Prof. Jordi Colomer Feliu. Department of Physics, University of Girona, and Catalan Institute for Aquatic Research, Girona, Spain. 

Living projects:

• PlastikHUM (2022-2025): Accumulation of microplastics in wetlands. Transport and zonation of microplastics.

  The goal of Plastikhum is to identify the hydrodynamic processes—sedimentation, turbulence, currents, hydraulic residence time, and compaction in the sediment—that define the dynamics and accumulation of PM in wetlands. Establish the significance of the system's key components, including the lagoons, distinctive macrophytes, sediment, and salinity level, in the capture and behavior of MPs. Look for the horizontal and vertical patterns connected to the wetlands' potential to act as an ecological buffer for MP retention. MPs should come up with pollution mitigation strategies.

• Plastics Monitoring Detection Remediation Recovery (COST ACTION, 2022-2026).

  PRIORITY is a science and technology research network focused on developing, implementing, and consolidating strategies to tackle the global challenges of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment. PRIORITY stands for ‘Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY’. PRIORITY is a science and technology research network focused on developing, implementing, and consolidating strategies to tackle the global challenges of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment. PRIORITY aims to enhance the technical standards for sampling and analysis of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment, to develop a more reliable assessment of exposure and biological effects, and to advance activities in terms of environmental remediation and recovery. The Action will support the harmonization of European regulation associated with microplastics. It will assist the European Commission in critical aspects of environmental and ecosystems protection, food safety, and life science.

• COORE (2022-2026) is the application of cross-educational cooperative and reflective approaches to foster, develop, and entail Sustainable Development Goals.

• Our research deals with the application of the principles for ESD at all levels of education, according to the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, under the premises of ethics of solidarity, equality, and mutual respect among people, countries, cultures and generations. We work with educational institutions to empowering individual and group reflection on one’s own actions to foster current and future social, cultural, economic and environmental understanding and impacts, to activate participation both locally and globally and to reframe complex situations through a sustainable basis.

• LIFE BIODAPH2O (2022-2026): Eco-efficient system for wastewater tertiary treatment and water reuses in the Mediterranean region.

  LIFE BIODAPH2O is a demonstration project which main objective is the scaling-up and implementation of an eco-efficient nature-based tertiary wastewater treatment (BIODAPH) at two demo sites located in water-stressed regions of the Mediterranean area. This system will produce reclaimed water that will contribute to diminish discharges of pollutants in freshwater ecosystems and to promote agricultural reuse. The BIODAPH system, previously developed in the Innoqua project (GA 689817), is based on the depuration capacity of biological organisms: water fleas (Daphnia), microalgae and biofilms of removing pollutants (nutrients, organic carbon, suspended solids, pathogens, heavy metals, emerging and priority pollutants, and micro plastics). This compact and low-energy consumption system does not produce sludge nor use chemicals for its operation.

  The implementation of this system at Quart WWTP, Spain, will reduce the impact of secondary wastewater discharges in the River Onyar while improving the chemical and ecological quality of aquatic ecosystems in this river allowing the standards set in Water Framework Directive of the EC (Directive 2000/60/EC) to be reached. In the case of Greece, the BIODAPH system will be implemented adjacent to the Antissa WWTP in Lesvos, which features modular units of the up flow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion, constructed wetlands, and an UV unit, which are being put into operation as part of the Hydrousa project (GA 776643). These modular treatments will allow BIODAPH system to be tested in different configurations to obtain reclaimed water in accordance to EU Regulation 2020/741 to irrigate 7,000 m2 of nearby agricultural land. 

• WINDERS (2023-2025): The role of wind-induced sediment resuspension in the eutrophication processes of the Mar Menor.

