Francisco J. Alcalá
Address
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Carretera de Sacramento s/n E-04120 La Cañada, Almería Spain Phone: +34 950281045 (ext. 440435) Fax: +34 950277100 E-mail: fjalcala@eeza.csic.es
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8165-8669::::
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8165-8669
Education
2006: PhD Groundwater Hydrology, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
2001: MSc Groundwater Hydrology, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
1998: BSc Thesis Geological Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
1997: BSc Geological Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Positions
Since 2018: Distinguished Researcher, Experimental Station of Arid Zones, Spanish National Research Council, Almería, Spain.
2017-2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
2015-2016: Hired Research Staff, Prometeo Programme (granted by SENESCYT), Technical University of Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
2010-2014: Hired Research Staff, Ciência Programme (granted by FCT), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
2008-2010: Post-doc Fellow, Juan de la Cierva Programme (granted by MEC), Experimental Station of Arid Zones, Spanish National Research Council, Almería, Spain.
2006-2007: Post-doc Fellow (granted by UAL), Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
2001-2005: Pre-doc Fellow (granted by MEC), Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
Research interests
The primary research interest deals with human and global interactions underlying problems of groundwater quantity and quality for strategies of diagnosis, operation, mitigation, and protection. Innovation deals with techniques and computational applications for aquifer recharge and groundwater chemical baseline evaluations at different spatiotemporal scales and climate scenarios, surface water and groundwater flow modelling, and hydro-economic modelling focused on the water-energy-food nexus and groundwater dependent socio-economy.
The two secondary research interests deal with hydro-stratigraphic techniques aimed to define the spatiotemporal geometry of geological reservoirs, and hydro-geophysical exploration strategies aimed to define the dynamics of hydrothermal and fresh groundwater resources.
Selected R&D projects
FONDECYT-1161105. Using tracer techniques to program new global solutions for future groundwater recharge and chemical baseline scenarios. Funding: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Chile (FONDECYT). Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 01/04/2016 - 31/03/2019.
PROMETEO-CEB-014-2015. Monitoring and assessing quantity and quality dynamics of groundwater in basins of the Tungurahua province in Ecuador. Funding: Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Ecuador (SENESCYT). Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 09/11/2015 - 07/11/2016.
CFE-IEA-57/15. Evaluation of aquifer recharge through atmospheric chloride mass balance and its uncertainty in the Segura River basin. Funding: Instituto Euromediterráneo del Agua. Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 17/12/2015 – 31/12/2016.
OCA-VA 6/15. Origin of nitrate fluxes in the soil and groundwater in Campo de Cartagena aquifer. Funding: Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, Región de Murcia. Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 27/05/2015 – 31/05/2016.
AD0112. Origin of bromide contents in crops from Campo de Cartagena, Part 1: Methodological basis. Funding: Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, Región de Murcia. Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 05/11/2013 – 30/11/2014.
18680/IV/12. Investigation of tracer techniques to assess the diffuse impact of desalination on groundwater resources in semiarid zones: The Campo de Cartagena case study. Funding: Fundacion Seneca, Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Region de Murcia, Spain. Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 01/02/2013 - 30/04/2013.
C-IST/CVRM.1. Groundwater flow and solute transport modelling. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal. Scientific coordinator: Francisco Javier Alcalá. Date: 01/09/2009 - 31/08/2014.
P08-RNM-3721. Balance de carbono en ecosistemas carbonatados: discriminación entre procesos bióticos y abióticos (GEOCARBO). Funding: Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa. Junta de Andalucía. Scientific coordinator: Francisco Domingo Poveda (EEZA-CSIC). Date: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2013.
GOCE-CT-2003-003950. A surveillance system for assessing and monitoring of desertification (DESURVEY). Funding: Integrated CE Project (FP6-2003-Global-2 IP nº003950-2). Scientific coordinator: Juan Puigdefábregas Tomás (EEZA-CSIC). Date: 02/09/2005 - 01/09/2010.
P06-RNM-01732. Balance hídrico en zonas degradadas semiáridas (AQUASEM). Funding: Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía. Scientific coordinator: Albert Solé Benet (EEZA-CSIC). Date: 01/05/2007 - 30/04/2010.
