uxafores

Personnel

UXAFORES is constituted by research lecturers including forestry engineers and agronomic engineers, biologists, chemists and pharmacists, as well as various student groups, support staff and several collaborators from different Spanish and foreign universities and research centres and companies. It is currently coordinated by Professor Esperanza Álvarez Rodríguez.

Principal investigators

Hired staff

  • ALONSO REGO, CECILIA

    Academic degrees

    • B.Sc. in Forestry Engineering and Natural Environment (USC, 2015)
    • M.Sc. M. Sc. in Forestry Engineering (USC, 2017)

    Position

    Researcher student (Galician Regional Government grant-holder), Department of Agroforestry Engineering

    Research topics

    • Forest fuels
    • Fire severity
    • Fire behaviour

    Tel. +34 982 823 315
    E-mail: c.alonso.rego@usc.es

  •  CASTRO FERNÁNDEZ, NOEL

    Academic degrees

    • Dual B.Sc. in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication (UC3M, 2019)
    • M. Sc. of Arts in Media and Communications (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2022)

    Position
    Management support technician, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry

    Research topics

    • Coordination of communication activities in educative projects
    • Social network and web pages. Dissemination videos

    E-mail: noel.castro.fernandez@usc.es

  • CELA DABLANCA, RAQUEL

    Academic degrees

    • B.Sc. in Forestry Engineering and Natural Environment (USC, 2018)
    • M. Sc. in Forestry Engineering (USC, 2021)

    Position

    USC Predoctoral researcher, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry

    Research topics

    • Soils
    • Heavy metals and antibiotics pollution
    • Use of bioadsorbents for depollute soils

    Tel. +34 982 823 145
    E-mail: raquel.dablanca@usc.es

  • FEIJÓO LOMBAO, BELÉN

    Academic degrees

    • M.Sc. in Architecture (Universidad de La Coruña, 2008)
    • M.Sc. in Structural Timber Engineering (USC, 2015)

    Position
    Research support technician (advanced), PEMADE

    Research topics
    Study of structural timber

    Tel. + 34 982 823 321
    E-mail mbelen.feijoo@usc.es

  • IGLESIAS CANABAL, ANDRÉS

    Academic degrees

    • B.Sc. in Energy Engineering (UVigo, 2018)
    • M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering (UHU, 2020)

    Position

    • Researcher, Department of Plant Production and Engineering Projects
    • PhD. student

    Research topics

    Evaluation of biomass properties used for energy purposes

    E-mail: a.iglesias.canabal@usc.es

  • LÓPEZ FERNÁNDEZ, MARIO

    Academic diplomas/degrees
    Technician diploma in Management and organization of natural and landscape resources (Escuela de Capataces de Lourizán)

    Position
    Assistant research support technician, Department of Agroforestry Engineering

    Current lines of work

    • Forest inventory
    • Forest fuels
    • Forest fires
    • Soils

    Tel. +34 982 823 315

    E-mail: mario.lopez.fernandez@usc.es

  • LORENZANA FERNÁNDEZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO

    Academic degrees
    M.Sc. in Architecture (Universidad de La Coruña, 2011)

    Position
    Research support technician (advanced), PEMADE

    Research topics
    Study of structural timber

    Tel.: +34 982 823 321

    E-mail: joseantonio.lorenzana@usc.es

  • PÉREZ ANTELO, M. ALMUDENA (PhD)

    Academic degrees
    Ph.D. in Biology (UAM, 1993)

    Position
    Management support technician, Department of Plant Production and Engineering Projects

    Current lines of work

    • R&D management
    • Administration support and human resources management
    • Website maintenance

    Tel.: +34 982 823 316
    E-mail: almudena.perez@usc.es

  • PORTELA BARRAL, MARÍA

    Academic degrees
    M.Sc. in Forest Engineering (USC, 2014)

    Position

    • Quality Manager, Laboratory of Structures Engineer, PEMADE
    • Ph.D. student

    Research topics
    Study of structural timber

    Tel. +34 982 823 628; +34 982 823 654
    E-mail: maria.portela.barral@usc.es

  • ROMAY RÍO, MARÍA FLORA

    Academic degrees

    • B.Sc. in Forestry Engineering and Natural Environment (USC, 2018)
    • M. Sc. in Forestry Engineering (USC, 2021)