  We propose to conduct research in the Mar Menor, the largest coastal lagoon in the Iberian Peninsula and in its watershed. Many studies have been conducted in this coastal lagoon, addressing aspects such as the hydrogeology, hydrodynamics, biology, ecology and socio-economy. The lagoon is also an ideal model because the system is subject to important anthropogenic pressures that have resulted in a degradation of its ecological status, including tourism, agriculture (intensively irrigated crops in the watershed, the Campo de Cartagena) and a historic mining exploitation (Sierra de Cartagena-La Unión). In addition, in recent years (2016 and 2021) there have been several eutrophication processes due to the massive entry of nutrients whose origin is unknown and that we hypothesize in this project that may be related, at least partially, with the resuspension of sediments. The Mar Menor is subjected to intense sedimentation processes caused by summer thermal winds and, in autumn, by intense storms linked to "cold drop" events.

5-year Publications and Featured publications (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) on:

1: Coastal processes and sedimentology

1. Marianna Soler, Teresa Serra, Andrew Folkard, Jordi Colomer. Hydrodynamics and sediment deposition in turbidity currents: comparing continuous and patchy vegetation canopies, and the effects of water depth. Journal of Hydrology, 594, 125750, 2021.
2. Aina Barcelona, Jordi Colomer, Marianna Soler, Nuno Gracias, Teresa Serra. Meadow fragmentation influences Posidonia oceanica density at edges of nearby gaps. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 249, 107106, 2021.
3. Teresa Serra, Estel Font, Marianna Soler, Aina Barcelona, Jordi Colomer. Mean residence time in a lagoon surrounded by a shallow vegetated foodplain. Hydrological Processes, 35, e14065, 2021.
4. Aina Barcelona, Carolyn Oldham, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra. Functional dynamics of vegetated model patches: the minimum patch size effect for canopy restoration. Science of the Total Environment, 148854, 2021.
5. Teresa Serra, Mario Morellón, Marianna Soler,  Blas L. Valero-Garcés, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Jordi Colomer. Decreasing pockmark hydrodynamics in Lake Banyoles (NE Spain) due to recent warming and reduced rainfall. Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies, 37, 100913, 2021.
6. Aina Barcelona, Teresa Serra, Jordi Colomer and Carolyn Oldham. Fate of sediment plume particles within a canopy: a laboratory investigation. Coastal Engineering, 169, 103972, 2021.
7. Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra. The world of edges in submerged vegetated marine canopies: from patch to canopy scale. Water, 13, 2430, 2021.
8. Teresa Serra, Marianna Soler, Aina Barcelona, Jordi Colomer. Suspended sediment transport and deposition in sediment-replenished artificial floods in Mediterranean rivers. Journal of Hydrology, 609, 127756, 2022.
9. Aina Barcelona, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra. Stem stiffness functionality in a submerged canopy patch under oscillatory flow. Scientific Reports, 13:1904, 2023.
10. Aina Barcelona, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra. Spatial sedimentation and plant captured sediment within seagrass patches. Marine Environmental Research, 188, 105997, 2023.
11. Teresa Serra, Jordi Colomer. Scavenging of polystyrene microplastics by sediment particles in both turbulent and calm aquatic environments, Science of the Total Environment, 884,163720, 2023.
12. Mirco Mancini, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra, Luca Solari. Suspended sediments mediate microplastic sedimentation in unidirectional flows, Science of the Total Environment, 889, 164363, 2023.
13. Mirco Mancini, Luca Solari, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra. Retention of microplastics by interspersed lagoons in both natural and constructed wetlands. Journal of Water Process and Engineering, 53, 104559, 2023.
14. Aina Barcelona, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra, Damboia Cossa, Eduardo Infantes, The role epiphytes play in particle capture of seagrass canopies, Marine Environmental Research, 106238, 2023.
15. Teresa Serra, Jordi Colomer, Ivar Zekker, Sedat Gundogdu, Nanna B. Hartmann, Stefania Federici, Milica Velimirovic. Exploring the tiny world of microplastics with simple tools, Frontiers for Young Minds, 12(1390723), 2024.
16. Aina Barcelona, Teresa Serra, Jordi Colomer, Eduardo Infantes. Shrimp habitat selection dependence on flow within Zostera marina canopies. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 108858, 2024.
17. Marianna Soler, Jordi Colomer, Andrew Folkard, Teresa Serra. Interactions between vegetation, sedimentation and flood inundation levels in wetlands, Marine Environmental Research, 2024.
18. Mirco Mancini, Jordi Colomer, Luca Solari, Teresa Serra. Shear induced remobilization of buried synthetic microfibers. Environmental Pollution, 361, 124864, 2024.
19. Mariana Soler, Florian Pohl, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra. Transport and sedimentation of microplastics by turbidity currents in dependency on suspended sediment concentration and grain size. Environment International, 195, 109271, 2025.
20. Teresa Serra, Marianna Soler, Jordi Colomer. Sedimentation patterns from turbidity currents associated to hydrodynamical transport modes. Sedimentary Geology, 476, 106802, 2025.
21. Bartolomé Morote Sánchez; Jordi Colomer; Marianna Soler; Javier Gilabert; Valentí Rodellas; Jordi Garcia-Orellana; Teresa Serra. Aquatic deoxygenation associated with resuspension of anthropogenic organic matter. Water Research, 278, 123327, 2025.
22. Mirco Mancini, Simona Francalanci, Teresa Serra, Jordi Colomer, Luca Solari. Modelling the settling velocity of microplastics in a sediment water mixture. Environmental Pollution, 372, 126071, 2025.
23. Mirco Mancini, Marianna Soler, Jordi Colomer, Luca Solari, Teresa Serra. Synthetic microfibers driven by turbidity currents: from smooth bed to macro roughness. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 221, 118509, 2025.
24. Teresa Serra, Mirco Mancini, Luca Solari, Marianna Soler, Jordi Colomer. Sedimentary rates driven by turbidity currents flowing over gravel and vegetated beds. Sedimentary Geology, 489, 106978, 2025.
25. Teresa Serra, Laura Guardiola, Jordi Colomer. Infiltration of microfibers in sediment beds in moderate-to-high-turbulent aquatic environments. Environmental Science and Technology, 59, 26115-26123, 2025.
26. Teresa Serra, Marianna Soler, Jordi Colomer. Microplastic beaching dependence on sediment grain size. Frontiers in Water 1768053, 2026.

