Madrid. SPAIN. 2019

Earth Observatory of Singapore and Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University. Singapur. SINGAPORE. 2016

Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Barcelona. SPAIN. 2015

Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Singapur. SINGAPORE. 2014

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. Munich. GERMANY. 2013

Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia. Perugia. ITALY. 2013

Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans - Observatoire de physique du globe de Clermont-Ferrand. Clermont-Ferrand. FRANCE. 2013

Academic training

Licenciada en Geología . Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas - Universidad Complutense . 2009 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Doctorado en Ciencias de la Tierra . Facultat de Ciències de la Terra - Universitat de Barcelona . 2015 . (Ph.D.)

Máster en Geología Ambiental y Recursos Geológicos . Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas - Universidad Complutense . 2010 . (Official Master)

Postgrado en Vulcanología . Foundation for Advanced Studies in Olot - Universitat de Girona . 2012 . (Specialized Training)

Projects

Estudio petrológico y geoquímico de minerales de alteración y rocas volcánicas . 2022 - 2023 . Ref.311727 . Institut de Ciències de la Terra Jaume Almera CSIC . PI: Helena Albert Minguez; Meritxell Aulinas Junca

Millora de pràctiques de geomaterials . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.2022PEDC-CTE/001 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper

Transición digital en Geología: Nuevos retos a partir de datos de campo y laboratorio . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.TED2021-130602B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Eduard Roca Abella; Jose Oriol Ferrer Garcia

EPOS‐NL facility access: Dating magma mixing events preceding monogenetic eruptions in ocean islands and implications for hazard mitigation . 2021 - 2021 . Ref.EPOS-NL_FA21Q1 . The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) . PI: Helena Albert Minguez

Linking analogue modelling to monitoring and petrology, in order to better understand magmatic processes . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.T2EP50220-0019 . Ministry of Education (MOE) . PI: Benoit Taisne

STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN POLAR VOLCANIC CALDERAS (HYDROCAL) . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.PID2020-114876GB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Adelina Geyer Traver

Tracking magma evolution from source to sink under the volcano: evidences from trace elements in phenocrysts and hosted melt inclusions . 2020 - 2020 . Ref.EV-C2_006 . EUROVOLC . PI: Helena Albert Minguez

Degassing processes at Deception Island volcano (Antarctica) . 2020 - 2020 . Ref.EV-C2_007 . EUROVOLC . PI: Helena Albert Minguez

Paleobiomonitoring of volcanic eruptions: evidences from trace elements in carbonatic marine bivalves . 2020 - 2020 . Ref.EV-C2_013 . EUROVOLC . PI: Helena Albert Minguez

Volatiles evolution under Deception Island volcano (Antarctica): Degassing processes and potential hazards . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.PGC2018-095693-B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Antonio Álvarez Valero

European Volcano Early Warning System (EVE) . 2019 - 2020 . Ref.826292 . Comisión Europea . PI: Joan Marti Molist

EUROVOLC: European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology . 2018 - 2021 . Ref.731070 . Unió Europea . PI: Adelina Geyer Traver

Assessing volcano hazards to megacities: Tokyo and Singapore . 2017 - 2019 . Ref.volcanoHazards . Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science . PI: Fidel Costa

Time scales of volcanic unrest and dynamics of magma ascent . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.MagmaAscent . Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) . PI: Fidel Costa

EPOS Implementation Phase . 2015 - 2019 . Ref.676564 . Unió Europea . PI: Adelina Geyer Traver

VUELCO: Volcanic Unrest in Europe and Latin American: phenomenology, eruption precursors, hazard foreCast, and risk mitigatiOn . 2011 - 2015 . Ref.282759 . Unió Europea . PI: Joan Marti Molist

Hierro-Dos: Interpretación de la fase de inestabilidad precursora de la erupción de El Hierro 2011 . 2012 - 2013 . Ref.CGL2011-16144-E . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Joan Marti Molist

Journal Publications

Geyer, A.; Aulinas, M.; Albert, H.; Álvarez-Valero, AM. L'impacte del vulcanisme en la història de la humanitat. In L'Atzavara. Volume 33. 2023

