Roger Seco joined IDAEA in December 2021 with a Talent Attraction contract in the frame of the Severo Ochoa project, in 2022 started a Ramón y Cajal contract, and in 2024 became a tenured scientist. He obtained his PhD at CREAF (Barcelona) before working at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of California Irvine (USA), and between 2018 and 2021 as an Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). His research has focused on the biogenic emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and how these are affected by temperature and drought stress in a variety of ecosystems ranging from northern tundra to Amazonian rain forests. In addition, he has studied how these VOCs affect the ecological communication between organisms and how they alter the atmospheric chemistry. He is an expert in analyzing the constituents of the atmosphere with online mass spectrometry, in particular with proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and in combining PTR-MS with the eddy covariance technique to measure ecosystem-scale fluxes of VOCs. At IDAEA, in addition to working on biogenic VOC flux studies, he plans on applying the expertise gained in natural sites to the urban environment – to measure the fluxes of trace gases and particles, i.e., how the city breathes.
A-Z Researchers
Roger Seco Guix
Permanent Researcher
- roger.seco@idaea.csic.es
- 932557687- int: 437910
- iD ORCID: 0000-0002-2078-9956
Summary
Latest publications
Alkyl-Chain Extension and Terminal Amine Substitution Shape Cardiotoxic Profiles of Methylenedioxy Cathinones in Zebrafish Embryos
Pharmaceuticals — 2026 — DOI: 10.3390/ph19081243
Integrated Assessment of Neurobehavioral and Cardiotoxic Effects of Pyrrolidine-Containing Cathinones in Zebrafish: Structural Determinants of Functional Safety Profiles
International Journal of Molecular Sciences — 2026 — DOI: 10.3390/ijms27073141
Volatile Organic Compounds in Rainwater: A New Frontier in Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions
2026 — DOI: 10.22541/essoar.177039014.41167469/v1
Analysis of the abundance and impacts of volatile organic compounds across Europe
Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science — 2026 — DOI: 10.1038/s41612-026-01378-9
Toluene early morning peaks as potential biogenic stress signals of Mediterranean forests
Environmental Science: Atmospheres — 2026 — DOI: 10.1039/d5ea00168d
Latest projects
PID2024-162194OB-I00
Investigación Sinérgica de Contaminantes Orgánicos en la atmósfera urbana
Start date: 01/09/2025 - End date: 31/08/2028
Measurements and modelling for advancing knowledge of NMVOC concentrations in urban air and associated emission sources in Berlin and Barcelona
UrbanVOC
Start date: 31/12/2024 - End date: 30/12/2027
PID2021-122892NA-I00
EMISIONES VOLATILES EN BOSQUES DE ABEDULES – MEDICION Y MODELIZACION DEL IMPACTO DEL ESTRES POR HERBIVORIA
Start date: 01/09/2022 - End date: 31/08/2026
