Jose Ledesma

José Ledesma

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany

José Ledesma

Catchment Biogeochemistry and Modelling

Topics

  • Catchment biogeochemistry (DOC, nutrients, base cations, metals, sulfate)
  • Catchment hydrology (riparian processes, Dominant Source Layer (DSL))
  • Catchment modelling (INCA, PERSiST, HBV)

CV

Since 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship grant) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Geomorphology and Soil science Group.
2019-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher (Juan de la Cierva grant) at the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes of the Spanish National Research Council (CEAB-CSIC). Blanes, Spain.
2018-2019 Researcher position at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Uppsala, Sweden.
2016-2018 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Uppsala, Sweden.
2011-2016 Doctoral degree in Environmental Assessment at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Uppsala, Sweden. Title of Doctoral thesis: “Biogeochemical processes in forest riparian zones - Conceptualizing function and heterogeneity in boreal catchments”.

Projects

Since 2020 Transferring hydrological and biogeochemical concepts from boreal to Mediterranean RIPARian zones: developing a broad knowledge framework across ecoregIONS (RIPARIONS) granted by the European Commission through a Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-834363).
Since 2011 Involved in more than 15 national and international projects, five of which are ongoing.

Publications

List of Publications

Contributions in peer-reviewed journals
2021Ledesma, J., Lupon, A., Bernal, S. (2021): Hydrological responses to rainfall events including the extratropical cyclone Gloria in two contrasting Mediterranean headwaters in Spain; the perennial font del Regàs and the intermittent Fuirosos. Hydrological Processes 35(12). Unter den Bedingungen von Open Access verfügbar 10.1002/hyp.14451

Ledesma, J., Ruiz-Pérez, G., Lupon, A., Poblador, S., Futter, M. N., Sabater, F., Bernal, S. (2021): Future changes in the Dominant Source Layer of riparian lateral water fluxes in a subhumid Mediterranean catchment. Journal of Hydrology 595(126014), pp. 1–13. Unter den Bedingungen von Open Access verfügbar 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126014