Selected publications
2022. Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Maaté, A., Hlila, R., Serrano, F., Cañaveras, J.C., Paton, D., Alcalá, F.J., Maaté, S., Tramontana, M., and Martín-Pérez, J.A. The Cenozoic evolution of the Intrarif (Rif, Morocco). Geosphere 18(2). DOI:10.1130/GES02199.1. Link
2021. Rodríguez-Luna, D., Vela, N., Alcalá, F.J., Encima-Montoya, F. The environmental impact assessment in Chile: Overview, improvements, and comparisons. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 86, 106502. DOI:10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106502. Link
2021. Martínez-Valderrama, J., Ibáñez, J., Ibáñez, M.A., Alcalá, F.J., Sanjuán, M.E., Ruiz, A., Del Barrio, G. Assessing the sensitivity of a Mediterranean commercial rangeland to droughts under climate change scenarios by means of a multidisciplinary integrated model. Agricultural Systems 187, 103021. DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103021. Link
2021. Alcalá, F.J., Martínez-Pagán, P., Paz, M.C., Navarro, M., Pérez-Cuevas, J., Domingo, F. Combining of MASW and GPR Imaging and Hydrogeological Surveys for the Groundwater Resource Evaluation in a Coastal Urban Area in Southern Spain. Applied Sciences 11(7), 3154. DOI:10.3390/app11073154. Link
2021. Alcalá, F.J., Martínez-Valderrama, J., Gomáriz-Castillo, F., Hernández, C.G., Cecilia, J.M. Scientific Programming Tools for Water Management. Scientific Programming 2021, 9828596. DOI:10.1155/2021/9828596. Link
2021. Rodríguez-Luna, D., Vela, N., Alcalá, F.J., Encima-Montoya, F. The Environmental Impact Assessment in Aquaculture Projects in Chile: A Retrospective and Prospective Review Considering Cultural Aspects. Sustainability 13(16), 9006. DOI:10.3390/su13169006. Link
2021. Peñafiel, L., Alcalá, F.J., Senent-Aparicio, J. Usefulness of Compiled Geophysical Prospecting Surveys in Groundwater Research in the Metropolitan District of Quito in Northern Ecuador. Applied Sciences 11(23), 11144. DOI:10.3390/app112311144. Link
2020. Senent-Aparicio, J., Alcalá, F.J., Liu, S., Jimeno-Sáez, P. Coupling SWAT Model and CMB Method for Modelling of High-Permeability Bedrock Basins Receiving Interbasin Groundwater Flow. Water 12(3), 657. DOI:10.3390/w12030657. Link
2020. Paz, C., Alcalá, F.J., Ribeiro, L. Ground penetrating radar attenuation expressions in shallow groundwater research. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 25(1), 153-160. DOI:10.2113/JEEG19-039. Link
2020. Peñafiel, L.A., Reyes, P.S.B., Alcalá, F.J., Ramírez, M.R., Cabero, A. Fold-axis parallel extension along the southern ending of the Quito (Ecuadorian Andes) fault system: Implications in river network and aquifer geometry. Geotectonics 54(2), 256-265. DOI:10.1134/S0016852120020090. Link
2020. Martínez-Valderrama, J., Ibáñez, J., Alcalá, F.J. AQUACOAST: A simulation tool to explore coastal groundwater and irrigation farming interactions. Scientific Programming 2020, 9092829. DOI:10.1155/2020/9092829. Link
2020. Martínez-Valderrama, J., Ibáñez, J., Alcalá, F.J., Martínez, S. SAT: A Software for Assessing the Risk of Desertification in Spain. Scientific Programming 2020, 7563928. DOI:10.1155/2020/7563928. Link
2020. Paz, M.C., Alcalá, F.J., Medeiros, A., Martínez-Pagán, P., Pérez-Cuevas, J., Ribeiro, L. Integrated MASW and ERT imaging for geological definition of an unconfined alluvial aquifer sustaining a coastal groundwater-dependent ecosystem in southwest Portugal. Applied Sciences 10(17), 5905. DOI:10.3390/app10175905. Link
2020. Pulido-Velázquez, D., Romero, J., Collados-Lara, A.J., Alcalá, F.J., Fernández-Chacón, F., Baena-Ruiz, L. Using the turnover time index to identify potential strategic groundwater resources to manage droughts within Continental Spain. Water 12(11), 3281. DOI:10.3390/w12113281. Link
2019. Alcalá, F.J. Usefulness of the Cl/Br ratio to identify the effect of reverse osmosis treated waters on groundwater systems. Desalination 470, 114102. DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2019.114102. Link