H Albert, T Trua, J Fonseca, MP Marani, F Gamberi, R Spiess, A Marzoli. Time scales of open-system processes in a complex and heterogeneous mush-dominated plumbing system. In Geology. Volume 50. Number 8. 2022

Álvarez-Valero, AM.; Sumino, H.; Caracausi, A.; Polo Sánchez, A.; Burgess, R.; Geyer, A.; Borrajo, J.; Lozano Rodríguez, JA.; Albert, H.; Aulinas, M.; Núñez-Guerrero, E. Noble gas isotopes reveal degassing-derived eruptions at Deception Island (Antarctica): implications for the current high levels of volcanic activity. In Scientific Reports. Volume 12. Number 1. 2022 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23991-3

Álvarez-Valero, AM.; Sumino, H.; Caracausi, A.; Polo Sánchez, A.; Burgess, R.; Geyer, A.; Borrajo, J.; Lozano Rodríguez, JA.; Albert, H.; Aulinas, M.; Núñez-Guerrero, E. Author Correction: Noble gas isotopes reveal degassing-derived eruptions at Deception Island (Antarctica): implications for the current high levels of volcanic activity. In Scientific Reports. Volume 12. Number 1. 2022

Carracedo, J.C.; Troll, V. R.; Day, J.M.D.; Geiger, H.; Aulinas, M.; Soler, V.; Deegan, F.M.; Perez-Torrado, F.J.; Gisbert, G.; Gazel, E.; Rodríguez-Gonzalez, A.; Albert, H. The 2021 eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Ridge on La Palma, Canary Islands. In Geology Today . Volume 38. Number 3. 2022

Arasanz, R.; Vilanova, O.; Geyer, A.; Aulinas, M.; Ibañez-Insa, J.; Álvarez-Valero; A. M., Albert, H.; Prieto-Ballesteros, O. Characterization of alteration minerals in Deception Island (Antarctica): implications for the dynamics of the current hydrothermal system. In Geophysical Research Abstracts. Volume EGU22-10002. 2022 . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10002

Vilanova, O.; Polo Sanchez, A.; Aulinas, M.; Geyer, A.; Marti, J.; Álvarez-Valero, A.; Albert, H.; Gisbert, G. Petrological and geochemical characterization of the Outer Coast Tuff Formation: Unravelling the magmatic processes preceding and triggering Deception Island's caldera - forming eruption (Antarctica). In Miscellanea INGV. Volume 59. 2021 . https://doi.org/10.13127/misc/59

Aulinas, M.; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A.; Alías, G.; Pérez-Torrado, F.J.; Albert, H.; Cabrera, M.C.; Aguilar, C. Las rocas ígneas en el microscopio petrográfico. Estrategias y recursos para su aprendizaje. In Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra. 2021

Alías, M.; Aulinas, M.; Aguilar, C.; Albert, H. Reconocimiento de rocas metamórficas con la ayuda del microscopio petrográfico. In Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra. 2021

Vilanova, O.; Polo, A.; Aulinas, M.; Geyer, A.; Martí, J.; Alvarez-Valero, A.; Albert, H.; Gisbert, G. Descifrando los procesos magmáticos desencadenantes de la formación de la caldera en Isla Decepción (Antártida). In Geo-Temas. Volume 18. 2021 . Institutional Repository

Vilanova, O.; Aulinas, M.; Geyer, A.; Marti, J.; Álvarez-Valero, A.; Albert, H.; Gisbert, G. Characterization of the Outer Coast Tuff Formation - A way to unravelling the magmatic processes preceding and triggering Deception Island's caldera-forming eruption (Antarctica). In Geophysical Research Abstracts. Volume EGU21. Number 2840. 2021 . Institutional Repository

Larrea, P.; Albert, H.; Ubide, T.; Costa, F.; Colás, V.; Widom, E.; Siebe, C. From explosive vent opening to effusive outpouring: mineral constraints on magma dynamics and timescales at paricutin monogenetic volcano. In Journal of Petrology. Volume 62. Number 4. 2021 . https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa112

Albert, H.; Larrea, P.; Costa, F.; Widom, E.; Siebe, C. Crystals reveal magma convection and melt transport in dyke-fed eruptions. In Scientific Reports. Volume 10. 2020 . Institutional Repository