27. Teresa Serra, Mirco Mancini, Laura Guardiola, Luca Solari, Jordi Colomer. Beyond resuspension: turbulence-drivem microplastic infiltration across bed sediments in shallow waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials (submitted), 2026.

2: Sustainable Education

1. Dolors Cañabate and Jordi Colomer. Pedagogies for sustainable development. Methodologies and competences for healthy, active, ethical, and sustainable futures (Invited chapter book and Editor, Book). Graó, 1-18, 2021.
2. Jordi Colomer, Dolors Cañabate. Cooperative Learning for Sustainable Development and Education, ISSN 2071-1050 Sustainability (Guest Editor), 2021.
3. Monique M.J. Engelbertink, Jordi Colomer, Kariene Woudt-Mittendorff, Ángel Alsina, Saskia M. Kelders, Sara Ayllón and Gerben J. Westerhof. The reflection level and the construction of professional identity of university students. Reflective Practice, 22 (1), 73-85, 2021.
4. Jordi Colomer and Dolors Cañabate. Locating cross-educational approaches to develop SDGs, Sustainability, ISSN 2071-1050 (Guest Editor), 2021. 
5. Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra, Remigijus Bubnys and Dolors Cañabate. Formulating modes of cooperative learningfor education for sustainable development,Sustainability, 13, 3465, 2021.
6. Jordi Colomer, M. Eugènia Gras, Teresa Serra, Dolors Cañabate. Driving self-regulation through self-reflection: a longitudonal study, Reflective Practice, 22(5), 727-740, 2021.
7. Aušra Kazlauskiene, Ramute Gaucaite, Dolors Cañabate, Jordi Colomer, and Remigijus Bubnys. Sustainable development of students' assumed responsibility during participatory action-research, Sustainability, 13(18), 10183, 2021.
8. Dolors Cañabate, Remigijus Bubnys, Lluís Nogué, Lurdes Martínez-Mínguez, Carolina Nieva and Jordi Colomer. Cooperative learning to reduce inequalities: instructional approaches and dimensions, Sustainability, 13(18), 10234, 2021.
9. Dolors Cañabate, M. Eugènia Gras, Teresa Serra and Jordi Colomer. Cooperative approaches and academic motivation towards enhancing pre-service teachers’ achievement, Education Sciences, 11(11), 705, 2021.
   
