Dr. Antonio Gómez Ortiz

Dr. ANTONIO GÓMEZ ORTIZ

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

• PhD in Geography from the University of Barcelona (December 1980).
• Full Professor in the Department of Physical Geography at the same University (March 1991).
• At the University of Barcelona, he previously held the positions of Associate Professor (1981), University School Professor of Teacher Training (1985) and Senior Lecturer (1986).

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Since 1975, he has focused his teaching and research on Geography, especially on the Geomorphology of cold environments and on the dynamics and evolution of mountain natural systems, as well as on the educational and didactic dimension of Geography.
• Professor at the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Barcelona, teaching undergraduate, graduate, master’s and doctoral courses. At the same institution, he has held various academic and teaching responsibilities: PhD Coordinator, Head of Studies, Department Director, Coordinator of the Secondary Education Master’s Degree in the Geography Departments, and member of several Committees, among others.
• He has been a visiting professor at several Spanish, European and Latin American universities, mainly teaching doctoral courses. Among them are the Metropolitan Technological University of Chile (Santiago de Chile), the Bernardo O’Higgins University (Santiago de Chile), the National University of San Juan (Argentina), the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (Brazil), the State University of Southwest Bahia (Brazil) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico).
• His research focuses on palaeoenvironments and Holocene and Pleistocene glacial and periglacial chronologies in mid-latitude mountains (Eastern Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada and Central Andes). His studies on the historical reconstruction of the summit landscapes of Sierra Nevada during the Little Ice Age and on the evolution of the current Mediterranean mountain landscape (dynamics, potential, management and heritage value) are particularly noteworthy.
• He has made significant contributions to the field of Geography Didactics, especially regarding its curricular and educational value in secondary and compulsory education levels.
• His research work, including the supervision of doctoral theses and master’s dissertations, has been carried out within competitive projects, particularly since 2000 within the Consolidated Research Group Landscape and Palaeoenvironments in the Mediterranean Mountain (2009SGR-0868 and 2014SGR-373), where he served as Principal Investigator. He was also Director of the Landscape Service at the University of Barcelona until 2014, promoting the practical application of this research.
• He is part of the editorial boards of thirteen journals specialized in geomorphology and related sciences.
• He is a numerary member of leading scientific societies, in which he has held positions of responsibility, such as the Spanish Society of Geomorphology, the International Permafrost Association – Spain Group, the Association of Spanish Geographers and the Royal Geographical Society.

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of more than three hundred scientific works including articles in indexed journals, books and book chapters, as well as papers and presentations at national and international conferences. He has also prepared numerous technical reports and projects commissioned by public and private institutions and companies.