2018. Martínez-Valderrama, J., Ibáñez, J., Del Barrio, G., Alcalá, F.J., Sanjuán, M.E., Ruiz, A., Hirche, A., Puigdefábregas, J. Doomed to collapse: Why Algerian steppe rangelands are overgrazed and some lessons to help land-use transitions. Science of the Total Environment 613-614, 1489-1497. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.058. Link
2018. Martín-Martín, M., Estévez, A., Martín-Rojas, I., Guerrera, F., Alcalá, F.J., Serrano, F., Tramontana, M. The Agost Basin (Betic Cordillera, Alicante province, Spain): a pull-apart basin involving salt tectonics. International Journal of Earth Sciences 107, 655-671. DOI:10.1007/s00531-017-1521-6. Link
2018. Alcalá, F.J., Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Martínez-Valderrama, J., Robles-Marín, P. A feasible methodology for groundwater resource modelling for sustainable use in sparse-data drylands: Application to the Amtoudi Oasis in the northern Sahara. Science of the Total Environment 630, 1246-1257. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.294. Link
2018. Martínez-Pagán, P., Navarro, M., Pérez-Cuevas, J., Alcalá, F.J., García-Jerez, A., Vidal, F. Shear-wave velocity structure from MASW and SPAC methods. The case of Adra town, SE Spain. Near Surface Geophysics 16, 356-371. DOI:10.3997/1873-0604.2018012. Link
2018. Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Alcalá, F.J., Serrano, F., Tramontana, M. Source areas evolution in the Neogene Agost Basin (Betic Cordillera): implications for regional reconstructions. Italian Journal of Geosciences 137, 433-451. DOI:10.3301/IJG.2018.14. Link
2018. Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., Serrano, F., Alcalá, F.J., Raffaelli, G., Tramontana, M. Miocene tectono-sedimentary evolution of the eastern External Betic Cordillera (Spain). Geodinamica Acta 30, 265-286. DOI:10.1080/09853111.2018.1493879. Link
2018. Pulido-Velázquez, D., Collados-Lara, A.J., Alcalá, F.J. Assessing impacts of future potential climate change scenarios on aquifer recharge in continental Spain. Journal of Hydrology 567, 803-819. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.077. Link
2017. Paz, C., Alcalá, F.J., Carvalho, J.M., Ribeiro, L. Current uses of ground penetrating radar in groundwater-dependent ecosystems research. Science of the Total Environment 595, 868-885. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.210. Link
2017. Maaté, S., Alcalá, F.J., Guerrera, F., Hlila, R., Maaté, A., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Serrano, F., Tramontana, M. The External Tanger Unit (Intrarif sub-Domain, External Rifian Zones, Morocco): an interdisciplinary study. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 10, 556. DOI:10.1007/s12517-017-3347-8. Link
2016. Raffaelli, G., Robles-Marín, P., Guerrera, F., Martín-Martín, M., Alcalá, F.J., Amadori, M.L., Asebriy, L., El Amrani El Hassan, I., Tejera de León, J. Archaeometric study of a typical medieval fortified granary (Amtoudi Agadir, Anti-Atlas Chain, southern Morocco): a key case for the maintenance and restoration of historical monuments. Italian Journal of Geosciences 135(2), 280-299. DOI:10.3301/IJG.2015.25. Link
2016. Martínez-Valderrama, J., Ibáñez, J., Del Barrio, G., Sanjuán, M.E., Alcalá, F.J., Martínez-Vicente, S., Ruiz, A., Puigdefábregas, J. Present and future of desertification in Spain: implementation of a surveillance system to prevent land degradation. Science of the Total Environment 563-564, 169-178. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.065. Link
2015. Robles-Marín, P., Guerrera, F., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Alcalá, F.J., Tejera de León, J., Cherkaoui, T.E., Asebriy, L., El Amrani, I.E., Moliner-Aznar, S. Geological risk assessment of Amtoudi Agadir in southern Morocco: a key case for sustainable cultural heritage. Natural Hazards 75(1), 415-440. DOI:10.1007/s11069-014-1329-7. Link
2015. Alcalá, F.J., Custodio, E. Natural uncertainty of spatial average aquifer recharge through atmospheric chloride mass balance in continental Spain. Journal of Hydrology 524, 642-661. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.018. Link
