David Pedreira

CURRICULUM VITAE

(Updated: April 2014)

PERSONAL DATA

1. •Name: David
   

2. •Surname: Pedreira
   

3. •Date of Birth: 30 December 1972
   

4. •Present Position: Tenured Lecturer (Profesor Contratado Doctor
   

5. •Address: Department of Geology, University of Oviedo
   

6. C/ Jesús Arias de Velasco, s/n
   

7. 33005 - Oviedo - Spain
   

8. •Phone: +34 985 10 31 79
   

9. •Fax: +34 985 10 31 03
   

10. •E-mail: david@geol.uniovi.es
    

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

1. •June 1995: Degree in Geology. University of Oviedo..
   

2. •November 1999: MSc in Geological Sciences. Postgrad courses on Structural Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oviedo and the University of Salamanca. MSc Thesis entitled:"Modelización gravimétrica y magnética en 2.75D del sector central de la Cordillera Cantábrica y su transición a la Cuenca del Duero" ("2.75D gravity and magnetic modelling of the central part of the Cantabrian Mountains and its transition to the Duero Foreland Basin, NW Spain"). Supervisor: Javier A. Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo).
   

3. •February 2004: PhD Thesis. University of Oviedo. Title:"Estructura cortical de la zona de transición entre los Pirineos y la Cordillera Cantábrica" ("Crustal structure of the transition zone between the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains"). Supervisors: Javier A. Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo) and Josep Gallart (Institute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera', CSIC, Barcelona).
   

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. •Geology Degree:
   

2. - Structural Geology
   

3. - Global Dynamics and Plate Tectonics
   

4. - Geological Mapping
   

5. - Geodynamics
   

6. - Geophysics
   

7. - Geophysical and Geochemical Prospecting
   

8. - Tectonics
   

1. •Mining Technical Engineering:
   

2. - General Geology
   

3. - Structural Geology
   

1. •Mining Engineering:
   

        - Subsurface Geology

1. •Degree in Mining Technology Engineering:
   

        - Geology applied to Mining Technology Engineering

1. •Engineering Geology:
   

2. - Geological Mapping
   

3. - Seismology and Seismic Engineering
   

1. •Official Master in Geological Resources and Engineering Geology (Univ. Oviedo):
   

2. - Structural Geology and Global Dynamics
   

3. - Geological Mapping
   

4. - Seismic and volcanic risk
   

1. •Official Master in Training for Secondary School Teachers (Univ. Oviedo):
   

2. - Training in Geology
   

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. •Title: Geophysical and Geodynamical Study of the Lithosphere in the western prolongation of the Pyrenees: Basque-Cantabrian Basin and Cantabrian Margin.
   

2. Duration: 1995-1998
   

3. PI: Javier A. Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo) and Josep Gallart (Institute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera', CSIC, Barcelona).
   

1. •Title: Seismotectonic activity, lithospheric structure and models of Variscan and Alpine deformation in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula.
   

2. Duration: 1998-2001
   

3. PI: Javier A. Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo) and Josep Gallart (Institute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera', CSIC, Barcelona).
   

1. •Title: Geological and geophysical investigation of the North-Iberian continental margin: integrated study of sedimentary basins and geodynamic evolution of the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenean-cantabrian belt (MARCONI Project).
   

2. Duration: 2001-2004
   

3. PI: Javier A. Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo), Josep Gallart (Institute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera', CSIC, Barcelona) and Josep A. Muñoz (Univ. Barcelona).
   

1. •Title: Geological, Geophysical and Hidrogeological study of the Oviedo-Llanera-Siero Meso-Tertiary Basin.
   

2. Duration: 2005-2007
   

3. PI: F.J. Álvarez Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo).
   

1. •Title: Development of a geophysical methodology for the geotechnical characterization of terrains and the evaluation of geological risks.
   

2. Duration: 2005-2008
   

3. PI: F.J. Álvarez Pulgar (Univ. Oviedo).
   

1. •Title: Geosciences in Iberia: Integrated studies of topography and 4-D evolution "Topo-Iberia"
   

2. Duration: 2006-2011
   

3. PIs: F.J. Álvarez Pulgar (UO), J. Gallart (CSIC) and J.A. Muñoz (UB)
   

1. •Title: Spatial and temporal coupling between tectonics and surface processes during lithosphere inversion of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian mountain belt: PYRTEC Project (EUROCORES Topo-Europe Programme)
   

2. Duration: 2009-2013
   

3. PIs: Ritske S. Huismans (Univ. Bergen), David Pedreira (UO), F.J. Álvarez Pulgar (UO), Peter van der Beek (Univ. J. Fourier, Grenoble), Roy H. Gabrielsen (Univ. Oslo), Ronald van Balen (V.U. Amsterdam).
   

1. •Title: 3D Modeling of the Asturian Continental Margin: geological and geophysical study between 3ºW and 8ºW longitude (MARCAS Project).
   

