Gorka Muñoa Capron-Manieux

I hold my PhD at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) in February 2021. Previously, I hold a BSc in Environmental Science (University of Granada), a MSc in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (Institute of Space Sciences of Catalonia - IEEC) and a MSc in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability (ICTA-UAB). I am currently working as a postdoc in the Department of Ecology at the University of Barcelona.

My research mainly focuses on two thematic areas:

Survey by remote sensing of anthropic impacts on the tropical rainforest. I have analyzed deforestation, forest disturbance, illegal logging, fragmentation, and pollution in the oil extraction areas of northern Peruvian Amazon through multispectral Sentinel 2 and Landsat imagery. I have also employed Sentinel 1 SAR images for detecting oil spills in areas with high vegetation density and frequent cloud cover in tropical rainforests. My goal is to develop a near real-time monitoring system to detect oil spills in tropical rainforests to improve the control in countries with weak governance.
Unburnable fossil fuels and climate mitigation policies to limit the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5°C. I am currently contributing to the creation of the first geospatial digital interactive platform to identify and rank unburnable fuels, accouting for social-evironmental and economic impacts, and allowing the informed design of optimal divestment strategies and policies.