2015. Marrero-Díaz, R., Alcalá, F.J., Pérez, N.M., López, D.L., Melián, G.V., Padrón, E., Padilla, G.D. Aquifer recharge estimation through atmospheric chloride mass balance at Las Cañadas Caldera, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Water 7(5), 2451-2471. DOI:10.3390/w7052451. Link
2015. Alcalá, F.J., Martínez-Valderrama, J., Robles-Marín, P., Guerrera, F., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Tejera de León, J., Asebriy, L. A hydrological-economic model for sustainable groundwater use in sparse-data drylands: application to the Amtoudi Oasis in southern Morocco, northern Sahara. Science of the Total Environment 537, 309-322. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.062. Link
2014. Alcalá, F.J., Custodio, E. Spatial average aquifer recharge through atmospheric chloride mass balance and its uncertainty in continental Spain. Hydrological Processes 28(2), 218-236. DOI:10.1002/hyp.9556. Link
2014. Navarro, M., García-Jerez, A., Alcalá, F.J., Vidal, F., Enomoto, T. Local site effect microzonation of Lorca town (SE Spain). Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 12(5), 1933-1959. DOI:10.1007/s10518-013-9491-y. Link
2014. Martínez-Pagán, P., Navarro, M., Pérez-Cuevas, J., Alcalá, F.J., García-Jerez, A., Sandoval-Castaño, S. Shear-wave velocity based seismic microzonation of Lorca city (SE Spain) from MASW analysis. Near Surface Geophysics 12(6), 739-749. DOI:10.3997/1873-0604.2014032. Link
2013. Alcalá, F.J., Guerrera, F., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Serrano, F. Geodynamic implications derived from Numidian-like distal turbidites deposited along the Internal-External Domain Boundary of the Betic Cordillera (S, Spain). Terra Nova 25(2), 119-129. DOI:10.1111/ter.12014. Link
2013. España, S., Alcalá, F.J., Vallejos, Á., Pulido-Bosch, A. A GIS tool for modelling annual diffuse infiltration on a plot scale. Computers & Geosciences 54, 318-325. DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2013.01.017. Link
2013. Alcalá, F.J., López-Galindo, A., Martín-Martín, M. Clay mineralogy as a tool for integrated sequence stratigraphic and palaeogeographic reconstructions: Late Oligocene-Early Aquitanian Western Internal South Iberian Margin, Spain. Geological Journal 48(4), 363-375. DOI:10.1002/gj.2451. Link
2011. Alcalá, F.J., Cantón, Y., Contreras, S., Were, A., Serrano-Ortiz, P., Puigdefábregas, J., Solé-Benet, A., Custodio, E., Domingo, F. Diffuse and concentrated recharge evaluation using physical and tracer techniques: results from a semiarid carbonate massif aquifer in southeast Spain. Environmental Earth Sciences 62(3), 541-557. DOI:10.1007/s12665-010-0546-y. Link
2011. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M., Benavente, J., Alcalá, F.J., Paracuellos, M. Long-term water monitoring in two Mediterranean lagoons as an indicator of land-use changes and intense precipitation events (Adra, Southeastern Spain). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 91(3), 400-410. DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.11.003. Link
2011. Martínez-Valderrama, J., Ibáñez, J., Alcalá, F.J., Domínguez, A., Yassin, M., Puigdefábregas, J. The use of a hydrological-economic model to assess sustainability in groundwater-dependent agriculture in drylands. Journal of Hydrology 402(1-2), 80-91. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.003. Link
2011. España, S., Alcalá, F.J., Vallejos, Á., Pulido-Bosch, A. ArcE: A GIS tool for modelling actual evapotranspiration. Computers & Geosciences 37(9), 1468-1475. DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2011.03.008. Link
2011. Andreu, J.M., Alcalá, F.J., Vallejos, Á., Pulido-Bosch, A. Recharge to aquifers in SE Spain: different approaches and new challenges. Journal of Arid Environments 75(12), 1262-1270. DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.01.011. Link