    Position
    Research student (Galician Regional Government grant-holder), Department of Plant Production and Engineering Projects

    Research topics

    • Forest health
    • Alternatives for pest and disease control
    • Fungus-plant-insect interactions

    E-mail: mflora.romay@usc.es

  • VÁZQUEZ CELEIRO, MARÍA JESÚS

    Academic diplomas/degrees
    Technician diploma in Analysis and Basic Processes (IES Roberto Vidal de la Torre, 1998)

    Position
    Assistant research support technician, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry

    Current lines of work
    Soil analysis

    Tel. +34 982 823 145
    E-mail: mj.vazquez@usc.es

Collaborators

  • ÁLVAREZ TABOADA, MARÍA FLOR (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Professor, University of León

    Contact address
    Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica de Minas (Universidad de León)
    Tecnología Minera, Topográfica y de Estructuras
    Avd. de Astorga s/n, 24400 Ponferrada, León (España)

    Tel. +34 987 442 042
    E-mail flor.alvarez@unileon.es

  • AYRES, MATTHEW P. (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Full Professor, Dartmouth College

    Contact address
    Department of Biological Sciences
    Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 (USA)

    Tel. (603) 646-2788
    E-mail matthew.p.ayres@dartmouth.edu

  • BALUARTE VÁSQUEZ, JUAN ROMMEL(Ph.D.)

    Position
    Forestry analyst

    Contact address
    Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre
    Dirección de Inventario y Valoración
    Calle 7, nº 229. Urbanización Rinconada Baja. La Molina, Lima (Perú)

    Tel. + 0051 965 836 761
    E-mail jbaluarte@hotmail.com

  • BARRIO ANTA, MARCOS (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Full Professor, University of Oviedo

    Contact address
    Área de Ingenierías Técnicas
    Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas
    Escuela Politécnica de Mieres (Universidad de Oviedo)
    C/ Gonzalo Gutiérrez de Quirós, s/n, 33600 Mieres, Asturias (España)

    Tel. +34 985 458 047
    E-mail barriomarcos@uniovi.es

  • CASTEDO DORADO, FERNANDO (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Professor, University of León

    Contact address
    Escuela de Ingeniería Agraria y Forestal (Universidad de León)
    Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agrarias
    Campus de Ponferrada
    Avda. de Astorga s/n, 24400 Ponferrada-León (España)

    Tel. + 34 987 442 078
    E-mail fcasd@unileon.es

  • COELHO, GUSTAVO FERREIRA (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Proffessor, the State University of Maringá

    Contact address
    Universidade Estadual de Maringá UEM
    Av. Colombo, 5790 - Jd. Universitário
    CEP 87020-900 – Maringá, Paraná (Brasil)

  • CORRAL RIVAS, JOSÉ JAVIER (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Director of Institute of Forestry and Wood Industry -ISIMA, Juarez University of the State of Durango

    Contact address
    Instituto de Silvicultura e Industria de la Madera (ISIMA)
    Boulevard del Guadiana, 501
    Ciudad Universitaria
    34000 Durango (México)

    Tel. + 52 618 825 1886
    E-mail jcorral@ujed.mx

  • CORTI, GIUSEPPE (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Professor

    Contact address
    Polytechnic University of Marche
    Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Soil Science Division
    Via Brecce Bianche. 60131 Ancona (Italy)

  • CRECENTE CAMPO, FELIPE (Ph.D.)

    Position
    R+D+i delegate at "CERNA Ingeniería y Asesoría Medioambiental, S.L.P." consulting company

    Contact address
    CERNA Ingeniería y Asesoría Medioambiental S.L.P.
    Rúa Illas Cíes nº 52-54-56, Bajo. 27003 Lugo (Spain)

    Tel. +34 982 216 099
    E-mail felipe.crecente@cernaingenieria.es

  • DANS DEL VALLE, FRANCISCO

    Position
    Director of The Galicia Forestry Association -AFG

    Contact address
    Asociación Forestal de Galicia-AFG
    Rúa do Vilar, nº 33, 1º. 15705 Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

    E-mail: fdans@asociacionforestal.org

  • EXPÓSITO FERNÁNDEZ, ÓSCAR LUIS

    Position
    Executive director of "CERNA Ingeniería y Asesoría Medioambiental, S.L.P." consulting company