Kerlow, I.; Pedreros, G.; Albert, H. Earth Girl Volcano: characterizing and conveying volcanic hazard complexity in an interactive casual game of disaster preparedness and response. In Geoscience Communication Discussions. Volume 3. Number 2. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-343-2020

Torres-González, P.A.; Luengo-Oroz, N.; Lamolda, H.; D'Alessandro, W.; Albert, H.; Iribarren, I.; Moure-García, D.; Soler, V. Unrest signals after 46 years of quiescence at Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, Canary Islands. In Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Volume 392. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106757

Nuñez-Guerrero, E.; Sumino, H.; Alvarez-Valero, A.M.; Aulinas, M.; Albert, H. Massive degassing-derived eruptions at Deception Island (Antarctica): Evidences from noble gas isotopes. In Geophysical Research Abstracts. Volume EGU2020-4830. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-4830

Albert, H.; Costa F.; Di Muro, A.; Herrin, J.; Métrich, N. & Deloule, E. Crystal mush formation, timescales, and unrest: a combined study of olivine crystals and their hosted melt inclusions. In Geophysical Research Abstracts. Volume EGU2020-9649. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9649

Albert, H.; Sainz-Maza, S.; Geyer, A.; López, C. Pre-eruptive magmatic processes and their timescales revealed by crystal zoning. In Geophysical Research Abstracts. Volume EGU2020-9406. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9406

Albert, H.; Costa F.; Di Muro, A.; Herrin, J.; Métrich, N.; Deloule, E. Magma interactions, crystal mush formation, and unrest during caldera collapse and lateral eruption at ocean island basaltic volcanoes (Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion). In Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Volume 515. 2019 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.02.035

Schonwalder, D.; Albert, H.; Tuan, L. N.; Phi, N. X.; Utami, S. B.; Li, W.; Khanh, P. M.; Widiwijayanti, C.; Costa, F. PWD: Petrology Workspace & Database. In Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Volume 20. Number 12. 2019 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008710

Lopez, C.; Benito, M.A.; Martí, J.; del-Fresno, C.; García‐Cañada, L.; Albert, H.; Lamolda, H. Driving magma to the Surface: the 2011-2012 El Hierro volcanic eruption. In Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Volume 18. Number 8. 2017 . https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007023

Albert, H.; Costa, F.; Martí, J. Years to weeks of seismic unrest and magmatic intrusions precede monogenetic eruptions. In Geology. Volume 44. Number 3. 2016 . https://doi.org/10.1130/G37239.1

Albert, H.; Costa, F.; Martí, J. Timing of magmatic processes and unrest associated with mafic historical monogenetic eruptions in Tenerife, Canary Islands. In Journal of Petrology. Volume 56. Number 10. 2015 . https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egv058

Albert, H.; Perugini, D.; Martí, J. Fractal analysis of enclaves as a new tool for estimating rheological properties of magmas during mixing: the case of Montaña Reventada (Tenerife, Canary Islands). In Pure and Applied Geophysics. Volume 172. Number 7. 2015 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-014-0917-5

Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Mario Placeres Chaparro . (2020) . Tiempos de residencia de los magmas en profundidad bajo el volcán activo de isla Decepción (Antártida) (Degree work) . Universidad de Salamanca.

Marc López . (2020) . Caracterización volcanológica, petrológica y geoquímica del volcán Montsacopa, Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Oriol Vilanova Pagès . (2020) . Caracterización de los depósitos ignimbríticos de Isla Decepción (Antártida) (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Helena Albert Mínguez . (2015) . Processes, time scales and unrest of monogenetic volcanism (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Currricul@'s texts

My research aims to understand the magmatic systems and the timescales of the processes occurring at depth and during magma transport towards the surface. I'm a petrologist/geochemist/volcanologist, and I use multidisciplinary approaches that relate petrological, geochemical and diffusion modelling results with volcano monitoring data. I commonly use a range of instruments and techniques; mainly the EPMA, SEM, EBSD and LA-ICP-MS. I am also trained in the use of XRD, XRF, ICP-MS, TEM, FTIR, viscometer, and Journal Bearing Flow (magma mixing experiments). For petrological and geochemical data modelling I also use a range of software: DIPRA, MELTS, MCS and MATLAB. I also have significant experience in organizing and carrying out field work in a range of environments and working with GIS