Dr. Ricardo David Monedero Contreras

Education

• 

  Universidad de Granada

  2021 - 2024

  PhD Earth Sciences Cum Laude mention. Marine geosciences and inorganic geochemistry

  Activities and Societies: Associated to a predoctoral research fellowship from MICINN (Scholarship: FPI). Predoctoral researcher at Instituto Andaluz de Ciencies de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR) at the Department of Marine Geosciences.Title: Paleoredox conditions and productivity oscillations in the Mediterranean: implications for reconstructing deoxygenation dynamics and responses to ocean stressors The integration of paleoperspectives obtained through paleoceanographic reconstructions through the use of biotic proxies (e.g., fossil traces and micropaleontology) and geochemical proxies… Show more Predoctoral researcher at Instituto Andaluz de Ciencies de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR) at the Department of Marine Geosciences.Title: Paleoredox conditions and productivity oscillations in the Mediterranean: implications for reconstructing deoxygenation dynamics and responses to ocean stressors The integration of paleoperspectives obtained through paleoceanographic reconstructions through the use of biotic proxies (e.g., fossil traces and micropaleontology) and geochemical proxies (e.g., elemental ratios and stable isotopes) to further comprehend the drivers, dynamics and long-term implications of marine deoxygenation and primary productivity changes during past climate variability in the Mediterranean. Show less

• 

  Universidad de Granada

  2019 - 2020

  Master's degree Geología aplicada a recursos energéticos (GEOREC) 8,94

  I focused my Master´s program on the areas of sedimentology, geochemistry and paleontology. Bachelor´s thesis and Master´s thesis follow a similar paleoclimatic research framework. These investigations are based on the interpretation of isotopic, inorganic and organic geochemistry data of lacustrine sediments. For this, analytical techniques such as EA-IRMS and XRF (core-scanner) were used.Master´s thesis: Environmental evolution in the south of the Iberian Peninsula during the Holocene… Show more I focused my Master´s program on the areas of sedimentology, geochemistry and paleontology. Bachelor´s thesis and Master´s thesis follow a similar paleoclimatic research framework. These investigations are based on the interpretation of isotopic, inorganic and organic geochemistry data of lacustrine sediments. For this, analytical techniques such as EA-IRMS and XRF (core-scanner) were used.Master´s thesis: Environmental evolution in the south of the Iberian Peninsula during the Holocene from the analysis of the sedimentary record of Laguna de la Ballestera, Sevilla. Grade: 9.0High resolution paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the Holocene of the southern Iberian Peninsula using geochemical data derived from a sedimentary record of Laguna de la Ballestera. Various geochemical indicators (elemental ratios) and multivariate statistical treatments (PCA, cluster analysis, correlation matrix) were used to obtain robust results and interpretations. Show less

• 

  Universiteit Utrecht

  2022 - 2023

  PhD guest Paleopalynology

  Short stay for my PhD project. Guest PhD researsher under the supervision of Francesca Sangiorgi and Gert de Lange.Task:- Learn the recognition and classification of dinoflagellates and pollen under the microscope.- Sampling of Eastern Mediterranean sediment core at high resolution (25mm).- Subsampling for ICP-OES and ICP-MS.- Decalcification of samples for the determination of organic matter content and C/N isotopes using EA-IRMS.- Preparation of palynomorphs slides.

• 

  Universidad Central de Venezuela

  2011 - 2016

  Bachelor's degree Geochemistry

  Partially validated by the Degree in Geology at Universidad de Granada.

• 

  Universidad de Granada

  2016 - 2019

  Bachelor's degree Geology 7,2

  Bachelor´s thesis: Isotopic study of charophyte calcifications in the sedimentary record of the Padul wetland, GranadaGrade: 9.0Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the last 200,000 years (mainly reconstruction of the evaporation/precipitation balance) in the southern Iberian Peninsula, using oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions in charophyte calcifications in the sedimentary record Padúl wetland, Granada.