Staff

My research covers the assessment of agricultural and food system sustainability at multiple scales and time frames (from long-term studies to future scenarios). In particular, I have largely focused on the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions in Mediterranean agriculture, with special attention to their interactions with other environmental and social impacts and drivers, such as energy and nutrient cycles, or dietary patterns.

I work as postdoctoral researcher at the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM), at Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain). I had previously worked at Córdoba University (Spain) (2017-2018) and at Pablo de Olavide University (2012-2017), where I was hired by the international research project Sustainable Farm Systems.

Graduated in Agronomic Engineering and Agri-Environmental Engineering by the Technical University of Madrid. He is a PhD student of the Complex Systems degree. He has developed his professional career in the implementation of remote sensing techniques in agriculture.
In the same field of study, he has worked on different applications: bird’s population monitoring in the agricultural environment or water stress estimation of hedgerow olive orchards. Currently, his work focus on the study of vegetation indices time-series obtained from Mediterranean pasture grasslands.

P.hD in Agricultural Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (2013). Research and teaching in the area of Edophology and Agricultural Chemistry.

I have participated in different Research Projects on the effects of applying ZnO nanoparticles on agricultural ecosystems; the effects of fertilising with Zn and Cu chelates on the growth and food quality of different crops and its residual effect on the soil; or the effect of combined Zn-N fertilisation on cereals. I have also collaborated in other projects, studying the effect of crop captures on nitrate leaching, nitrogen use efficiency, soil quality, or the absorption and toxicity of metals from mixtures of metals in aquatic and terrestrial systems.

Dr. José Manuel Álvarez is an Agronomy Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Food Sciences at the Technical University of Madrid.

His research focuses on micronutrients’ effect on crop quality and agricultural pollution to identify agricultural practices with low environmental impact. Dr. Álvarez has been invited to participate in expert panels to produce technical reports for private companies. His research has proven to be relevant for the private sector due to the President of the AENOR (The Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification) Committee’s interest in fertilisers, amendments, and related issues.

His knowledge has been transferred to the productive sector, where he has worked on projects that are partly developed in the field with the participation of national and international companies. For several years he has given training courses to qualified personnel on controlling fertiliser management and environmental pollution, analytical control of agri-food products, and the characterisation and treatment of organic waste.

Double degree in Business Management and Finance with a Master in Bioeconomy (Universität Hohenheim, Germany). He has worked as an environmental consultant in Latin America and in research projects in Germany and Spain focused on agriculture and climate change. Currently pursuing a PhD in Water Management (Observatorio del Agua de la Fundación Botín).

Has participated in 19 R&D projects financed in public calls, two of which are European. He has also collaborated in 6 projects with companies, as principal investigator in four of them. As a result of these research works, he has participated in the publication of fourty-five publications in books and national and foreign journals (25 included in the SCI, 10 of which Q1) including:

Biological Wastes, Biomass, Environmental Technology Letters, Bioresource Technology, Agriculture Mediterranea, plant and soil, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Nutrient Cycling and Agroecosystem, Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, Scientia Agricola, Scientia horticulturae, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Water Management, European Journal of Soil Science, Biosystems Engineering.

He has participated in writing three books. Los residuos y sus riesgos para la salud. Naturación Urbana: Cubiertas ecológicas y mejora ambiental. Iniciación a la Ingeniería Agronómica.

A COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action member “Drylands facing change: interdisciplinary research on climate change, food insecurity, political instability” 2016.

Secretary of the UPM’s own Master’s Degree: Integral Water Cycle: Resource Planning, Quality, and Treatments.

Director of the Fertiberia Chair of Agro-environmental Studies.

Graduated in Agricultural Engineering. Master’s Degree in Strategies and Technologies for Development (UPM, UCM and itdUPM). Development of precision agriculture projects based on remote sensing with drones and satellites. Engineer at Unmanned Technical Works (UTW).

Pilar Baeza obtained her Ph.D. in Viticulture with her work “Tempranillo performance (Vitis vinifera L) under four Irrigation Training Systems.” The results helped establish the criteria and thresholds to decide the best training systems for commercial vineyards in warm climates.

She has also been involved in several research lines on irrigation (quantity and timing of the irrigation), whose results have been taken into account in developing the Irrigation Regulation for the DO Vinos de Madrid. Another research line has been on studying the agronomic response of varieties for their adaptation to warm climate. Lately, she has addressed the lack of sustainability in Spanish vine growing by proposing minimal pruning to increase water efficiency and sustainability in warm areas while keeping must composition unaltered. This involves changing the vineyard management paradigm, in aspects such as higher yields, higher water use, and more sophisticated technology, resulting in higher sustainability.

Currently, she is leading a study on minority cultivars in warm climates. She is also focused on precision viticulture to increase plant water status accuracy by increasing sample size and obtaining fast information with thermal and multispectral images. Results are not conclusive but are promising. She is also a vineyard consultant for private and public companies.

Mario Ballesteros has a PhD in Economics and Business from the UNED, a Master’s degree in Integrated Water Management from the University of Zaragoza and a degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Alcalá. Currently, he is part of the research team of the RECLAMO project, focused on the use of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation. In addition, he has participated in different European and national projects related to the implementation of the DMA in Spain, drought and flood risk management, investments in the urban water cycle and the water and health nexus in cities.

