Ángel Fernández Cortés

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-3308

Estudié en Almería. Soy Licenciado y Doctor en Ciencias Ambientales. He sido investigador en diferentes centros:

Hoffman Environmental Research Institute – WKU (Postdoc-MEC)
Universidad de Alicante (Juan de la Cierva-MINECO)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC (JAE-DOC)
Royal Holloway - University of London (Marie Curie Fellow)
Universidad de Almería (Ramón y Cajal-MINECO – Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad)

realizando investigaciones de carácter multidisciplinar sobre los diversos factores que influyen en el microambiente de cavidades kársticas y otros ambientes hipogeos no kársticos (geología, microclima, geoquímica y geomicrobiología).

He trabajado en numerosos proyectos y contratos de investigación con instituciones públicas destinados al estudio de conservación integral de cuevas y otros ambientes subterráneos que albergan patrimonio natural o cultural de interés, por ejemplo: Cueva de Altamira, Cueva de Castañar de Ibor, Necrópolis romana de Carmona, Sistema kárstico de Ojo Guareña o la Cueva de La Garma.

Desde 2022 soy Profesor Titular en la Universidad de Almería, contratado Doctor en la Universidad de Almería, e imparto docencia en la Universidad de Almería sobre varias materias relacionadas con las Ciencias en la Tierra en los Grados Ciencias Ambientales, Química, Ingeniería Agrícola y en el Máster en Uso Sostenible de Recursos Naturales y Servicios Ecosistémicos.

INVESTIGACIÓN

Mis líneas de Investigación actuales se centran en la aplicación de la geoquímica de isótopos estables y la monitorización microclimática para el estudio de los procesos de intercambio de CO₂ y CH₄ entre los ecosistemas terrestres y la atmósfera, como clave para entender las retroalimentaciones entre el cambio climático y las capas bajas de la atmósfera, así como en estudios sobre protección del patrimonio cultural y natural en el medio subterráneo.

GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN: Recursos Hídricos y Geología Ambiental (RNM-189)

LÍNEAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

Karst (ambiente subterráneo)
Geoquímica isotópica
Microclima
Dióxido de carbono, metano, isótopos estables

PARTICIPACIÓN EN REDES (REGIONALES/NACIONALES/INTERNACIONALES)

PTI-CSIC Patrimonio Abierto: Investigación y Sociedad
Análisis Geoambiental en Medio Hipógeos

PROYECTOS A DESTACAR

SUBSYST (PID2019-110603RB-I00, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) (2020 – 2023): https://www.researchgate.net/project/Environment-driven-controls-on-microbial-activity-in-natural-subterranean-ecosystems-implications-on-GHGs-fluxes-biosignatures-detection-and-conservation-strategies-SUBSYST-2
Proyecto SMACKS: Sourcing methane and carbon dioxide in karst systems. IEF Marie Curie Action - https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/624204
Proyecto: Modeling GHGs fluxes between surface and subsurface ecosystems through multi-approach gas monitoring, from microcosm experimentation to upscaling analysis (PID2023-146299OB-C21). Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain).