10. Tomas Butvilas, Remigijus Bubnys, Jordi Colomer and Dolors Cañabate. Dependence of socio-emotional competence expression on gender and grade for K5-k12 students, Education Sciences, 12, 341, 2022.
11. Teresa Serra, M. Eugènia Gras, Dolors Cañabate, Jordi Colomer. Fostering cognitive control through reflection in scientific writing, Reflective Practice, 10.1080/14623943.2023.2210064, 2022
12. Marcel Bassachs, Teresa Serra, Dolors Cañabate, Remigijus Bubnys and Jordi Colomer. Multimodal approaches to math and physical education within cooperative learning to enhance social attitudes. Sustainability, 14, 16961, 2022.
13. Dolors Cañabate, M. Eugènias Gras, Laura Pinsach, Javier Cachón and Jordi Colomer. Promoting cooperative and competitive physical education methodologies for improving launch's ability and reducing gender differences. Journal of Sport and Health Research, 3, 15, 2023.
14. Joan Puiggalí, Montse Tesouro, Dolors Cañabate, and Jordi Colomer. Fostering perceptions of gender through cooperative learning. Education Sciences, 13, 10, 976, 2023.
15. Dolors Cañabate, Remigijus Bubnys, Esther Fernández and Jordi Colomer. A rubric for preservice teachers to evaluate meaningful physical education. Frontiers in Education, 8, 1324349, 2024.
16. Tong Zhou and Jordi Colomer. Cooperative learning promoting cultural diversity and individual accountability: a systematic review. Education Sciences, 14(6), 567, 2024.
17. Cañabate, D., Rodríguez, D., Kunde, K., and Colomer, J. Cooperative videodance learning categories for pre-service teachers’ development. Research in Dance Education, 1–15, 2024.
18. Butvilas, T., Zilinskiené, D., Bubnys, R., Colomer, J., Cañabate, D. and Masoodi, M. Metacognitive awareness, knowledge and regulation of cognition factors among Lithuanian university students. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 6, 5, 1469-1485.  https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-02-2023-0069, 2024.
19. Lluís Nogué, Jordi Colomer, Lurdes Martínez-Mínguez, Dolors Cañabate. Psychomotricity fostering preschool pupils long-term pupils' long-term memory. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 56, 101714, 2025.
20. Tong Zhou, Dolors Cañabate, Shunan Zhang, Jordi Colomer. Students' achievement through peer to peer and student to Physical teacher interdependences. Retos, 66, 1-14,  2025.
21. Tong Zhou, Dolors Cañabate, Remigijus Bubnys, Brigita Staniküniené, and Jordi Colomer. Collaborative learning, cooperative learning, and reflective learnig to foster sustainable development. Review of Education, 13, e70065, 2026.
    1. 1. Tong Zhou, Shunan Zhang, Dolors Cañabate, Jordi Colomer. Applying self-determination theory in physical education: A Systematic Review, Retos, 69, 1016-1038, 2025.
       2. Tong Zhou, Remigijus Bubnys, Lauras Grajauskas, Dolors Cañabate and Jordi Colomer. Modes of self-reflection in physical education instruction. Frontiers in Education, 10, 1645817, 2025.
       3. Dolors Cañabate, Jordi Colomer, Esther Hernández, Lluís Nogué, Marta Planas, Carol Puyaltó, Carme Trull, Tong Zhou. Brealing up the class walls for a cooperative, interdisciplinary and community learning (in Catalan). Documenta Universitaria, ISBN 978-84-8458-764-4 (Universitat de Girona). ISBN 978-84-9984-727-6 (Documenta Universitaria), 2025.
       4. Gintuaté Žibeniene, Tomas Butvilas, Remigijus Bubnys, Jordi Colomer, Raimonda Tameliene. Between Action and Awareness: Exploring Reflective Pathways in Preschool Education. 16, 206,  Education Sciences, 2026.
       5. Tong Zhou, Teresa Serra, Dolors Cañabate and Jordi Colomer. Developing low-carbon educational practices to enhance environmental awareness among pre-service teachers, Sustainability, 2026.
       6. Tong Zhou, Jordi Colomer, M. Eugènia Gras, Remigijus Bubnys and Dolors Cañabate. Cyclical reflection on physical education instruction influences preservice teachers’ critical transformation. Journal of Education for Teaching, 2026.
       Tong Zhou, Yihang Huang, and Jordi Colomer. Complex world into complex classrooms: fostering systems thinking in education. (submitted to Review of Education), 2026.
       1. Tong Zhou; Xingliang Wu; Jordi Colomer. Tertiary students' self-development through microlearning: perceived usefulness and perceive ease of use, 2026.
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3: Nature based Solutions