Isabel Bardají, is Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at the UPM and Director of CEIGRAM (Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks). She leads the Research Group of Agricultural Economics and Natural Resources Economics. She has more than 30 years of research experience focusing mostly on the analysis of Agricultural Policy and risk management. Has published more than 50 papers or book chapters, many of them in journals included in the JCR. She has participated, as researcher and / or principal investigator in more than 20 competitive national and international projects, and in more than 30 relevant contracts with public institutions. “

She is Associate Professor of agricultural economics and policy at UPM and Senior Researcher at CEIGRAM. BA in Agricultural Engineering, she earned a MSc in Economics and Management of Agricultural and Rural Development at the University of Montpellier (France) and a MSc in Policy and Public Choice in the Agri-Food Sector at the CIHEAM (France). She was awarded a European PhD in Agriculture and Natural Resource Economics at the UPM. Her research focuses on the intersection of agricultural and environmental economics with a special emphasis on water economics and the role of policy instruments in irrigation water management. She has participated in numerous Spanish and European research projects (Newater, Scenes, Mediation, Medpro, Robin, Protein2Food, MadForWater), and has been reviewer of H2020 projects for the European Commission. She is member of the management committee of the Action COST ‘Drylands for Change‘. Her work has primarily been in Europe and the Mediterranean region (North Africa countries), but she has also worked in Latin America.

Professor of agricultural and resource economics at UPM and senior researcher at CEIGRAM, with extensive experience in bioeconomic analysis. Senior researcher at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission in the period 2008-2010. Her research activity focuses on the economic analysis of public policies and, especially, on the analysis of agriculture-environment linkages and their implications on sustainability. With extensive international experience in the development and application of bioeconomic models (see CAPRI), she contributes to international modelling consortia and collaborates assiduously with national and international organizations (MAPA, European Commission, OECD, …) in the areas of policy impact assessment, circular bioeconomy and water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus. Its vocation is to make frontier research in agri-environmental economics compatible with the strategic development of bioeconomic models that contribute to designing policies and strategies for the transition towards sustainability.

Teresa Briz has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering and is a professor at the Technical University of Madrid. She teaches subjects related to Agricultural Marketing in several courses and degrees at the UPM.

She has participated in several research projects and has taught internationally and nationally (in different countries from the European Union, USA, and developing countries). Her interests are related to studying the food product value chain, consumer preferences, the environment, and organic products.

My research is based on the agronomic study of fruit trees, especially grapevine, olive, and pistachio ones. In these species I have studied the water relations to optimise water use to achieve high productivity and good fruit quality by measuring the tree’s physiological parameters and determining the soil’s water content. I have carried out fertilisation trials on grapevine and olive trees to study its effects. I have also studied parameters to characterise the hedge of these two species.

PhD. Agronomy Science (UPM). Manager of Spanish Wine Technology Platform (PTV), national entity for boosting innovation projects (R&D) in the vitivinicultural sector. Management of the Technical Commission of the PTV and its working groups at the national level. Representation (official acts) for the PTV at the international level. Member of the international jury of international wine contest, stakeholder member for European and international project committees in viticulture and winemaking.

He participates as an assistant lecturer in several programs and Master in Viticulture and Oenology (ULE, UFM and UPM) and he was a former professor at the UCAV.

Currently, he is a member of the Spanish Delegation of the OIV as an expert in Viticulture and has the institutional position of President of the Working Group for the Protection of the Vine and Viticultural Techniques (PROTEC) of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV). Member of the CST of the French Institute of Vine and Wine (IFV) and editor-technical scientific collaborator of the International Viticulture and Enology Society (IVES).

I have a degree in Agricultural Engineering and Science with a Double Master’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural, Food and Natural Resources Economics from the UPM. Currently, I am a PhD student in Agro-environmental Technology for Sustainable Agriculture program at UPM. My PhD Thesis deals with the adoption of new technologies for environmental risk management in agro-pastoral areas of West Africa. The main focus of the research is the development of an index based agricultural insurance for the area.

Paloma Esteve is a Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Business Management at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), and a researcher at the The Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM). She is an agricultural engineer and Doctor in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics from the UPM (2013). She has participated in national and European research projects from the European Commission’s Research Framework Program.

Her research has been developed in the field of agricultural and water economics, where she has worked on the development of hydro-economic models, vulnerability and analysis of adaptation to climate change, evaluation of agricultural and water policies, and participatory modelling, in Europe and developing countries in the Mediterranean and Latin American regions.

I joined the research group in viticulture in March 2019, since then I’ve participated in different projects. The main research lines are:

• GLOBALVITI (2016-2020): vineyard solutions to mitigate climate change effects. Assessement of diferente row orientation, high-altitud vineyards, training systems and pruning.
• TEMPEXPRES (2017-2020): modulation of the aromatic expression of Tempranillo in Castilla La Mancha based on new vineyard strategies like trellising systems, nitrogen fertilization, irrigation strategies and different harvest time.
• GOPHYTOVID (2018-2020): optimization of pesticide sprying by using vigour maps. Vineyard variability analysis through new technologies and new vineyard spryers.
• ECOPLUS XXI (2019-2021): new technologies applied to organic viticulture like remote sensing, new crop managemente techniques implantation, predictive models of pest and diseases and the use of mycorrhizae or new fertilization and plant protection products and techniques.

Sound experience from carrying out studies and evaluations on behalf of the EU institutions, and providing training on the functioning of the EU. Researcher, trainer and lecturer. Key areas of expertise include the Common Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, access to finance of the agriculture and agri-food sectors, investments in agriculture, global policy developments in agriculture, Risk Management, and Geographical Indications. Worked for EU institutions (European Commission and Council of the EU). Fluent in English, Spanish, Swedish and French.

Agricultural engineer and PhD by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. I have a permanent position as main researcher at the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) since 2017, but I have another 12 years of experience at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, University of Florida (USA, 2010) and Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium, 2012-2013).