2010. Cantón, Y., Villagarcía, L., Moro, M.J., Serrano-Ortíz, P., Were, A., Alcalá, F.J., Kowalski, A.S., Solé-Benet, A., Lázaro, R., Domingo, F. Temporal dynamics of soil water balance components in a Mediterranean carbonate range in SE Spain: estimation of potential recharge. Hydrological Sciences Journal 55(5), 737-753. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2010.490530. Link
2008. Contreras, S., Boer, M.M., Alcalá, F.J., Domingo, F., García, M., Pulido-Bosch, A., Puigdefábregas, J. An ecohydrological modelling approach for assessment of long-term recharge in semiarid karstic complex landscapes. Journal of Hydrology 351(1-2), 42-57. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.039. Link
2008. Alcalá, F.J., Custodio, E. Atmospheric chloride deposition in continental Spain. Hydrological Processes 22(18), 3636-3650. DOI:10.1002/hyp.6965. Link
2008. Alcalá, F.J., Custodio, E. Flujo de cloruro por la escorrentía directa en España. Ingeniería del Agua 15(1), 5-11. DOI:10.4995/ia.2008.2921. Link
2008. Alcalá, F.J., Custodio, E. Using the Cl/Br ratio as a tracer to identify the origin of salinity in aquifers in Spain and Portugal. Journal of Hydrology 359(1-2), 189-207. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.028. Link
2007. Navarro, M., Vidal, F., Enomoto, T., Alcalá, F.J., García-Jerez, A., Sánchez, F.J., Abeki, N. Analysis of the weightiness of site effects on reinforced concrete (RC) building seismic behaviour. The Adra town example (SE Spain). Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 36(10), 1363-1383. DOI:10.1002/eqe.685. Link
2007. García-Jerez, A., Navarro, M., Alcalá, F.J., Luzón, F., Pérez-Ruiz, J.A., Enomoto, T., Vidal, F., Ocaña, E. Shallow velocity structure using joint inversion of array and h/v spectral ratio of ambient noise: The case of Mula town (SE of Spain). Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 27(10), 907-919. DOI:10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.03.001. Link
2005. Simó, J.A., Gàmez, D., Salvany, J.M., Vàzquez-Suñé, E., Carrera, J., Barnolas, A., Alcalá, F.J. Arquitectura de facies de los deltas cuaternarios del río Llobregat, Barcelona, España. Geogaceta 38, 171-174. Link
2002. Alcalá, F.J., Espinosa, J., Navarro, M., Sánchez, F. J. Propuesta de división geológica de la localidad de Adra (provincia de Almería). Aplicación a la zonación sísmica. Revista Sociedad Geológica España 15(1-2), 55-66. Link
2002. Alcalá, F.J., López-Galindo, A., Martín-Martín, M. El Paleoceno de la Alta Cadena (Subbético Interno, Cordillera Bética), S. España. Implicaciones en la evolución geodinámica del paleomargen Sud-Ibérico. Estudios Geológicos 58 (3-4), 71-81. DOI:10.3989/egeol.02583-4112. Link
2001. Martín-Martín, M., Rey, J., Alcalá, F.J., Tosquella, J., Deramond, J., Lara-Corona, E., Duranthon, F., Antoine, P.O. Tectonic controls on the deposits of a foreland basin: an example from the Eocene Corbières-Minervois basin, France. Basin Research 13(4), 419-433. DOI:10.1046/j.0950-091x.2001.00158.x. Link
2001. Alcalá, F.J., Martín-Martín, M., López-Galindo, A. Clay mineralogy of the Tertiary sediments in the Internal Subbetic of Málaga Province (S Spain): implication for geodynamic evolution. Clay Minerals 36(4), 615-620. DOI:10.1180/0009855013640013. Link
2001. Alcalá, F.J., López-Galindo, A., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M., Benavente, J. Mineralógica y geoquímica de los sedimentos de algunas lagunas del N. de la provincia de Málaga (S. de España). Estudios Geológicos 57(3-4), 93-98. DOI:10.3989/egeol.01573-4129. Link
Some podcasts
2020. Andalousie: l'agriculture sous plastique (minutes 22-30). Radio Télévision Suisse. Geneva, Switzerland. Link
2018. CSIC crea un método que evalúa sostenibilidad de la economía dependiente del agua subterránea en zonas áridas. Europa Press, 20 minutos. Madrid, Spain. Link
2018. El exceso de consumo de agua subterránea afectará a la economía de las zonas áridas. Nova Ciencia. Madrid, Spain. Link
2017. Impacto del cambio climático sobre el recurso hídrico subterráneo en la provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador. Link
2016. Cambio climático y calidad futura del agua. Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Santiago, Chile. Link