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CURRICULUM VITAE

Phone: +351-21994 6221
E-mail: jmrosa (add @itn.pt)

Education

• 2002 – Graduate in Chemistry at the Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2007 - Ph.D.; "Isolation and analytical characterization of refractory organic matter forms from marine sediments. Environmental Implications, Seville University (Spain). European Level-A with honours-Excellent.
• 2005 - Dissertation; "Carbon sequestration in marine environments" Advanced studies in Chemistry, Chemistry Faculty, Seville University (Spain)
• 2001 – Master degree in Chemistry, Seville University (Spain); Degree, institution, local.

Professional Employment Career

• Since 10/2009 – Auxiliary Researcher, ITN, Sacavém, Portugal.
• 09/2008-09/2009 – Postdoctoral researcher, Department "für Ökologie"-Technical University of Munich; Freising, Germany.
• 10/2007- 09/2008 – Lecturer in Chemistry, Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía, Spain.
• 06-10/2007– PhD Researcher, IRNAS-CSIC, Seville, Spain.
• 06/2005-06/2007 – Pre-doctorate Researcher, IRNAS-CSIC, Seville, Spain.
• 06/2003-05/2005 – PhD student fellowship, IRNAS-CSIC. Dept. of Geoecology and Biogeochemistry; Seville, Spain.

Fellowships and Training

• 06/2005-09/2005 – Early stage Marie Curie Fellowship, Newcastle University and the EU research council, Newcastle, UK, Prof. David A. Manning.
• 2005 – International Course of advanced pedology. IRNAS-CSIC and Seville University. Prof. Luís Clemente Salas.
• 12/2002-07/2003 – Expert in Evaluation of Environmental Impact course; Andalusia Regional Government (Spain).
• 11/2001-04/2002 – Pedagogical Aptitude/Skills Certificate; (C.A.P) (Physics and Chemistry speciality), Seville University.

Membership and Professional Societies

• 2006-2008 – Member of the "European Geosciences Union", Spain.
• 2006 – Member of the "Asociación Latinoamericana de Física y Química Ambiental", Spain and Latinamerican countries.
• Member of the "Studies of Fire effects on soil properties net", Spain.

Scientific Specialization

• Organic geochemistry.
• Refractory forms of organic matter in soils and sediments.

Main Scientific Area of Research

• Isolation and analytical characterization of refractory organic matter forms from marine sediments.
• Environmental Implications.
• Biomarker Assemblages in Estuarine Sediments.
• Organic Geochemistry; environmental processes in sediments and soils.
• Palaeo-environment reconstructions based in the organic-geochemical characterization of sediments.
• Carbon sequestration and global change; C and N geochemical cycles.

Teaching Activities

• 06/09-2009, Laboratory practices superviser for students from the Chemistry Faculty-University of Seville, Spain.
• 10/2007- 09/2008, Lecturer of Chemistry. Instituto de la Marisma, Huelva, Spain.
• 2005 - 2007, Collaboration with the Geoecology department, IRNAS-CSIC (Spain), teaching visitors and
• PhD students

Participation in Projects

• "CO2-Binding of ammoxidized lignins and their use as soil improvers ("COBAL"): Dr. rer. nat. Falk LIEBNER (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences of Wien, Austria) Prof Dr. Heike Knicker, (IRNAS-CSIC, Spain) and Prof Ingrid Kögel Knabner (TUM-Munich, Germany).
• "Effects of forest fires in soils: Biogeochemical markers". Financial entity: Spanish Ministry of Science. 2006: Dr. J.A. González-Perez (IRNAS-CSIC, Spain).
• "Structural characterization and quantification of black carbon in reference samples from Spanish Mediterranean forest by means of Thermo-differential analysis coupled to Mass Spectrometry (TA-IRMS) and Pyrolytic techniques”. GB0085:Prof. Dr. F.J. González-Vila (IRNAS-CSIC, Spain) and Prof. D. Manning (Newcastle University-UK).
• "Quantification of Black Carbon in reference materials". Interlaboratory comparison study "BC-Ring Trial": Dr. M. Schmidt (Zurich Univ-Switzerland).
• "Monitorizacäo e Gestão ambiental dos sapais do estuário do Guadiana-Desevolvimento da ferramenta (MEGASIG III)". 2004-2006: Prof. Dr. F.J. González-Vila (IRNAS-CSIC, Spain) and Prof. T. Boski (Univ. Algarve-Portugal).
• "Distribution and molecular composition of black carbon and refractory organic matter in Atlantic coastal marine. Carbon sequestration and global change”, 2003-2007: Prof Dr. F.J. González-Vila (IRNAS-CSIC, Spain).

Prizes

• PhD in Sciences Extraordinary Award, University of Seville, Seville, 2008. Spain.
• Best Poster award "International Meeting of analytical and applied pyrolysis" AGILENT INTRUMENTS, Lanzarote, 2008. Spain.

Scientific Works

• PhD thesis: "Isolation and analytical characterization of refractory organic matter forms from marine sediments. Environmental Implications. Seville University, Spain.
• Author or co-author of 8 original publications in Refereed Journals.
• 3 chapters in books.
• 45 lectures, oral presentations and communications to national and international meetings.

5 Selected Publications

• Characterization of Organic Matter changes in recent sediments from the Urdaibai Stuary (Bask Country) by using Analytical Pyrolysis and 13C NMR spectroscopy. C. Santín, J.M. De La Rosa, X.L. Otero, F. Macías, M.A. Álvarez, H. Knicker and F.J. González-Vila. (2009) Organic Geochemistry 40, 931-941.
• Direct detection of black carbon in soils by Py-GC/MS, 13C NMR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric techniques. J.M. De la Rosa, E. Lopez Capel, F.J. Gonzalez-Vila, J.A. Gonzalez-Perez, D.A.C. Manning. (2008). American Journal of Soil Science Society 72, 258-267.
• Determination of refractory organic matter in marine sediments by chemical oxidation, analytical pyrolysis and solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J.M. De la Rosa, J.A. González-Pérez, P.G. Hatcher, H. Knicker, F.J. González-Vila. (2008). European Journal of Soil Sciences 59, 430-438.
• Usefulness of thermal analisis to monitor fire induced changes in forest soils. J.M. De la Rosa, J.A. González-Pérez, R. González-Vázquez, H. Knicker, E. López-Capel, D.A.C. Manning, and F.J. González-Vila. (2008). CATENA 74, 296-303.
• Comparison of black carbon quantification methods using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere, and implications for the global carbon change. K. Hammes, M.W.I. Schmidt, Ll.A. Currie (Ret), W.P. Ball, T.H. Nguyen, F.J. González-Vila, J.A. González-Pérez, J.M De la Rosa, D.A.C. Manning, E. Lopez Capel et al. (2007). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21: GB3016. DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002914.

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