My research lines have dealt with Sustainable agricultural systems, focusing on soil quality and carbon sequestration, water and nitrogen use efficiency and cover crops use in order to increase crop yield but reducing contamination problems, based on the use of field experiments proximal/remote sensors and simulation models. I have participated in 5 national projects (1 of them as IP), 4 European (1 of them as IP), 2 regional, and several internal projects and contracts with private companies as Fertiberia, EuroChem, Yara…

I am author of 30 SCI publications (Most of them in the Q1), editor of one book, more than 20 book chapters, 30 international communications, 10 nationals and some divulgation articles in stakeholder magazines. Moreover, I have been prized by the Fertiberia Company and by the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid for my PhD and by the SECH (Spanish Society for Horticultural Sciences) for my trajectory.

Graduated in Biology, with a master’s degree in Environmental Management and Biodiversity from the University of Córdoba, I have experience studying distribution patterns of plant biodiversity modelling and evaluating the impact of climate change on nature conservation through ecoinformatics tools.

Currently, I am starting my research career at the UPM through the AgroGreen-SUDOE project, with which it is intended to evaluate the effects of the agricultural industry on the environment, mainly based on fertilization and irrigation, and to promote new practices to improve sustainability in the agri-food sector in the southwest Mediterranean.

CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) researcher since 1986, European official in the Directorate General for Agriculture (1986-2015), member of the two Buckwell groups, member of the French Academy of Agriculture and the Academia dei Georgogilli, Spanish agricultural merit, and Official of the French agricultural merit. Cajamar ADN-Agro. Member of the Scientific Council of the Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and the Agrobiosciences Mission of the French INRA (National Institute of Agricultural Research). He is currently the Vice-Director of the Institute of Economics, Geography, and Demography.

Graduated in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) in 2013 and Masters in Agricultural Chemistry and new foods from the UAM in 2014.

I began working in the Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science in the UAM between 2014-2015 as part of a phytoremediation project for metal-contaminated mining environments. In the following two years, I worked as a research assistant in the ecotoxicology group belonging to INIA’s (National Institute of Agricultural Research) environmental Department in a project on ZnO nanoparticles’ effect on agricultural ecosystems. During 2018 I gave technical support to the official laboratory of plant health diagnosis of the Community of Madrid, located in IMIDRA (Madrid Research Institute and Rural, Agricultural and Food Development), to analyse field plant samples in response to the emergency actions for the outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa.

I am currently starting my pre-doctoral research at the ETSIAAB-UPM as a member of COAPA (The pollution of Agroecosystems by Agricultural Practices) group, taking part in projects related to the study of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in agricultural ecosystems.

Graduated in Chemistry (specialisation in Agricultural Chemistry) from the UAM in 1999 and Ph.D. from the Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Chemistry Program at the UAM in December 2005.

My teaching and research career are being developed in Edaphology and Agricultural Chemistry. I currently work as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Food Technology at the ETSIAAB-UPM, participating in competitive research projects and contracts with companies, which are related to the study of strategies to mitigate greenhouse gases and N-reactive in agricultural systems.

Agronomist and PhD in Rural Engineering (Polytechnic University of Madrid) with a Master in International Agricultural Development (University of California, Davis). From 2014 till 2021 she was a professor in Ecohydrology at the Technical University of Denmark and adjunct researcher at Columbia University at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

Her research focuses on understanding and modeling ecophysiological processes in crops and natural ecosystems, with emphasis on arid zones. She uses Earth Observation data, thermal, multi/hyperspectral remote sensing and, more recently, fluorescence, in models of evapotranspiration or primary productivity. In recent years she has led the independent research group supervising 2 postdocs and 7 PhD students as well as more than 35 Master and undergraduate theses.

She has been a consultant on Climate Resilient Agriculture for the United Nations (WFP and IFAD), participating in more than 30 projects as principal investigator or co-investigator. Since 2019 she is vice-chair of the International Commission on the Coupled Earth-Atmosphere System (IAHS), and is a reviewer for several national research agencies. Some of her publications (out of 43 SCI papers) have been featured in Nature Geosciences, or New Scientist. Monica is certified by the Spanish agency ANECA as “Profesora Titular”.

Professor of Agricultural Policy and Natural Resource Economics and Vice-Rector of Quality and Efficiency at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Has a Bachelor Degree (with MSc recognition) in Agricultural Engineering (1989), a Master’s of Science in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis (1992) and a Doctoral Degree in Agricultural Economics from the UPM (1996). Was a visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (2005-2006).

Maria has been a professor at the UPM since 2001. She teaches the cultivation of fruit and olive trees and directs the UPM Expert Olive Growing Course.

In her doctoral thesis (1998), she evaluated the response of vine varieties to water availability. While working at the University of Seville (1997-2001), she specialised in cultivating olive trees.  Her research activity focuses on developing irrigation strategies and the olive grove; she leads an interdisciplinary group on precision irrigation of fruit trees.

Her research results have been published in scientific articles and conferences. They have been transferred to the sector in national journals and conferences. The contracts that have been signed guarantee its intense activity with companies.

During the 2022-23 academic year, she spends a stay at CEIGRAM integrated in the GIR of Agricultural Economy and Natural Resources management to work as a researcher in the RECLAMO project financed by AEI and directed by professor Irene Blanco.

Its activity during this year will focus on the analysis and assessment of the use of reclaimed water in the CCRR of Murcia region through benchmarking methods and participatory processes with the main agents involved in the management and use of these waters.

Pre-doctoral researcher (TAPAS) from the Technical University of Madrid, with a Master’s Degree in Agricultural, Food, and Natural Resources Economics (UPM).

He has experience evaluating rural development programs through continuous assessment of Castilla and Leon’s rural development programme (2014-2020). He also has experience analysing the water, energy, and food nexus, and circular bio-economy due to his participation in the H2020 SIM4NEXUS Project. Also, he has worked as an analyst in the Peruvian Economic and Trade Office in Spain.

