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My scientific career has developed in Spain (Barcelona) and France (Montpellier, Marseille). I obtained a PHD in Biological Sciences at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1988) on the “Identification, study and annual evolution of the pollen content in the atmosphere of Catalonia and Balearic Islands”. I stayed at the Laboratoire de Botanique Historique et Palynologie de la Université de Saint Jerôme (Marseille, France) from 1990 to 1992. Back to the UAB, I became “Professora Titular” in 1993. Since then I’ve been teaching Botany and Vegetation to students on Biology and Environmental Sciences and Aerobiology to Master students at the time than making research on aerobiology and developing several management positions (Director of The Department on Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology; Coordinator of Environmental Sciences; Director of ICTA). I have been recognized as “Membre d’Honor” of the “Col·legi d’Ambientòlegs de Catalunya” (COAMB) in 2016 and with the “Premi de Recerca i Investigació” of the “Col·legi de Biòlegs de Catalunya” (CBC) in 2018. From November 2018 on, I am the President of the “Institució Catalana d’Història Natural” (ICHN).
Research interests
My research is on aerobiology: study of the diversity, levels and dynamics of pollen and fungal spores and their allergens in the air, the relationship with vegetation, meteorology, climate and atmospheric transport, and the application to the study of the climate change and to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the allergies and phytopathologies. I lead the Grup de AEROBIOlògica, Transport Atmosfèric i salut, AEROBIOTAS, (2017SGR1692) and coordinate the Point of Information on Aerobiology (PIA, http://lap.uab.cat/aerobiologia), the platform used to disseminate the results of the projects Aerobiological Network of Catalonia (Xarxa Aerobiològica de Catalunya, XAC) and the Project EOLO-PAT (Predicción Aerobiológica para Tenerife). I am member of the “Conseil Scientifique de la Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique” (RNSA) in France; elected member of the WG Aerobiology & Pollution (IG Environmental & Occupational Allergy) of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and Vice President of the European Aerobiology Society (EAS).
Keywords
Aerobiology, Allergens, Allergies, Atmospheric Transport, Climate Change, Phytopathology, Pollen, Public Health, Fungal Spores.
Email UAB: Jordina.Belmonte@uab.cat
Web: http://lap.uab.cat/aerobiologia
Other locations:
Unitat Botànica - Dept. Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i EcologiaDespatx C1/219 Telèfon +34 93 581 2040
