Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research (since 1983) is on aerobiology: study of the diversity, levels and dynamics of pollen and fungal spores in the air as well as of their allergens; 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. As a result of this research, I have organized and I am the coordinator of the “Laboratori d’Anàlisis Palinològiques”, included in the Services offered by the UAB (https://sct.uab.cat/lap/), and I have organized and I coordinate the “Xarxa Aerobiològica de Catalunya, XAC” and the “Punt d’Informació Aerobiològica, PIA”, a global project developed as a service to the medical community (allergologists, pneumologists and in general) and to the public in general informing about our aerobiological results that is accessible in open at https://aerobiologia.cat. The database associated to this service contains data since 1983 using non standardized monitoring methodologies and, since 1994, data from daily pollen and spore concentrations from (at present) 9 sites in Catalonia and 2 sites in Tenerife (Canary Islands) following the standardized international methodologies.
In the recent years research on melissopalynology and on the study of airborne microarthropods has been incorporated to my research interests.
Educational management
I am professor of Botany since October 1982, with undergraduate theoretical and practical teaching to students of Biology, Environmental Biology and Environmental Sciences on general botany, vegetation and palynology and teaching to master students in palynology, aerobiology and its applications in Allergology, one health and the study of the environment and climate change.
I was Coordinator of the UAB Environmental Sciences degree from September 2005 to September 2008 and elected member of the UAB Academic Affairs Committee from December 2006 to September 2009.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Ph. D., Doctora en Biología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Award Date: 8 Jul 1988
Degree, lic. con Grado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Award Date: 29 Oct 1979
Degree, Licenciada en ciencias Biológicas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Award Date: 30 Jun 1979
External positions
Profesor Titular Interino, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Feb 1992 → 16 Dec 1993
Ayudante 2ª etapa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Oct 1991 → 30 Jan 1992
Becària FPU, University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II
1 Sept 1990 → 30 Jan 1992
Ayudante 1ª etapa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Oct 1989 → 30 Sept 1991
Ayudante de Escuela Universitaria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Oct 1987 → 30 Sept 1989
Profesor Ayudante Contratado, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Oct 1986 → 30 Sept 1987
Profesor Colaborador Fac. contratado, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Oct 1985 → 30 Sept 1986
Profesor Ayudante Contratado, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Oct 1982 → 30 Sept 1985
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 13 Finished
-
Estudi del contingut de pòl·lens i espores a l’aire de dues estacions de mostreig de la Xarxa Aerobiològica de Catalunya (XAC), una al Camp de Tarragona i una a les Terres de l’Ebre
Belmonte Soler, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
-
Manteniment de les estacions de mostreig del Camp de Tarragona i de les Terres de l'Ebre de la Xarxa Aerobiològica de Catalunya (XAC) i del personal necessari per a poder realitzar la lectura de les mesures de pol·len i espores atmosfèriques de 2022
Belmonte Soler, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
-
Prevención participativa de incendios forestales como estrategia de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático en la región mediterránea. Aplicación a la Reserva de la Biosfera del Montseny.
Badia Perpinya, A. (Principal Investigator), Belmonte Soler, J. (Principal Investigator 2) & Boada Juncà, M. (Principal Investigator 2)
1/09/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
-
Nuevas tecnologías para el estudio de la diversidad y dinámica de componentes aerobiologicos y de su pronostico en base a la meteorología
Belmonte Soler, J. (Principal Investigator), Sarto Monteys, V. (Investigator) & de Linares Fernández, M. C. (Investigator)
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
1/01/18 → 30/09/21
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
-
BIOAEROSOLES ATMOSFERICOS: NIVELES, TRANSPORTE E IMPACTOS
Belmonte Soler, J. (Principal Investigator), López, M. A. (Scholar), Aguinagalde, X. (Collaborator), Martínez, J. (Collaborator), de Linares Fernández, M. C. (Researcher on contract), Gabarra Gironès, E. (Investigator), Navarro Gibert, D. (Investigator), Puigdemunt Puig, R. (Investigator) & de Linares Fernández, M. C. (Investigator)
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
1/01/13 → 31/12/15
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
-
Are the Pyrenees a barrier for the transport of birch (Betula) pollen from Central Europe to the Iberian Peninsula?
Izquierdo, R., Alarcón, M., Mazón, J., Pino, D., De Linares, C., Aguinagalde, X. & Belmonte, J., 1 Jan 2017, In: Science of the Total Environment. 575, p. 1183-1196Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
Airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium fungal spores in Europe: Forecasting possibilities and relationships with meteorological parameters
Grinn-Gofroń, A., Nowosad, J., Bosiacka, B., Camacho, I., Pashley, C., Belmonte, J., De Linares, C., Ianovici, N., Manzano, J. M. M., Sadyś, M., Skjøth, C., Rodinkova, V., Tormo-Molina, R., Vokou, D., Fernández-Rodríguez, S. & Damialis, A., 25 Feb 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 653, p. 938-946 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
67 Citations (Scopus) -
Logistic regression models for predicting daily airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium concentration levels in Catalonia (NE Spain)
Vélez-Pereira, A. M., De Linares, C., Canela, M. A. & Belmonte, J., Dec 2019, In: International Journal of Biometeorology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
17 Citations (Scopus) -
Airborne pollen parameters and their relationship with meteorological variables in NE Iberian Peninsula
Majeed, H. T., Periago, C., Alarcón, M. & Belmonte, J., 1 Sept 2018, In: Aerobiologia. 34, 3, p. 375-388Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
34 Citations (Scopus) -
Changes in the Mediterranean pine forest: pollination patterns and annual trends of airborne pollen
De Linares, C., Delgado, R., Aira, M. J., Alcázar, P., Alonso-Pérez, S., Boi, M., Cariñanos, P., Cuevas, E., Díaz de la Guardia, C., Elvira-Rendueles, B., Fernández-González, D., Galán, C., Gutiérrez-Bustillo, A. M., Pérez-Badia, R., Rodríguez-Rajo, F. J., Ruíz-Valenzuela, L., Tormo-Molina, R., Trigo, M. M., Valencia-Barrera, R. M. & Valle, A. & 1 others, , 1 Sept 2017, In: Aerobiologia. 33, 3, p. 375-391Translated title of the contribution :Changes in the Mediterranean pine forest: pollination patterns and annual trends of airborne pollen Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
19 Citations (Scopus)
Thesis
-
Identificació, estudi i evolució anual del contingut pol·línic a l'atmosfera de Catalunya i Balears
Belmonte Soler, J. (Author), Roure Nolla, J. (Director), 8 Jul 1988Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
Organisations
-
Grup de Recerca AEROBIOlògica i aplicacions en Salut (AEROBIOS)
Organisational unit: Research Group