His motivation is to promote the transition to sustainability through research in circular bioeconomy, analysing agricultural and rural development policies compatible with the nexus.

Mario has a background in agriculture engineering, specialized in food economics for development. He has worked on food waste business opportunities and as a field engineer in Asia. Currently, he is doing his PhD on Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) at the Madrid Institute of Research, Rural Development, Food and Agricultural and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. His research covers a broad range of perspectives towards SFSCs, such as consumer attitudes, certifications or matchfunding schemes to foster innovation in SFSCs. He is alumni of the Youth Ag-Summit and member of the board of the Youth Alliance for Zero Hunger, an organization intended to increase youth engagement in policy making of high-level food policies.

Ph.D in Chemical Sciences from the UPM in 2006 (Distinction Cum Laude). Interim University Professor (2007-2017) and tenured since 2017. Member of the Research Group “Heavy Metals in the Agricultural Environment” of the UPM (2007-2014) and since 2014 a member of the group “Contamination of Agroecosystems by Agricultural Practices.”

I have participated in 7 research projects and published 23 research papers (15 in Q1) and four popular scientific articles. I have also contributed to 23 publications in congresses. I now have two six-year and two five-year terms.

My research work has been developed in the study of micronutrients (Zn and Cu) in soils and crops in incubation, greenhouse, and field experiments. I have carried out mobility studies (leaching) and the distribution of these micronutrients in different soil fractions and distribution and translocation in other parts of the plant. Currently, our research line is on the study of the effect of ZnO nanoparticles on soils and crops under the most realistic conditions possible (greenhouse, field). We also intend to extend the study to interactions with other nutrients and/or contaminants in agricultural systems.

My area of knowledge and research is related to agricultural systems and mitigation of greenhouse gas (nitrous oxide, N2O, carbon dioxide, CO2, methane, CH4), nitric oxide (NO) and ammonia (NH3) emissions. We have also assessed the effect of the mitigation practices on crop yield and quality. We have studied the use of different fertilizers (including nitrification and/or urease inhibitors), fertilization timing and rate, Conservation Agriculture practices (Conservation tillage and cover cropping), crop rotations and irrigation systems (including the interaction between irrigation and fertilization), as well as the interaction of nitrogen (N) with micronutrients such as zinc (Zn).

Merits: Best Academic Record Award (151st year Agronomic Engineers ETSIAAB UPM). 16 papers JCR. h-index: 10. Participation in 5 and 8 projects in competitive and non-competitive (two of them as co-IP) calls, respectively. Top Reviewer Award (2018, PUBLONS). UPM Doctoral Thesis Award (2017).

Professor of Agronomy and Crop ecology. PhD Agricultural engineering from Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Post-doctoral at University of Melbourne (Australia), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), and Assistant professor of Sustainable agriculture at Zamorano University (Honduras). Director of the Master program Strategies and Technologies for Development: Cooperation in a Changing World. General Secretary of the Innovation and Technology for Development Centre (itdUPM). Editor in chief at Spanish Journal of Agrosocial and Fishery Studies. Research on crop modeling and climate change, created software’s: DEHESA Model (agroforestry simulation model), and MOCA Model of cOffee Crop under Agroforestry.

Graduated in Environmental Engineer from Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia) with a master’s degree in Agro-Evironmental Technology for Sustainable Agriculture from UPM. Experience in water management and environmental impact assessment due to anthropogenic activities.

Currently, I am a PhD student at the ETSIAAB (UPM) focusing on determine and assess the principal factors that increase the atmospheric emissions, due to irrigation and nitrogen fertilization in agricultural soils.

Eva Iglesias is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics, and Business Management at the Technical University of Madrid.

She has advised and directed projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, the European Parliament, and several European and Latin American governments.

Her specialisations are in agricultural policy and environmental economics, focusing on water management, risk analysis, indexed agricultural insurance, and has recently focused her work on bioenergy and sustainable rural development studies.

She is a researcher at The Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM) and the Centre for Innovation and Technology for Human Development (CITDH-UPM). From 2012-2015 she was the Deputy Director of Quality Affairs and Academic Organisation in the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering, Food and Biosystems. She is currently the Vicepresident of the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economy.

Ana Iglesias is a Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the UPM. She is also a member of the Center for Agricultural and Environmental Risks of the UPM. Her research focuses on the interactions between global change, agriculture, and natural resources. She currently leads several EU projects related to environmental policy. Her work has been published in over two hundred papers and she has been contributing author to the IPCC since 1995. Since 2016 is a Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency (EEA).

PhD in biological sciences by Universidad Complutense de Madrid is focussed in the study of the sustainability of agricultural systems and their relationship with the nutrient biogeochemical cycles and greenhouse gas emissions. After his PhD he worked as coordinator of the Ecocampus Office at Universidad de Alcalá. After that he moved to France and the Netherlands where he worked at Sorbonne Université, CNRS and the Netherlands Environmental Agency (PBL) for almost 8 years. In 2018 he joined AgSystems, the research group led by Prof. Miguel Quemada, at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as Ramón y Cajal fellow.

He is still working at the global scale and today also studies the particularities of the Mediterranean agroecosystems with respect nutrient management, pollution and climate change by means of modelling and budgeting approaches. He is an expert of the European Nitrogen Experts Panel (EUNEP) and the European Commission Knowledge Hub on water and agriculture. He leads the task on nitrogen use efficiency of the global project of United Nations Towards INMS.

His H-index is 35 (WoS) publishing 69 JCR papers, being several of them “highly cited” or in “high-profile” journals like Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability and Nature Food. He is guest editor and associate editor in several impact journals.