PUBLONS: I-5489-2012

Publicaciones

Diversity of Microfungi in a High Radon Cave Ecosystem Role of subterranean microbiota in the carbon cycle and greenhouse gas dynamics Early Detection of Phototrophic Biofilms in the Polychrome Panel, El Castillo Cave, Spain The Absolute Age and Origin of the Giant Gypsum Geode of Pulpí (Almería, SE Spain) Global models for 222Rn and CO2 concentrations in the Cave of Altamira Squandering water in drylands: The water use strategy of the phreatophyte Ziziphus lotus in a groundwater dependent ecosystem Terrestrial cave-fauna enduring extreme CO2
seasonal changes in the vadose environment:
lessons from Dragonera Islet, Balearic Islands Environment-driven control of fungi in subterranean ecosystems: the case of La Garma Cave (northern Spain) Micromorphological Study of Site Formation Processes at El Sidrón Cave (Asturias, Northern Spain): Encrustations over Neanderthal Bones Comparative analysis of water condensate porosity using mercury intrusion porosimetry and nitrogen and water adsorption techniques in porous building stones Biologically mediated release of endogenous N2O and NO2 gases in a hydrothermal, hypoxic subterranean environment Geo‐environmental evaluation for the preventive conservation of open‐air archaeological sites: the case of the Roman Necropolis of Carmona (Spain) Microbial Activity in Subterranean Ecosystems: Recent Advances Insights on Climate-Driven Fluctuations of Cave 222Rn and CO2Concentrations Using Statistical and Wavelet Analyses Equipos para la medición de la calidad del aire y el clima en cavidades para espeleólogos Resultados preliminares de la monitorización termo-gaseosa en Cueva del Agua, Cartagena Evidencias de terremotos cuaternarios en una sima hipogénica: La Sima de Benís (Murcia, SE España) Radiolysis via radioactivity is not responsible for rapid methane oxidation in subterranean air A study on the state of conservation of the Roman Necropolis of Carmona (Sevilla, Spain) Estudio geoarqueológico de la cueva de El Sidrón First assessment on the air CO2 dynamic in the show caves of tropical karst, Vietnam Geochemical fingerprinting of rising deep endogenous gases in an active hypogenic karst system. Abiotic and seasonal control of soil-produced CO2 efflux in karstic ecosystems located in Oceanic and Mediterranean climates Role of soil pore structure in water infiltration and CO2 exchange between the atmosphere and underground air in the vadose zone: A combined laboratory and field approach Changes in the CO2 dynamics in near-surface cavities under a future warming scenario: Factors and evidence from the field and experimental findings Assessment of CO2 dynamics in subsurface atmospheres using the wavelet approach: from cavity–atmosphere exchange to anthropogenic impacts in Rull cave (Vall d′Ebo, Spain) Composition, uses, provenance and stability of rocks and ancient mortars in a Theban Tomb in Luxor (Egypt) Flash flood events recorded by air temperature changes in caves: A case study in Covadura Cave (SE Spain) Calculating the maximum visitability in tourist caves by CAVIX method: El Soplao (Cantabria, Spain) Definition of microclimatic conditions in a Karst cavity: Rull cave (Alicante, Spain) Subterranean atmospheres may act as daily methane sinks High radon levels in subterranean environments: Monitoring and technical criteria to ensure human safety (case of Castañar cave, Spain) The deterioration of Circular Mausoleum, Roman Necropolis of Carmona, Spain Climate-driven changes on storage and sink of carbon dioxide in subsurface atmosphere of karst terrains. Changes in the storage and sink of carbon dioxide in subsurface atmospheres controlled by climate-driven processes: the case of the Ojo Guarea karst system Environmental Wavelet Tool: Continuous and discrete wavelet analysis and filtering for environmental time series Recolonization of mortars by endolithic organisms on the walls of San Roque church in Campeche (Mexico): A case of tertiary bioreceptivity Main drivers of diffusive and advective processes of CO2-gas exchange between a shallow vadose zone and the atmosphere Combining stable isotope (δ13C) of trace gases and aerobiological data to monitor the entry and dispersion of microorganisms in caves Leaching of uranyl-silica complexes from the host metapelite rock favoring high radon activity of subsoil air: Case of Castañar cave (Spain) Effect of water vapour condensation on the radon content in subsurface air in a hypogeal inactive-volcanic environment in Galdar cave, Spain Cave aerosols: Distribution and contribution to speleothem geochemistry A GIS-based methodology to quantitatively define an Adjacent Protected Area in a shallow karst cavity: The case of Altamira cave Petrophysical properties, composition and deterioration of the Calatorao biogenic stone: Case of the sculptures masonry of the Valley of the Fallen (Madrid, Spain) Biogenic Mn oxide minerals coating in a subsurface granite environment Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus The biogeochemical role of Actinobacteria in Altamira Cave, Spain The role of microorganisms in the formation of calcitic moonmilk deposits and speleothems in Altamira Cave Short-term CO2(g) exchange between a shallow karstic cavity and the external atmosphere during summer: Role of the surface soil layer Salt damage and microclimate in the Postumius Tomb, Roman Necropolis of Carmona, Spain Detection of human-induced environmental disturbances in a show cave Characterization of trace gases' fluctuations on a 'low energy' cave (Castanar de Ibor, Spain) using techniques of entropy of curves Paleolithic Art in Peril: Policy and Science Collide at Altamira Cave Uranyl-Evansites from Porto (Northwest Portugal) and Galicia (Northwest Spain): Structure and Assignment of Spectra Catholuminescence and Raman Bands Rare Earth Elements in a Speleothem Analyzed by ICP-MS, EDS, and Spectra Cathodoluminescence Mineral-Variations Study of Canelobre Cave Phosphate Stalactites by Raman and Luminescence Methods Fungal outbreak in a show cave Microbiological study of bulls of indulgence of the 15th-16th centuries Variations in seepage water geochemistry induced by natural and anthropogenic microclimatic changes: Implications for speleothem growth conditions Annual and transient signatures of gas exchange and transport in the Castanar de Ibor cave (Spain) The fungal colonisation of rock-art caves: experimental evidence

Ángel Fernández Cortés