1. Narcís Pous, Aina Barcelona, Luca Sbardella, Manuela Hidalgo, Teresa Serra, Jordi Colomer, and Victòria Salvadó. Zooplankton-based reactors for tertiary wastewater treatment: a pilot-scale case study. Journal of Environmental Management, 278, 111538, 2021.

2. Victòria Salvadó, Manuela Hidalgo, Narcís Pous, Teresa Serra and Jordi Colomer. Daphniafilter: a nature-based tertiary system, Chapter Book, in Innovative Wastewater Treatment Technologies - The INNOQUA Project, Bumbac, C.; Dussaussois, J-B., Schaal, A.; Tompkins, D. (Eds), ISBN 9781680837803, Now Publishers, Boston-Delft, 2021.

3. Narcís Pous, Aina Barcelona, Luca Sbardella, Oriol Gili, Manuela Hidalgo, Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra and Victòria Salvadó. Vermifiltration and zooplankton integration as a nature-based solution for wastewater treatment. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 4, 100153, 2021.

4. Sergi Magester, Jordi Colomer, Aina Barcelona, and Teresa Serra. Vertical distribution of microplastics in water bodies cause sublethal effects and changes in Daphnia magna swimming behaviour. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 228, 113001, 2021.

5. Teresa Serra, Aina Barcelona, Narcís Pous, Victòria Salvadó, Jordi Colomer. Disinfection and particle removal by a nature-based Daphnia filtration system for wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process and Engineering, 50, 103228, 2022.

6. Ana Marizzi, Manuela Hidalgo, Victòria Salvadó Jordi Colomer, Teresa Serra, Julio Cesar López, Jessica Subirtas, Mònica Escolà, Víctor Matamoros. Holistic Assessment of Chemical and Biological Pollutants in a Mediterranean Wastewater Effluent-Dominated Stream: Interactions and Ecological Impacts. Environmental Pollution, 370,125833, 2025.

7. Teresa Serra, Fabiola Vilaseca, Jordi Colomer. The chronic effects of polyethylene terephthalate and biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate microplastics on Daphnia magna Environmental Research, 274, 121281, 2025. 

8. Ana Agustín, Jordi Colomer, Manuela Hidalgo, Victòria Salvadó and Teresa Serra. A predictive model to evaluate the impact of reclaimed water from a NbS in a river under water scarcity conditions. Submitted to Journal of Water Process and Engineering, 78, 108719, 2025.

9. Ana Agustín, Jordi Colomer, Manuela Hidalgo, Victòria Salvadó and Teresa Serra. Asssessment of a NbS for ...., Journal of Environmental Management (submitted), 2026.