Professor of viticulture in the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering, Food and Biosystems at the Technical University of Madrid.

He is the researcher in charge of the Viticulture Research Group and the Viticulture laboratory at the UPM.

Director and Professor of Viticulture in the Master of Viticulture and Enology, Technical University of Madrid.

Professor of Viticulture at EMAVE (European Master’s in Viticulture and Enology): Master Degree taught by the consortium of universities Montpellier Supagro, Enita de Bordeaux, Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, Fachbereich Geisenheim, Justus-liebig-universität Huyesen, Università Degli Studi Di Torino, Facoltà di Sgraria, Università Degli Studi di Padova, Facoltà di Agraria, Università Degli Studi di Udine, Università Degli Studi di Verona, Universidade Técnica de Lisboã and the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering, Food and Biosystems (UPM)

He collaborates as a professor of Viticulture in courses and seminars organised by various national and international organisations and companies.

Director of the Consultancy Firm Gestión Integral de Viticultura LTD. (GIVITI).

Coordinator of Viticulture and a member of the la Plataforma Tecnológica del Vino.

Collaborator in Wine Markets and their Distribution.

Jon I. Lizaso has professional degrees from three different universities: Central University of Venezuela (Agricultural engineering), The University of The Andes (Magister S Scientiarum), and Michigan State University (Ph.D.).

He researches Crop Systems and Crop Modelling. His research focuses on improving the understanding of the processes and impact of stresses on a crop field, incorporating his understanding into simulation models, mainly for corn and potatoes. He works with the DSSAT model system (https://dssat.net/), where he has developed the IXIM model, one of the two maize models available.

Doctoral Student: Modeling of Agroecological Systems for their Sustainable Management in Central America. Member of the AgSystems Agricultural Systems Group and the Center for Innovation in Technology for Human Development (itdUPM).

Telecommunications Engineer (UPM in 1998) and PhD in Complex Systems (UPM in 2017), I am currently an assistant PhD professor at the E.T.S.I.S.I (UPM). My teaching activity is linked to the area of Mathematics (calculus, algebra and statistics) and began at the European University of Madrid in 2017. My research activity is linked from the beginning to the techniques of segmentation and classification of digital images, mainly in applications for agriculture.

Inés Mínguez is Full Professor of Agronomy and Crop Physiology since 1991 at the ETSIAAB of the Technical University of Madrid. She has previously worked in the University of Córdoba. She has enjoyed sabbatical years in the UK at The Grassland Research Institute, and in Australia at The University of Melbourne and at the Crop Research Institute (SmartFarm), Horsham, where she has developed strong links with low-input farmers. Her research areas are water use, water use efficiency in crops, rainfed systems and has published scientific work on legume crops, rainfed systems’ rotations and sustainability, and climate change effects and adaptation in cropping systems. Her interests focus currently on new cropping systems such as intercropping (H2020 DIVERSify Project). She has held administrative and research as positions such as Seconded National Expert at DG-RTD, Deputy Vice-Rector Dean for Research, Development, and Innovation at UPM, Director of CEIGRAM, Advisor to the Ministry of Science and Innovation for International Programmes and EU Programmes.

Iñigo Molina received the Ph.D. from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in 2010. He is currently Associate Professor in the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and teaches remote sensing lectures in the Engineering Degree programs in Geomatics, Geospatial Information Technologies, as well as in the Master’s Degree in Geodetic Engineering and Cartography. His main research interest are Remote Sensing, Change Detection, analysis of biophysical variables, both in the optical and microwave domains, SAR interferometry (INSAR), Radargrammetry, as well as GNSS Reflectometry or GNSS -R.

Graduated in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, specialized in Atmospheric and Earth Physics. Over time my interests changed, focusing on the rural and agricultural environment. After my master’s degree in agro-environmental technologies for sustainable agriculture at the UPM, I’ve joined the research group in The Pollution of Agroecosystems by Agricultural Practices at the same University.

Graduated in Food Science and technology from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in 2014 and has a Master’s in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology from The Technical University of Valencia (UPV) in 2016. I am currently doing my Ph.D. in Agro-environmental Technology at the UPM:

My research is based on the study of the effects of fertilisation on greenhouse gas emissions and microbial communities, as well as the improvement of crop quality. I am also participating in teaching tasks within the Department of Chemistry and Food Technology at the ETSIAAB-UPM.

Associate Professor. He has combined teaching and research work with external professional activities such as the Technical Manager of Fungicides for Spain and Portugal in the Agrochemical Multinational Syngenta (2012-2015) and as Director of R & D (2006-2007) in the company Cyroprotector & Biotechnologies with a Torres Quevedo contract.

He is currently directing several studies and R&D projects linked to private companies. His line of work is mainly focused on biometeorology, and more specifically, on the relationship of plants to low temperatures, evapotranspiration, and energy balances in crops.

PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the UPM. Her research focuses on the study of the efficient use of agricultural inputs to identify sustainable farming practices (effects on crop production and quality, residual effect and potential polluting of soils and waters): evaluation of commercial micro fertilizers (Zn and Cu), recovery of organic waste in agriculture, and currently the study of the potential use of Zn nano fertilizers for improving agricultural production and nutrient use efficiencies.

Four recognised six-year periods. Scientific publications: 35 articles in WOS (22 in Q1). Informative articles in non-indexed journals, several book chapters, and 43 papers presented at national/international congresses. Participation in 13 publicly funded research projects and several collaborative research contracts with companies. Expert at the The National Agency for Evaluation and Forecasting (ANEP) in Agriculture and Earth Sciences. A reviewer for scientific journals (Geoderma, Science of the Total Environment, Plant and Soil, Journal of Environmental Management, etc.). Associate editor of INIA monographs (Environmental Series). Member of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Committee of Experts on Fertilisation. Participant in the public-private research consortium AGRISOST.

