1 Academic background:

• Doctor en Ciencias Químicas. (FCQ-UNC). 2012-2017

• Licenciado en Química. (FCQ-UNC). 2007-2012

2 Work experience:

• Investigador posdoctoral en el Grupo de Química Atmosférica y Clima en el Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC. 2022-presente

• Investigador Asistente del INFIQC-CONICET. 2020-presente.

• Profesor Asistente de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (FCQ-UNC). 2020-presente.

• Investigador posdoctoral en el Instituto Interdisciplinario en Ciencias Básicas (ICB-CONICET), Mendoza, Argentina, 2017-2019.

3 Selected publications:

• Javier A. Barrera, Rafael P. Fernandez, Fernando Iglesias-Suarez, Carlos A. Cuevas, Jean-Francois Lamarque and Alfonso Saiz-Lopez. “Seasonal impact of biogenic very short-lived bromocarbons on lowermost stratospheric ozone between 60° N and 60° S during the 21st century”. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2020, 20, 8083–8102, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8083-2020.

• Rafael P. Fernandez, Javier A. Barrera, Ana Isabel López‐Noreña, Douglas E. Kinnison, Julie Nicely, Ross J. Salawitch, Pamela A. Wales, Beatriz M. Toselli, Simone Tilmes, Jean‐François Lamarque, Carlos A. Cuevas, Alfonso Saiz‐Lopez. “Intercomparison between surrogate, explicit, and full treatments of VSL bromine chemistry within the CAM‐Chem Chemistry‐Climate Model”. Geophysical Research Letter, 48, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091125.

• Javier A. Barrera, Maria de los Angeles Garavagno, Pablo R. Dalmasso, Raúl A. Taccone, Silvia I. Lane. “Atmospheric Chemistry of 3-methoxy-1-propanol and 3-methoxy-1-butanol: Kinetics with OH Radicals and Cl Atoms, Identification of the End-Products in the Presence of NO, Mechanisms and Atmospheric Implications”. Atmospheric Environment. 2019, 4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.056.

• Javier A. Barrera, Pablo R. Dalmasso, Juan P. Aranguren Abrate, Raúl A. Taccone, Silvia I. Lane. “Kinetic study of the OH and Cl-initiated oxidation, lifetimes and atmospheric acceptability indices of three halogenated ethenes”. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 73501. DOI: 10.1039/c5ra13589c.

• Javier A. Barrera, Douglas E. Kinnison, Rafael P. Fernandez, Jean‐François Lamarque, Carlos A. Cuevas, Simone Tilmes and Alfonso Saiz-Lopez. “Comparing the effect of Natural Halogens on Tropospheric Ozone Chemistry between Pre-Industrial and Present-Day ”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2022. In progress.