Staff

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.

European PRISMA project for drought risk management in agro-pastoral systems in West Africa.

Graduated in Agro-environmental Engineering, currently finishing a Master’s Degree in Agronomic Engineering.

I have worked as an intern at the Center for Innovation in Technology for Human Development (ITD) of the Technical University of Madrid, and I have also been engaged in a project of the Shire Alliance, whose aim is to achieve energy solutions to refugee camps located in Ethiopia.

I am currently starting my career as a researcher in the MORFEO project, being part of the COAPA research group in the chemistry and food technology department of the ETSIAAB (UPM). The line of the project which is being followed, is based on the management of organic fertilizers for the mitigation of nitrous and nitric oxide emissions in Mediterranean farming systems.

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).

I will collaborate with Ana Maria Tarquis during 4 months to use the remote sensing data in the mapping of landslide susceptibility.

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.

Graduated in Agricultural Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and student of the Master in Precision Agriculture at the same university.

He has worked as a GIS technician in the cleaning and gardening service INTERBLOQUES of the Madrid City Council.

Currently, he is researching on the sensitivity of Mediterranean grasslands to drought and heat waves through the application and evaluation of evapotranspiration models using remote sensing.

I had the opportunity to work as an associate researcher at the University of Girona during my final year of studies. I focused on conducting research for my thesis, which centred around the development and implementation of a smart automatic surface irrigation system in maize cultivation. The primary objective of the project was to investigate the advantages of utilizing such technology, particularly in terms of water usage efficiency, and to quantify the reduction in water consumption compared to traditional surface irrigation methods.

In the summer of 2023, I engaged in practical experience within a vineyard setting at Eccocowine, located in Girona. This opportunity was facilitated through a collaboration grant with the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Furthermore, I have been involved in several field tasks with the Forest Management Service of Catalonia, participating in collaborative efforts during the years 2019 and 2021.

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.