Alicia Palacios Orueta has a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid and an MSc. and Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of California at Davis (UC Davis). She is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Madrid.

In recent years her research has focused on developing new spectral indices and applying statistical analysis of remote sensing time series in a geographical context.

She has extensive international experience, with stays in reference centres abroad. She has directed six PhDs and is currently directing 4. She has also directed numerous end of degree projects as well as end of Master projects.

I am a Ph.D. student interested in the use of remote sensing technology to increase the sustainability of agricultural practices. I am working in different field experiments to evaluate the potential of spectral and thermal imagery to reduce environmental pollution by adjusting irrigation and fertilization to crop requirement.

Biologist from the University of Alcalá (UAH-2015) with a Master’s degree in Oenology, Viticulture and Wine Marketing from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM-2016). I obtained my PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences carrying out my work as a researcher at the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of Ciudad Real (UCLM), School of Mining and Industrial Engineering of Almadén (UCLM), Estación Experimental del Zaidín of Granada (CSIC) and Le Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (Orleans, France). I currently enjoy a postdoctoral contract Margarita Salas.

My research has focused on the study of tolerance mechanisms against oxidative stress produced by different stresses in plants, collaborating in agricultural projects and phytoremediation technologies of mining lands. Additionally, I also collaborate in research on the evaluation of soil quality through the use of biological indicators.

My research has centred on the physiological study of fruit trees, with special emphasis on olive and pistachio trees and their water relationships. In this sense, I have worked on optimising Controlled Deficit Irrigation (CDI) and biosensors for irrigation programming. Strategies that seek the sustainability of the system and the improvement in the quality of production. I have researched the fruit’s morphological development in both olive and pistachio trees to optimise the CDI.

Ivanka Puigdueta Bartolomé has a degree in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences and Geomorphology from the University of Rouen (France) and a Master’s degree in International Relations and African Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Since 2016 she has been working in the field of environmental sustainability in agri-food systems. Previously she has worked in the international cooperation sector. Her main interest revolves around climate change mitigation and the reduction of carbon footprint through the definition of strategies to promote responsible consumption, a subject on which she is developing her doctoral thesis. In 2020 she joins ICATALIST team to develop FooDTURAMA project. FooDTURAMA is a tool designed to help citizens in their decision-making processes around food, providing science-based information about the environmental impacts of different options.

University Professor in the Department of Agricultural Production at the Technical University of Madrid since 2008.

In the last 20 years, his research lines have focused on developing strategies based on water and nitrogen management that allow for the mantainence of the sustainability of farming systems in current and future conditions. He has coordinated several national and international projects and participated in numerous agreements with fertiliser companies ( EurochemAgro, YARA, etc.) and Agri-Food companies (PEPSICO, ECCYSA). He was the coordinator of the SIRENA Network of Scientific Excellence and has participated as an expert on different national and international scientific panels, such as the European Panel of Experts on Nitrogen (EUNEP).

Professor Quemada has a h-index WoS rating of 42 and has published 45 SCI articles since 2013, 92% of which have been published in Q1 journals.

Environmental Science bachelor. Currently doing my doctoral thesis on the water use efficiency and nutrients in herbaceous crop rotations.
The choice of the agricultural sector to carry out my doctoral thesis is not a matter of chance; it is due to my great environmental vocation and specialization in recent years in this sector. I am very interested in looking for solutions for the agricultural world, intending to minimize resources and achieve efficient and sustainable productions.

Industrial engineer and PhD. I am a researcher at UPM, where we manage and carry out National and European projects not only for the National government but also for companies (EuroChem Agro GmbH, Fertiberia, etc). We use state of the art methods, taking advantage of Big data techniques, to research on mitigation of GHG and other pollutants (NOx, NH3, etc) emissions, with experimental trials under real conditions. I have developed a highly analytical and statistical approach and great skills on programming languages and database science. Also, I am a chemistry teacher of the agronomy engineer school, ETSIAAB (UPM).

Laura Recuero is a forestry engineer at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She is a PhD student since 2015 at the same university. Her research line is focused on remote sensing time series analysis to assess vegetation dynamics.

“Agricultural Engineer from the National University of Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia), Master’s Degree in Hydrology and Water Resource Management from the UAH and URJC and PhD in Agri-Environmental Technology for Sustainable Agriculture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain (2020).

During his training as an engineer, he has participated in research projects at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Mississippi State University MSU (Starkville, Mississippi): developing a modelling software tool of soil infiltration, evaluation of BMP’s strategies in agricultural areas and modelling of agricultural watersheds. During his professional development, he has designed irrigation projects in South America (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile) in agricultural areas (> 100,000 ha) and irrigation in gold and copper leaching piles. He was a professor of the courses: Irrigation and Drainage, Hydraulics of pipes and open channels, climatology and agricultural mechanization at the University of Applied and Environmental Sciences UDCA (Bogotá, Colombia).

During his postgraduate training, he carried out his project entitled “Preliminary modeling of the CEGA-ERESMA-ADAJA management system by means of SWAT model” doing part of the work that he developed at the IMDEA Agua Institute and at CEIGRAM for the European project “Towards multifunctional agricultural landscapes in Europe: Assessing and governing synergies between biodiversity and ecosystem services (TALE) “of the JOINT BIODIVERSA / FACCE-JPI 2013-2014 call”.

I am a laboratory technician in Analysis and Quality Control and a graduate in Environmental Sciences.

