Partner 26 – UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA, Carretera Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería (Spain)
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UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
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| Profile | The University of Almeria (UAL) is a research-education oriented public university, founded in 1993. It is a non-profit organization and has currently 34 degrees available, including 854 professors. Today it has more than 13,000 students, including 600 doctorate students. A total of 30 departments (125 research groups) are devoted to research and training. In addition to the research work of the departments, the UAL has 7 research institutes. The UAL’s researcher had got projects from different International Programmes. Some of the most important are IV Framework Programme (9 projects), V Framework Programme (3 projects), VI Framework Programme (6 projects),VII Framework Programme (11 projects) and Horizon 2020 (10 projects). The UAL has a portfolio of patents with 78 Spanish patents, 14 international applications, 2 protected plant varieties and 2 utility models. There are 22 Spin-offs created from technology or research conducted at the University institution. |
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| Institute website | www.ual.es | ||
| Role in the project | Study Site 15 coordinator | ||
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| Dr. Julián Cuevas González | Tel: +34 950 015559 |
Professor of Pomology at the University of Almería. Expert in Physiology of flowering and fruiting, especially in Mediterranean and Subtropical fruit crops |
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| Dr. Virginia Pinillos Villatoro | Tel:+ 34 950214106 |
Agronomist specialist in management techniques (especially deficit irrigation) for improving fruit quality and productivity in fruit crops |
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| Dr. Juan José Hueso Martín | Tel: +34 950 580 548 |
Agronomist engineer specialist in plant physiology, water relations and crop production in fruit trees. |
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| Dr. Fernando del Moral Torres | Tel: +34 950 015 924 |
Ph Dr. in Biology and graduate in agriculture engineering. Specialist in soil science, mainly soil contamination and restoration and soil fertility. Special interest in soil physical fertility. |
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| Dr. Yolanda Cantón | Tel:+34950015959 |
Biologist interested in understanding how dryland soils function. Expert in the role of soil surface components (especially biocrusts) on runoff and erosion at multiple spatial scales. |
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| Dr. Emilio Galdeano-Gómez | Tel: +34 950015171 |
Economist, specialist in agricultural economics, rural development and environmental economics, with special interest in water management and renewable energy |
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| Dr. José A. Aznar-Sánchez | Tel: +34 950 015192 |
Economist, specialist in rural sustainable development, environmental economics, agricultural economics and policy. |
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