2. Duration: 2010-2012
   

3. PI: Gabriela Fernández-Viejo (UO).
   

1. •Title: Modeling of the geological processes operating in the transition between collisional and non-collisional orogens: the example of the accretion of Chilenia to Gondwana, Central Andes, 28-37ºS (TORANDES Project). 
   

2. Duration: 2013-2015
   

3. PI: Nemesio Heredia (IGME); PI of the subproject: Joaquín García Sansegundo (UO).
   

PARTICIPATION IN GEOPHYSICAL CAMPAIGNS

1. •CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS, 1994 - 95.- Gravimetric survey in the Cantabrian Mountains and Duero Foreland Basin. Project PB92-1013 (PI: J. A. Pulgar / J. Gallart).
   
   

2. •CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS, 1994 - 95.- Acquisition of natural seismicity data in a network of portable stations. Project PB92-1013 (PI: J. A. Pulgar / J. Gallart).
   
   

3. •CHILE, 1995 (June-July).- Acquisition of seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection data for the Project "Seismic Images of the Subduction Zone of Central Margin of Chile". (PI: J. J. Dañobeitia/E. Flueh/J. Mezcua).
   
   

4. •MEXICO, 1996 (April-May).- Acquisition of seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection data for the Project "Tectonic Evolution of the Western Continental Margin of Mexico: Central-American Trench and Gulf of California". (PI: D. Córdoba).
   
   

5. •PORTUGAL, 1996 (July).- Acquisition of tomographic seismic data for the project "TTTSS (TransTensional Tectonics Seismic Study)". (PI: L. A. Mendes-Victor).
   
   

6. •BASQUE COUNTRY, 1997 (June-July).- Acquisition of seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection data for the Project "Geophysical and Geodynamical Study of the Lithosphere in the western prolongation of the Pyrenees: Basque-Cantabrian Basin and Cantabrian Margin". (PI: J. A. Pulgar/J. Gallart).
   
   

7. •TIBET, 1998 (Sept-Oct).- Acquisition of seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection data in the HATHOR-98 Project (PI: A. Hirn).
   
   

8. •BASQUE COUNTRY, 2000.- Gravimetric survey for the Project "Seismotectonic activity, lithospheric structure and models of Variscan and Alpine deformation in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula"
   (PI: J. A. Pulgar / J. Gallart).
   
   

9. •CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS, 2003 (Sept).- Acquisition of seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection data in the MARCONI (Estudio del MARgen COntinental Nor-Ibérico)" Project (PI: J. A. Pulgar/J. Gallart/J. A. Muñoz).
   
   

10. •CANTABRIAN SEA (BAY OF BISCAY), 2003 (Sept).- Marine survey aboard the Spanish vessel HESPERIDES in the area of the 'Prestige' shipwreck. OBS recovery for the Project "RG-2 (Geoenvironmental Risks-2)". (PI: J. Gallart).
    
    

11. •DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2005 (March-April).- Acquisition of seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection data for the Geoprico-Do Project (IP: D. Córdoba).
    
    

12. •CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS, 2009 (July/September).- Acquisition of a magnetotelluric profile in the framework of the Topo-Iberia Project (IP: J. Gallart).
    

1. •CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS, 2011 (September).- Acquisition of a magnetotelluric profile with broad band stations in the framework of the Topo-Iberia Project (IP: J. Gallart).
   

PUBLICATIONS

1. • Complete list in this link
   

MEETING PRESENTATIONS

1. •4 Solicited talks in international meetings/workshops (Topo-Europe Workshop 2008, Madrid; EGU 2009, Vienna; Pyrenees Workshop 2012, St. Martin d’Arrossa, France; PYROPE workshop 2013, Toulouse, France).
   

2. •30 Communications in International Meetings
   

3. •5 Communications in National Meetings
   

COURSES/SEMINARS GIVEN

1. •Courses targeted at Teachers of Secondary School:
   

1. -"Geological Maps" (theoretical-practical seminar, 3 hours). CPR Luarca (2002), CPR Gijón (2002), CFIE León (2003), CPR Oviedo (2003), CPR Avilés (2004).
   

2. -"Topographic Maps" (theoretical-practical seminar, 3 hours). CPR Gijón (2002), CPR Oviedo (2003), CPR Avilés (2004).
   

3. -"Aerial Photography" (practical seminar, 2-3 hours). CPR Luarca (2002), CPR Gijón (2002).
   

4. -"Earth Magnetism. Oceanic and continental anomalies. Contribution of magnetic studies to the knowledge of the crustal structure in the Cantabrian Mountains" (talk, 1,5 hours). CFIE León (2003), CPR Oviedo (2003), CFIE Valladolid-1 (2004).
   

5. -"Identification of lithologies and sedimentary and tectonic structures" (fieldtrip, 7.5 hours). CFIE León (2003).
   

6. -Coordinator of the Course "Geophysical prospecting techniques applied to oil research and crustal studies" (3 hours). Speaker in the part devoted to crustal studies (1.5 hours). Faculty of Geology, University of Oviedo (Spain), January 27th, 2005.
   

