Associate Professor
After earning my Environmental Science degree (1998-2002) from the University of Granada (UGR), I worked for a short period in the private sector (2003-2004) managing environmental and quality rules (ISO 14000/2004, 9001/2000) in civil construction UC10, S.A. In 2004 I was awarded a selective doctoral grant by the Andalusian Regional Government to develop my thesis in the University of Granada's Applied Physics department (2008) focused on land-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) exchanges in karst systems using different techniques. Then, I obtained the Spanish Ministry Mobility Postdoctoral fellowship to work in Belgium at the University of Antwerp in the research group of plant and vegetation ecology (PLECO; 2009-2010) and a “Juan de la Cierva” fellowship at the CSIC-EEZA in Almería (Spain) (2010-2013). After finishing this fellowship, at the end of 2013, I was awarded a contract from the UGR for 5 years (Plan Propio de la UGR,”Incorporación de jóvenes doctores a nuevas líneas de investigación”) in the Ecology department.
My research papers span research lines from inter-annual variability of (turbulent) net ecosystem CO2 and water vapour exchanges and their underlying processes, to the effect of management on the ecosystem’s C sink and technical papers improving the eddy covariance methodology. My doctoral thesis opened a new line of research regarding CO2 cycling in semi-arid lands, concerning subterranean storage and ventilation of gas-phase CO2 and its role in net carbon exchanges. Finally, I am currently leading a new line of research in the Ecology department about greenhouse gases (GHG) flux measurements using the eddy covariance technique, including not only CO2 and water vapour but also CH4 exchanges
Research group.
Terrestrial Ecology.
Research project as Principal Investigator.
- Vulnerability of biodiversity and climate services in Iberian alpine communities of mountain National Parks. (IBERALP). PN2021-2820s. ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA: Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales. CUANTÍA: 76.008 €. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: investigadora principal.
- Seguimiento integrado del intercambio de gases de efecto invernadero y aerosoles entre atmósfera y ecosistema en tierras secas: técnicas de teledetección y eddy covariance (INTEGRATION3). PID2020-117825GB-C21. ENTIDAD Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad fundamental. DURACIÓN: 09/2021-08/2025. PI: Penélope Serrano Ortiz y Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado. CUANTÍA: 197.230 €. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: Coordinadora e investigadora principal.
- LifeWatch-ERIC European Research Infrastructure Consortium by the. Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/499. ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA: European Commission. DURACIÓN: 2021-2024. IP: Regino Zamora (dpt. Ecology. University of Granada. Spain). CUANTÍA: 6.052.480 €. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: Coordinadora del WP3.
- Estudio de los balances de carbono y agua en ecosistemas gestionados para su adaptación al cambio climático (ELEMENTAL). CGL2017-83538-C3-1-R. ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad fundamental. DURACIÓN: 01/2018-12/2020. PI: Penélope Serrano Ortiz Y Juan Luis Guerrrero Rascado. CUANTÍA: 121.000 €. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: Coordinadora e investigadora principal.
- Hacia el balance integrado de gases de efecto invernadero en ecosistemas nacionales de alto impacto social y económico (GEISpain). CGL2014-52838-C2-1-R. ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad fundamental. DURACIÓN: 01/2015-12/2018. PI: Penélope Serrano Ortiz y Andrew S. Kowalski. CUANTÍA: 163.350 €. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: Coordinator and Principal Investigator
- InGOS: Integrated non-CO2 Greenhouse gas Observing System (Project Code 284274). ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA: European Commission (FP7). CUANTÍA: 7999999€ (con incentivos regionales). 31.847€ for the University of Granada. PI: Alex Vermeulen, ECN (Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland). DURACIÓN: 01/2010-6/2013. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: Investigadora Principal por parte de la Universidad de Granada
- The effect of global warming on the role of wetlands as carbon sinks: a comparison between semi-arid warm and humid temperate sites (PRI-AIBDE-2011-0824). ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. DURACIÓN: 01/2012-12/2013. PI: Penélope Serrano, EEZA (CSIC). CUANTÍA: 4000€. TIPO DE PARTICIPACIÓN: Investigadora principal.
Contracts as Principal Investigator.
- Calibración, Aplicación y Validación del modelo VPRM¿ en Andalucía (Contrato 3248 a través de Fundación Empresa). ENTIDAD: Consejería de Medio Ambiente (Junta de Andalucía). INVESTIGADOR PRINCIPAL: Penélope Serrano Ortiz. DESDE: 01/2009 HASTA: 12/2009. FINANCIACIÓN: 20851€
- Red de observación sistemática de los flujos de carbono y energía en ecosistemas terrestres en España (II). ENTIDAD: Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo; Universidad de Granada. INVESTIGADOR PRINCIPAL: Penélope Serrano, Universidad de Granada. DESDE: 012/2008 HASTA: 03/2009. FINANCIACIÓN: 10000€
Selected publications.
- The temporary effect of weed-cover maintenance on transpiration and carbon assimilation of olive trees Aranda-Barranco, S., Serrano-Ortiz, P., Kowalski, A.S., Sánchez-Cañete, E.P. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023, 329, 109266.
- Effects of herbaceous covers and mineral fertilizers on the nutrient stocks and fluxes in a Mediterranean olive grove. Marañón-Jiménez, S., Serrano-Ortiz, P., Peñuelas, J., A. Meijide, S. Chamizo, A. López-Ballesteros, J.L. Vicente-Vicente, E. Fernández-Ondoño. European Journal of Agronomy, 2022, 140, 126597
- Disentangling Turbulent Gas Diffusion from Non-diffusive Transport in the Boundary Layer Kowalski, A.S. , Serrano-Ortiz, P. , Miranda-García, G. , Fratini, G. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2021, 179(3), pp. 347¿367
- Transition Period Between Vegetation Growth and Senescence Controlling Interannual Variability of C Fluxes in a Mediterranean Reed Wetland Serrano-Ortiz, P. , Aranda-Barranco, S. , López-Ballesteros, A. , ... Meijide, A. , Kowalski, A.S. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2020, 125(1), e2019JG005169
- Soil-meteorological measurements at ICOS monitoring stations in terrestrial ecosystems. Maarten Op de Beeck, Bert Gielen, Lutz Merbold, Edward Ayres, Penelope Serrano-Ortiz, Christine Moureaux, Sara Marañon-Jimenez, Matthew Saunders, Simone Mereu, and Lukas Hörtnagl. International Agrophysics, 2018, 32(4), pp. 619¿631
- Net ecosystem CO2 exchange in an irrigated olive orchard of SE Spain: Influence of weed cover Chamizo, S. Serrano-Ortiz, P. , López-Ballesteros, A. , ... Vicente-Vicente, J.L. , Kowalski, A.S. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2017, 239, pp. 51¿64
- Ecological functioning in grass-shrub Mediterranean ecosystems measured by eddy covariance Serrano-Ortiz, P. , Oyonarte, C. , Pérez-Priego, O. , ... Morillas, L. , Domingo, F. Oecologia, 2014, 175(3), pp. 1005¿1017
- Post-fire salvage logging reduces carbon sequestration in Mediterranean coniferous forest Serrano-Ortiz, P. , Marañón-Jiménez, S. , Reverter, B.R. , ... Zamora, R. , Kowalski, A.S. Forest Ecology and Management, 2011, 262(12), pp. 2287¿2296
- Hidden, abiotic CO2 flows and gaseous reservoirs in the terrestrial carbon cycle: Review and perspectives Serrano-Ortiz, P. , Roland, M. , Sanchez-Moral, S. , ... Goddéris, Y. , Kowalski, A.S. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2010, 150(3), pp. 321¿329