Dr.
Antonio Cendrero Uceda
Professor, Head of the Earth Science Division Department
of Earth Sciences and Condensed Matter Physics UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA Fon:
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Academic degrees:
- 'Licenciado' in Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1965.
- Ph. D. in Geology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid 1970.
Present position:
- Professor,
Head of the Earth Science Division, DCITIMAC, Faculty of Sciences,
University of Cantabria, Spain.
- Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Former positions:
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1965-75: |
Research
and/or teaching at: Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain; Universidad Complutense,
Madrid, Spain; Dartmouth
College, U.S.A.; Universidad
de Santander, Spain; University of Sulaimaniyah, Irak; University of Texas at Austin,
USA, California State University, Long Beach, USA, Universidad Nacional de La
Plata, Argentina. |
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1973-77: |
Director, Institute of Education, Universidad de Santander. |
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1983-86: |
Vice-Rector, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. |
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1994-95: |
Visiting Research Professor, California State University. U.S.A. |
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1995: |
Visiting Profesor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico. |
International
short courses and/or invited lectures:
- Buenos Aires, Tucumán, Salta, Rio Cuarto, Mar del Plata, Tandil, La Plata (Argentina)
- Bogotá, Medellín, Pereira (Colombia)
- Mexico City and Ensenada (Mexico)
- Montevideo (Uruguay)
- Rio de
Janeiro, Goiás, Cuiabá (Brazil)
- San José (Costa Rica)
- Managua, León (Nicaragua)
- Guayaquil (Ecuador)
- Lima (Peru)
- Long Beach (Ca. USA)
- Nantes and Granville (France)
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Firenze and Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy)
· Berlin (Germany)
· Lisboa (Portugal)
- Delft
and Enschede (The Netherlands)
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Lomé (Togo)
- Beijing (China).
Convener,
keynote speaker, reviewer or session chairman for international meetings:
- Trondheim (Norway)
- Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- Strasbourg (France)
- Berlin, (Germany)
- Valencia and Bilbao (Spain)
- Hamilton (Canada)
- Pereira (Colombia)
- Rio Cuarto, El Calafate (Argentina)
- Sao Carlos (Brasil)
- Allahabad (India).
Research interests:
- Integrated
environmental assessment, planning and management.
- Environmental quality indicators and indices
- Geoenvironmental mapping.
- Natural
hazards analysis and assessment (especially coastal and geomorphological
hazards).
- Relationships
between human activities and earth surface processes.
- Global geomorphological change
- Geoindicators
- Geology of volcanic regions.
Research projects:
Principal or co-principal investigator for 32 research projects financed
by public and/or private organisations.
Participation in
international projects,
organisations or commissions since 1990.
- 'Temporal occurrence and forecasting of landslides in the European Community'. (EPOCH programme, European Commission) 1991-93.
- 'Ecosistemas terrestres y acuáticos en cuencas lacustres altoandinas'. (UNESCO, DGICYT, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Argentina) 1990-93 and 1996-
- 'The temporal stability and activity of landslides in Europe with respect to climatic change'. (Environment and Climate Programme, European Commission) 1994-96.
- 'Carta ambiental del Partido General Puyrredón, Provincia de Buenos Aires'. (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Argentina) 1991-93.
- 'Geomorphology
and Environmental Impact Assessment'. (Human Captial and Mobility
Programme, European Commission) 1993-95.
- 'Effects of human activities on earth surface processes; geomorphological dimension of global change'. (SCOPE-IUGS) 1995-98.
- 'New technologies for landslide hazard assessment and management in Europe'. (Environment and Climate Programme, European Commission), 1996-98.
- 'Programa de postgrado en evaluación ambiental y planificación territorial'. (ALFA Programme, European Commission) 1997-98.
- 'Quantitative indicators and indices of environmental quality for the assessment of sustainability'. (ALFA Programme, European Commission) 1997-98.
- 'A European research network for the application of geomorphology and EIA to transportation systems (GETS)'. (TMR Programme, European Comision); 1998-01.
- 'Euro-Latin American Network on Environmental Assessment and Monitoring (ELANEM)'. (INCO Programme, European Commission); 1998-01.
- 'Red euro-latinoamericana para la formación de postgrado en análisis y evaluación ambiental para la planificación'. (BETA Network) (TMR Programme, European Commission), 1999-02.
- 'The integrated risk precaution; concept towards sustainable policy action'. (TMR Grant of Juergen Weichselgartner) European Commission, 1999-01.
- Assessment
of landslide risk in mountain areas (ALARM). European Commission,
2001-2004.
International committees and
organisations:
- Vice-chairman, Commission on Earth Sciences for Environmental Planning and Management. International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). 1990-94.
- Executive Committeee. Centre Européen pour les Risques Géomorphologiques. Council of Europe, Strasbourg. 1990-93.
- Scientific Committee. Centro Internazionale di Studi Giuridici e Politici sull’Ambiente. Firenze. 1990-92.
- Official
representative of the 'Universidad Iberoamericana de Postgrado' (an
association of over 90 universities) to the UNCED, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.
- Advisory
Committee, International Coastal and OceanOrganization, Univ. of
Massachusetts at Boston, USA. 1992-94
- Vice-President. Centre d’Activités de Recherche Multidisciplinaire et d’Etudes sur le Littoral. EUROCOAST, La Seyne sur Mer. 1993-98.
- Commission on Engineering and Environmental Geological Maps. International Association of Engineering Geology. 1992-95.
- Commission on Applied Quaternary Research, International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). 1992-96.
- Working
Group on Environmental Geoindicators, IUGS. 1992-96.
- Expert’s Committee for the Programme ALFA on university curricula for fundamental sciences and engineering. European Commission - O.E.I. 1994-97.
- Expert
for the evaluation of projects within the European Commission
- Official
representative of the IUGS at the General Assembly of SCOPE, 1995.
- Member,
Steering Committee of GTOS (Global Terrestrial Observation System), FAO,
ICSU, UNEP, UNESCO, WMO, 1996-98.
- Member,
Advisory Board of the Centre of Excellence for Research on Abiotic
Environment (REA), Polish Geological Institute, 2003 -
Other data:
- National Coordinator for Earth Sciences, Agencia
Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva
- Member
of the Commission for the Coordination of the National Plan on
Environmental Thematic Mapping.
- President,
Spanish Society on Environmental Geology ad Land-Use Planning.
- Member
of the editorial board and/or reviewer of eleven scientific journals.
- Fellow
of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences.
Publications:
Author or co-author of more than 230 publications