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Raul Medina receives the Juan María Parés 2024 Award from the UC: a scientific trajectory built as a team
The director of IHCantabria received yesterday this recognition, from the Social Council of the University of Cantabria, for a research career marked by scientific excellence and commitment to teamwork.
IHCantabria reaffirms its commitment to marine sustainability in the framework of World Environment and Oceans Days 2025
Plastic pollution, prediction of extreme meteo-oceanic events and marine emergency management are some of IHCantabria’s lines of work in projects focused on oceans and environment.
The Social Council of the UC recognizes with the Juan María Parés 2024 Award the research excellence and impact of Raúl Medina, inside and outside IHCantabria
More than 150 international projects, 200 scientific publications and 40 doctoral theses supervised endorse Raúl Medina’s scientific career, which has been dedicated to the advancement of coastal engineering and coastal protection.
IHCantabria successfully completes the final phase of a project to provide solutions to the flooding problem on the Malecón in Havana, Cuba
The project evaluated effective coastal protection alternatives through physical laboratory tests on a 2 km stretch of Havana’s coastline, which will benefit the heritage and population of the area.
European airports facing climate change: IHCantabria proposes climate risk archetypes to guide their adaptation
A study developed at IHCantabria analyzes the situation of 226 European airports and classifies 23 types of climate risk, whose consideration can improve strategic decision making.
IHCantabria launches DSSMARPLUS, an operational platform for trial support in BiMEP and Mutriku
La nueva plataforma digital DSSMARPLUS ya está operativa en las zonas de ensayo de BiMEP y Mutriku, ofreciendo predicciones ambientales, descarga de informes certificados y soporte técnico avanzado para la planificación y ejecución de ensayos en el medio marino.
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IHCantabria receives support from the State Research Agency to strengthen its capacity to attract international talent
The IHC_InnoGlobal project has been funded by the AEI, within the framework of the 2024 call for grants to facilitate the attraction of international talent in R&D institutions.
IHCantabria collaborates in the 1st General Assembly of EPOS-Spain to strengthen European scientific cooperation in the field of tsunamis
Numerous Spanish scientific institutions participated in this event, held on May 21 in Madrid, to address the various topics that make up the EPOS (European Plate Observing System) platform.
A new numerical model developed by IHCantabria will optimize the design of devices that capture wave energy
This work confirms the usefulness of computational modeling as a fast and accurate tool for designing and optimizing wave energy harvesters.
IHCantabria contributes to the management and access to marine biodiversity data, within the framework of the European project EMODnet Biology
This institute participated in the annual meeting of EMODnet Biology project partners, held recently in Tunis, and will host the next annual meeting, which will take place in Santander in May 2026.
With her Ramón y Cajal grant, Alexia González is developing a line of research that will contribute to the conservation and management of salmonids
Her work focuses on spatiotemporal patterns of biophysical features in river networks, and the connection between adjacent aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, with a nature-based solution-oriented approach.
IHCantabria initiates three-dimensional physical tests to evaluate solutions to flooding in the Malecón Tradicional in Havana, Cuba
The start of the 3D testing campaign is a key milestone in the development of the project “Complementary studies for the integral solution to flooding in the Havana Malecón”, which IHCantabria has been developing since the end of 2023.