I currently collaborate as a laboratory technician and research assistant in the COAPA group, which focuses on strategies for mitigating greenhouse gases from agricultural practices, working in the above-mentioned research lines.

I previously collaborated in CIEMAT (Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research) in the area of Environment, working with the conservation and recovery of contaminated soil unit, participating in analysis activities and characterisation of soil, monitoring of field and greenhouse test, and doing additional training in ISO 17025.

More than 10 years of experience working in research projects, related with the impacts of climate change on agriculture, and crop adaptation. Computer Engineer and PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (2020) at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, with a Thesis focused on designing a methodology able to handle the uncertainty present in climate change studies and therefore improving the results applicability and facilitating decision making.

Currently working on N modelling and balances for the Spanish agri-food system, and teaching mathematics as assistant professor at the UCLM since 2014.

Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering (European Doctorate) from the Technical University of Madrid. Author or co-author of over 40 publications in indexed journals, including articles in PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Science Advances Global Change Biology, etc.

Leader and participant in numerous national and international projects. Coordinating the Spanish participation in the MACSUR project “Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security,” in which more than 70 institutions participate from 18 countries. Guest speaker at scientific meetings organised by agricultural research organizations, such as the INIA or the French INRA.

PROMETEO researcher selected by the Government of Ecuador in 2014. Manager in collaboration with the EIT Climate-KIC of a summer school at UPM for young entrepreneurs on “nature-based-solutions” and climate services. Scientific collaborator at the State Research Agency.

Master in Economics Applied to Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (2012). Agricultural Engineer, specialized in agricultural economics (2010).

As an engineer doctor, I combine Spanish and European research projects with research contracts for companies or official bodies. I have done important work in the study of agricultural risks related to climatology and hydrology. I study agronomic problems with complex mathematical tools (eg, fractality) and advanced field procedures (such as image analysis). I work with multidisciplinary teams. Three six-year research terms, the last one granted on 06/13/2016 (a new one will be requested this year).

Agricultural Engineer with a Master in Climate Change (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral) and a Master in Agro-Environmental Technology for Sustainable Agriculture (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). He is currently doing an Industrial Doctorate with Quasar Science Resources.

My research focuses on remote sensing as a tool to obtain time series at different spatial and temporal resolutions, for the analysis of different spectral indices.

I graduated in Chemistry in 2001 from the UAM. I interned in the Department of animal production at the UCM; on research projects related to the contamination and proliferation of microalgae in natural areas. In 2008, I received my Ph.D. in Science from the UPM, with studies in N2O mitigation from agrosystems.

I currently continue to research the effects of agricultural practices on greenhouse gas and reactive nitrogen emissions as a University Professor and member of the COAPA group through various public and privately funded projects.

My research activity, in addition to being focused on the study and analysis of mitigation strategies for N losses associated with agricultural production under real field conditions, is focused on an exercise of increasing scales, both temporal and spatial. The use of process models, together with the experimental data obtained during my research activity, is allowing estimates of agro-environmental impacts, in the medium and long term, in various agricultural systems and under different management strategies.

In addition, I have sought a more integrated vision of a complex problem such as GHG emissions in the agri-food system and other nitrogenous compounds and their mitigation. Without abandoning the generation of quality empirical data at the plot scale, I have led other studies focused on the provincial, hydrographic basin, national and large region (Mediterranean) levels. I have delved into methodologies such as meta-analysis, modeling and nutrient balances. In addition, I am especially interested in the impact that changes in habits, both in production and consumption, can produce on the increase in the sustainability of agri-food systems, at different scales. As a result of this work, I have published 60 contributions in JCR journals, with a WoS h-index of 27 and 2261 citations according to Web of Science (February 2022). Accredited by ANECA as University Professor (January 2022, RD 415/2015).

Since 2009 I have participated in 20 competitive research projects at national and international level. In recent years I have been the Principal Investigator of three competitive projects with the aim of studying and proposing management strategies for agroecosystems that lead to lower agro-environmental impacts. I highlight the European project AgroGreen-SUDOE (https://agrogreensudoe.org/) of which I am IP. I have participated in 14 research contracts with companies in the sector (coordinating 8 of them). My research activity through international projects and research stays has woven a dense international research network with groups from more than 10 countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Kenya, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Ethiopia, Germany, Netherlands and China). Active member of international initiatives linked to my field of work such as “The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases” and the global initiative “INMS: Towards the Establishment of an International Nitrogen Management System”. IPCC Reviewer. Passionate about the scientific dissemination of science to society.

A biologist with experience in botany, ecology, fieldwork, and geographic information systems (GIS). Great capacity for analysis, coordination of different tasks, experimental design, used to working in a team, and adaptable to new environments.

I have mainly carried out my work on vegetation analysis with statistical methods, spatial analysis, and species distribution models, which make it faster to learn and achieve objectives—significant education experience in biological and geological sciences.

Hired Professor Doctor of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Business Management. She has a doctorate in Agricultural Economics, a Master’s in Finance and a Master’s in Economic Growth and Sustainable Development and a researcher at the Research Center for Agricultural and Environmental Risk Management (CEIGRAM). She participates in lines of research on the resilience and sustainability of European agricultural systems and the design of rural development policies. She has previously participated in research projects on water and food security at an international level. She has experience in the application of quantitative and qualitative multi-stakeholder methodologies.

Ph.D Agricultural Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (1974). He has been a professor of Economics, Agricultural and Food Policy, Rural Development and Food Security in the ETSIAAB-UPM. He was the director of CEIGRAM-UPM from December 2016 to May 2019. He also promoted the idea of its creation together with the Minister of Agriculture between 2003 and 2004.

