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Wednesday:

Dr. Daniel García-Castellanos, from Geociencias Barcelona (Geo3Bcn), will be giving a keynote on “What caused the most extreme environmental change since 65 million years ago? A mechanistic approach to the Messinian Salinity Crisis”. Our invited speaker will be available for informal meetings with ICTA-UAB researchers afterwards.  

MdM Keynote Speaker Series 2023

Title: “What caused the most extreme environmental change since 65 million years ago? A mechanistic approach to the Messinian Salinity Crisis” 

Speaker:  Dr. Daniel García-Castellanos, Geociencias Barcelona (Geo3Bcn) - CSIC 
 

Date: Thursday, 26^th of January 2023  
Time: from 12:00 to 13:00 
Venue: Sala Antoni Rosell (Z/023 - Z/022) - Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84295490731?pwd=bkNuQjY4UWQ5TkZvVlltWmpMR0ROdz09 ID de reunión: 842 9549 0731 -Código de acceso: 294183 

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY and EXPERTISE 

Dr Daniel Garcia-Castellanos is a CSIC researcher with expertise in the fields of geodynamics, surface processes, and Solid Earth geoscience. He works at the Department of Structure and Dynamics of the Earth and Crystallography (Geo3Bcn), where he develops physical-mathematical models coupling the physics of plate tectonics and processes occurring at the surface of the Earth. 

 
TOPIC of the KEYNOTE 

Some of his studies support the idea that the Mediterranean Sea underwent a desiccation period known as “Messinian Salinity Crisis” - after being isolated from the world’s ocean due to the collision between the tecnonic plates of Africa and Eurasia - followed by a catastrophic reflooding through the strait of Gibraltar 5 million year ago. The keynote will encompass recent research on the Messinian Salinity Crisis and discuss implications of this episode.
 

Date: Thursday 26, January de 2023 - 12:00h

Wednesday:

As part of the 23rd edition of "Satudary Physics", on 4 February, UAB Department of Physics lecturer Xavier Àlvarez will give a conference entitled "From Hottest to Coldest, a View of Physics Through Entropy". The conference will take place at the conference hall of the faculties of Science and Bioscience. Registration is free but seating is limited. There will also be a presentation at 11:45 a.m. of the bachelor's degree in Physics and the double degrees in Physics + Mathematics and in Physics + Chemistry.

Place: Facuty of Science (conference hall)

Date: Saturday 4, February de 2023 - 10:00h

Wednesday:

The seminar will be offered by Xavier Barcons, General Director of the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO). It will serve to present the telescopes that make up the observatory and the most important discoveries made in the past 60 years since the facilities were created, as well as the future plans for this enormous scientific structure. The seminar will be offered on-site and also online on the ZOOM platform.

For more information and to register to attend:

https://indico.cells.es/event/1321/

Place: Maxwell Auditorium, ALBA Light Synchrotron. Carrer de la Llum, 2-26, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), and online on ZOOM

Date: Friday 10, February de 2023 - 12:00h

Wednesday:

On 11 February UAB Department of Physics lecturer Daniel Campos will give a conference entitled "Simplicitat vs complexitat: cap a on avança la física?" [Simplicity vs. complexity: in which direction is physics advancing?]. This activity forms part of the 23rd Edition of Saturday Physics. The event will take place in the conference hall of the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Biosciences at 10 a.m.. Registration is free, but seating is limited.

In addition, researcher Sebastián Grinschpun from the Institute of High Energy Physics, and coordinator of the bachelor's degree in Physics, Pere Masjuan, will be offering an activity entitled "El teixit quàntic de l’univers peça a peça" [The Universe's Quantum Fabric, Piece by Piece] at 11:45 a.m. 

Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (conference hall)

Date: Saturday 11, February de 2023 - 10:00h

Wednesday:

Sandra Posada and Oriol Boix, authors of the book on 100 essential women in science and technology, entitled "100 dones clau en la història de la ciència i la tecnologia", will be offering a conference as part of the University's activities in commemmoration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Place: BCT Area, Library of Science and Technology

Date: Wednesday 22, February de 2023 - 13:00h

Wednesday:

Prof. Jasper Schipperijn, from University of Southern Denmark, will be giving a keynote on “Using GPS and accelerometers to evaluate the behavioral effect of changes to the built environment”. Our invited speaker will be available for informal meetings with ICTA-UAB researchers afterwards.   

MdM Keynote Speaker Series 2023

Title: “Using GPS and accelerometers to evaluate the behavioral effect of changes to the built environment”

Speaker: Jasper Schipperijn, Professor in Active Living Environments at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark    
 

Date: Thursday, 2^nd of March 2023  
Time: from 12:00 to 13:00 
Venue: Room Z/023 - Z/022 - Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88025273924?pwd=YkRaekloOU9sVld1TzJCNXRJTFlNQT09
ID de reunión: 880 2527 3924 - Código de acceso: 070488 

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY and EXPERTISE

Jasper Schipperijn is an expert on GPS and accelerometer uses to track and understand human behavior in relation to the built environment. He has an MSc degree in Forest and Nature Management from Wageningen University, and a PhD degree in Greenspace Management from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research interests revolve around three main topics 1) playgrounds, 2) conducting multi-disciplinary intervention studies to create active living environments and 3) developing tools and methods that make it possible to measure active living and the environment it takes place in. Jasper has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and numerous reports and popular publications.From 2020 to 2022, Jasper was President of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH). Since early 2022, he is heading a the World Playground Research Institute 
 

TOPIC of the KEYNOTE 

Human behaviour is influenced by the environment it happens in, and changes in the built environment often lead to changes in behaviour. If policy makers want to promote a certain behaviour, for example active transportation or children’s play, making changes to the built environment is one of the possibilities. Evaluating the effect of changes in the built environment is challenging for researchers and while using wearable devices such as GPS and accelerometers provides many conceptual and methodological benefits, it also provides a new set of challenges. The lecture will provide examples of projects that made changes in the built environment, evaluations of these projects, and highlight when and how the device-based measures can be useful. 
 

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Date: Thursday 2, March de 2023 - 12:00h