7. -"Geological history of Asturias (part I): From Gondwana to Pangea” (2 hours), “The Asthenosphere” (1 hour) and fieltrip (5 hours) in the Course “Strategies for teaching Geology in the Secondary School". CPR Oviedo-Faculty of Geology (February-March, 2013).
   

1. •Summer Course: "Geological Maps: development and applications. CODE: 1852.087" (45 hours). Faculty of Geology (University of Oviedo, Spain) and University Hostel 'Brañillín' (Pajares), 14-21 July 2005. Talks on introduction to topographic and geological maps, and fieldwork practices.
   

1. •"Field Geology in the Cantabrian Mountains" (24 hours), organized by the Spanish Association for Earth Sciences Teaching (AEPECT). Faculty of Geology (University of Oviedo), Trubia Valley and Somiedo Natural Park (Asturias), 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2005. Talks on introduction to topographic and geological maps, and fieldwork practices.
   

RECEIVED COURSES/SEMINARS

1. •Fourth I.A.E.G. Techniques and Practices in Mineral Exploration Course. Organized by the Irish Association of Economic Geology (I.A.E.G.). University College of Dublin, 13-14 November 1993.
   

1. •Field training course on tectonosedimentary evolution of the south pyrenean thrust-and-fold belt and their related foreland and piggyback basins. European Commission Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme. Pyrenees, 27 September - 6 October 1997. Speakers: Josep Antón Muñoz, Mariano Marzo & Jaume Vergés.
   

1. •Paleostress analysis using fault-slip data. Univ. Oviedo, March, 2006 (Given by Dr. Rotislav Melichar, Univ. Brno, Czech Republic)
   

1. •ESF/IGCP Summer School on Modelling Thermochronology data. Funded by the EUROCORES Topo-Europe Programme of the European Science Foundation and the International Geoscience Programme Project IGCP-543 (Aussois, France, 20-23 Sept. 2009). Speakers: Jean Braun, Kerry Gallagher, Frédéric Herman & Richard Ketcham.
   

1. •ESF/ESD Summer School on Modelling Surface Processes on Geological Timescales. Funded by the EUROCORES Topo-Europe Programme of the European Science Foundation (Davos, Switzerland, 6-11 June 2010). Speakers: Jean Braun, Greg Tucker, Frédéric Herman, Kelin Whipple, Sean D. Willettt & Peter van der Beek.
   

1. •ESF Spring School of Geodynamic Modelling. Funded by the EUROCORES Topo-Europe Programme of the European Science Foundation (Zürich, Switzerland, 16-20 May 2011). Speakers: Taras Gerya, Paul Tackley, Cedric Thieulot, Ritske Huismans, Bernhard Steinberger, Trond Torsvik, Wim Spakman & Cedric Legendre.
   

1. •GOCAD Training Course: Introduction & Velocity Modeling Class, Oviedo, July, 2011.
   

GRANTS AND AWARDS

1. •1993: Erasmus Grant at the Geology Department, University College of Galway (Ireland), during which a geological map and structural analysis were made in the metamorphic areas of Connemara (W of Ireland) and the following subjects were coursed: Plate Tectonics, Applied Geophysics, Data Analisys and Metamorphic Petrology.
   

1. •1994-95: Undergraduate Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, to collaborate with the Department of Geology (Geodynamics Area) of the Univ. of Oviedo in the stablishment of a network of seismic stations and acquisition of gravity data in the Cantabrian Mountains.
   

1. •1995: University Award to the best graduate academic record in Geology.
   

1. •1997-2000: FPU Grant for PhD research, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
   

1. •2000: Grant for a short stay in a foreign institution, from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Awarded for a 3.5 months stay in the Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada).
   

1. •2001: Grant for finishing Doctoral Studies, University of Oviedo.
   

1. •2005: University Doctorate Award, University of Oviedo.
   

1. •2005: García-Siñeriz Foundation Award to the best PhD Thesis in Pure or Applied Geophysics in Spain and Iberoamerica in 2004.
   

STAYS IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

1. •1993 (July-Dec): Department of Geology, University College of Galway (Ireland).
   

1. •1998 (July): Department of Geophysics, Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (CSIC, Barcelona, Spain).
   

1. •2000 (Sept-Dec): Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada).
   

OTHER MERITS...

1. •Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Geology and Tectonics, hold in Oviedo, 1-3 July 2008 (pre-conference fieldtrip: 28-30 June).
   

1. •Member of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Pool of Reviewers for the calls announced in 2009-2011.
   

1. •Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Geophysical Research, Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Basin Research, Geological Society Special Publication, Computers and Geosciences, Central European Journal of Geosciences, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, Geo-Temas and Trabajos de Geología.
   

1. •Tutor/Supervisor of 8 Master Thesis (Univ. Oviedo).
   

1. •Supervisor of a PhD Thesis close to defense (Irene DeFelipe).
   

1. •Member of the examiner committee for 2 PhD Thesis defenses (Charlotte Fillon, Univ. Grenoble, 2012; Joan Campanyà, Univ. Barcelona, 2013) and substitute referee in another PhD defense (Mario Ruiz, Univ. Barcelona, 2007).