He has advised different national governments in Latin America, Spain, Italy, and the EU Commission, a consultant for international agencies (FAO, BID, IICA) and advisory boards of international institutions and EU research projects. He has worked for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington as an expert in Rural Development. Between 2007 and 2011, he was Assistant Director-General of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department of FAO and Assistant Director-General of the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

In 2019 he was appointed to the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), the science-policy interface of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS).

He has supervised 6 doctoral theses (PhDs) and published more than 100 papers and 15 books on agricultural economy, agricultural reform policies, water management, agricultural policy, environmental economics, rural and territorial development, and international food markets’ volatility, and the world food crisis.

University Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the UPM.

Her main scientific interest focuses on applying powerful mathematical tools in agriculture and the Environment to face problems differently and observe how much progress can be made. This has created an interdisciplinary approach to all of the issues she addresses. In this sense, besides applying traditional statistics and modelling, she has studied scaling laws in several soil and time-series studies, Barabasi networks, and machine learning techniques in image classification problems.

Degree in Economics, with a Master’s Degree in Agricultural, Food and Natural Resource Economics and a PhD student in Agro-Environmental Technology for Sustainable Agriculture. I have experience in agro-industrial projects to improve the quality and productivity of the sector; rural development, technological inclusion and gender.

I am currently working on the creation of an Information System for the management of agri-environmental risks aimed at small farmers. This is done through the generation of a Data Lake on the agri-food sector, the use of satellite images and the application of Machine Learning models to be able to give small farmers tools that allow them to make informed decisions.

I’m a Systems Engineer with a Master in Geographic Information Technologies, interested in applying technological, Geographical, and mathematical tools in Environmental Sciences. My work focuses on environmental modeling using spatial and remote sensing data. In recent years, I’ve focused on the analysis of land use and land cover changes, spatial assessment of ecosystem services, and fractal analysis of natural and human-induced processes. These analyzes have allowed me to make inferences about patterns and processes that occur on the Earth’s surface at different spatio-temporal scales.

Deputy Director of the School of Statistics (1989-1991)

Director of the Department of Statistics and Operations Research II of the UCM (2009-2013)

Claustral and Counselor of the Complutense University of Madrid (2018-present).

Currently Professor of the Faculty of Statistical Studies. Department of Statistics and Data Science and associated with CEIGRAM.

Prof. Vallejo has been PI of 8 National projects focused on studying the effect of N use efficiency in crops systems. Additionally, I have also led 2 EU projects (IP of Spanish partner), several projects of Madrid Community and, since 2009 I am leading the Consortium Agrisost. During the last 10 years, I have obtained private funds from fertilizers enterprises (Fertiberia, Agrotain, EurochemAgro, Fertinagro, etc) via annuals contracts which has allowed us to improve our material equipment as well as the research team. From 1990, we have collaborated in projects evaluating N leaching under field experiment. His results along this period conclude that irrigation rate affected more to the NO3 leaching losses than the type of N. Since 2000, he has been working in the evaluation of N oxides emission from crop systems, deepening in the mechanism and processes which control these emissions. With the knowledge gained, it is possible to recommend strategies of mitigation based on agricultural practices. He has published 94 SCI papers, 73 in Q1, 7 en Q2, el resto en Q3 y Q4. His h index is 46 (Web Sci)

Adrián holds a Master’s degree in Forest Engineering from the Technical University on Madrid and a Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Change from the National University of Quilmes and the National University of Jujuy, with the support of UNEP. He also studied at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala (Sweden), thanks to an Erasmus Scholarship, and carried out research for this Master’s Thesis in Chile at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso in collaboration with the Federico Santa María Technical University, thanks to a Magalhães/SMILE Scholarship.

He currently works at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) in the NDC ASPECTS project. Prior to joining BC3, he worked as an intern at the Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use (AFOLU) Unit within the Transparency division of UNFCCC, providing support to the intergovernmental climate change process on issues related to land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), agriculture and REDD+. He also worked in urban forestry, landscape forest restoration and environmental consultancy, and collaborated in the Global Forest Survey project of FAO.

Graduated from the Double master’s degree in agronomic engineering and agrarian, food and natural resource economics.

She worked in the “Global Evaluation Pilot program of trends in the tree cover / land use of the drylands” of FAO based on the digital analysis of the vegetation cover of the planet, she also carried out internships for three months in the soils laboratory of IMIDRA, where the different plant covers of the olive grove were studied to reduce erosion. Subsequently, she occupied the position of secretary at the Fertiberia Chair for Agri-environmental Studies, conducting price analysis, the Chair’s report, accounting and organizing the 12th session of the Chair “Fertilizers, vision 2030”.

Currently, she takes part of the Beacon project, whose objective is the development of an observatory for the sustainability of the Spanish Agrifood Sector.

Morris Villarroel Robinson, BSc in Biochemistry and Ph.D. in Biology from McGill University (Montreal, Canada). He is an Associate professor at the ESTIAAB-UPM and a specialist in animal welfare in several species, but in particular in fish.

He has been the President of the Spanish Aquaculture Society (SEA, 2009-2011). He is the Secretary of the Spanish Union of Animal Science Entities (UEECA) and the Spanish Society for the Protection and Welfare of Animals (SEPROBA).

Graduated in Mathematical Sciences in the specialty of Statistics and Operations Research. She has a doctorate from the National Distance University (UNED). She currently teaches at the Faculty of Statistical Studies in the subjects of Sample Design and Quality Improvement.

Her research has focused on the application of various statistical methodologies in the area of process quality control and extreme weather events. Along these lines, she has developed control chart methodologies in the evaluation of extreme temperatures and droughts.

Professionally, she has participated in various contracts with companies to carry out work on climatic risks in woody and herbaceous crops.