Enrique Gomez-Rivas
Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy Transition
Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy Transition
2024-present: Professor Agregat (Associate Professor), at the University of Barcelona
Honorary Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen (2019-2025)
Member of the founding executive committee of the International Association for Structural Geology and Tectonics (IASGT) (2022-2026)
Member of the executive committee of the European Society for Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT-Society) (2022-2026)
Guest editor of the Journal of Structural Geology (2024-2026)
Editorial Board Member of the new journal Energy Science (2025-present)
Co-organiser of the 24th International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT-2024, Barcelona)
2020-2024: “Ramón y Cajal” Research Fellow, at the University of Barcelona. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Honorary Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen (2019-2025)
Chair of IUGS-TecTask (Tectonics and Structural Geology Commission of the International Union of Geological Sciences) (2020-2024)
Member of the founding executive committee of the International Association for Structural Geology and Tectonics (IASGT) (2022-2026)
Member of the executive committee of the European Society for Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT-Society) (2022-2026)
Academic editor of Minerals (2019-2023)
Programme co-director of the MSc in Science and Integrated Management of Water (2021-2024)
2018-2019: “Beatriu de Pinós” Research Fellow, at the University of Barcelona. Funded by the Beatriu de Pinós programme (EU Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund and Catalan Government)
Treasurer of IUGS-TecTask (2016-2020)
Associate editor of Marine and Petroleum Geology (2016-2019)
Guest editor of the Journal of Structural Geology (2017-2019)
Guest editor of Geofluids (2019-2020)
Co-organiser of the 22nd International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT-2019, Tübingen)
2014-2019: Lecturer in Geology and Petroleum Geology, at the University of Aberdeen
Treasurer of IUGS-TecTask (2016-2020)
Associate editor of Marine and Petroleum Geology (2016-2019)
Guest editor of the Journal of Structural Geology (2017-2019)
Lead organiser of the 21st International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT-2017, Inverness)
2010-2014: Postdoctoral research fellow, and Privatdozent, at the University of Tübingen. Funded by the DGMK (formerly "German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology", nowadays "German Society for Sustainable Energy Carriers, Mobility and Carbon Cycles"), ExxonMobil Production Germany, Gas de France GDF SUEZ E&P Germany (nowadays ENGIE), RWE Dea AG, and Wintershall
“Habilitation” (venia legendi for the German university system) (January 2014). Thesis entitled: “Rock alteration by hydrothermal fluids: fracture formation, sealing and fault-controlled dolomitization”
2008-2009: Postdoctoral research fellow at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Funded by ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Part-time teaching fellow (2008-2009) at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spanish Open University)
Research intern (2009) at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (Houston, USA)
2005-2008: PhD at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Cum laude PhD degree (highest possible grade). Thesis entitled: “Localization of deformation in ductile and anisotropic materials: field, experimental and numerical study”. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology
Research stay (2006) at the University of Tübingen
Part-time teaching fellow (2006-2008) at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spanish Open University)
2003-2005: MSc at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Matricula d’honor MSc degree (highest possible grade). Thesis entitled: “Shear bands in anisotropic materials: analogue modelling in coaxial deformation conditions”. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology
Research stay (2004) at the University of Saint Andrews
1997-2002: Licenciatura (5-year long degree, equivalent to MSc) in Geoscience at the University of Zaragoza
Erasmus grant 2000-2001 (full academic year) at Oxford Brookes University
Seneca grant 2001-2002 (full academic year) at the University of Salamanca