    Contact address
    CERNA Ingeniería y Asesoría Medioambiental S.L.P.
    Rúa Illas Cíes nº 52-54-56, Bajo. 27003 Lugo (Spain)

    Tel. +34 982 216 099
    E-mail administracion@cernaingenieria.es

  • FERREIRA, TIMOTEO CAETANO (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Internacional consultor, specialist in global Change and Natural Resources Management

    Contact address
    Travessa do Covelo, 61 - Vila Marim 5000-773 Vila Real (Portugal)

  • GÓMEZ GARCÍA, ESTEBAN (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Researcher at Lourizán Forestry Research Centre

    Contact address
    Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizán
    Departamento de Silvicultura y Mejora Forestal
    Carretera de Marín km 3.5, 36153, Pontevedra (Spain)

    Tel. +34 986 805 072
    E-mail esteban.gomez.garcia@xunta.es

  • GONZÁLEZ FERREIRO, EDUARDO MANUEL (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Assistant Professor

    Contact address
    Escuela Superior y Técnica de Ingenieros de Minas
    Dpto. de Tecnología minera, Topografía y de Infraestructuras
    Avda. de Astorga s/n, 24401 Ponferrada, León (Spain)

    E-mail egonf@unileon.es

  • GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, MIGUEL ÁNGEL (Ph.D.)

    Position
    PhD Researcher

    Contact address
    Guangzhou Institute of Geography
    Guangdong Academy of Science
    510070, Guangzhou (China)

    E-mail miguel@gdas.ac.cn

  • GONÇALVES, RAQUEL (Ph. D.)

    Position

    • Professor at the College of Agricultural Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
    • Leader of the research group Nondestructive Testing of Wood of the National Research Council of Brazil (CNPq)
    • Coordinator of the Nondestructive Testing Laboratory (LabEND) at UNICAMP

    Contact address
    Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola – FEAGRI
    Av. Cândido Rondon, 501 - Barão Geraldo
    13083-875 - Campinas/SP (Brasil)

  • GONÇALVES JÚNIOR, AFFONSO CELSO (Ph. D.)

    Position

    • Researcher and Associate Professor, The State University of Western Paraná-UNIOESTE
    • Coordinator of “Environmental Chemistry Laboratory”

    Contact address
    Universidad Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)
    Centro de Ciências Agrárias
    Rua Pernambuco, 1777. CEP 85.960-000 Marechal Cândido Rondon - PR – (Brasil)

  • GORGOSO VARELA, JOSÉ JAVIER (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Hired by Torres Quevedo Programme

    Contact address
    Föra forest technologies

    E-mail javier.gorgoso@fora.es

  • HEVIA CABAL, ANDREA (Ph.D.)

    Position
    Researcher at University of Huelva

    Contact address
    Universidad de Huelva
    Dpto. de Ciencias Agroforestales
    La Rábida, s/n, Huelva (España)

    E-mail andrea.hevia@dcaf.uhu.es

  • MERLO SÁNCHEZ, ESTHER (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Director and Manager of R&D Department of MADERA+ (technology-based firm)

    Contact address
    MADERA+ Calidad Forestal S.L.
    Amedo 5, 32708 Maceda, Ourense (Spain)

    Tel. + 34 685 825 640
    E-mail maderaplus@maderaplus.es

  • PEREIRA-ESPINEL PLATA, JAVIER

    Position
    Independent consultant

    Contact address
    Robur Ingeniería
    Quiroga Ballesteros Nº1, 1º, Lugo (Spain)

    Tel. +34 659 59 27 08
    E-mail roburingenieria@gmail.com

  • PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ, FERNANDO (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Chief Technology Officer

    Contact address
    Föra forest technologies
    C/ Eduardo Saavedra 38, Soria (España)

    E-mail: fernando.perez@fora.es

  • RÍOS TUBÍO, PABLO

    Position
    Researcher at NIBIO, LANDCARE, Bolan C and MyR projects

    Contact address
    Wageningen University and Research
    Forest and National Conservation
    6708PB Wageningen, Holland

    Tel. +34 671 806 885
    E-mail pablo.riostubio@wur.nl

     

  • RODRIGUEZ GARCÍA, JUAN CARLOS (Ph.D)

    Position
    Teacher at Secondary School IES Lucus Augusti

    Contact address
    IES Lucus Augusti
    Avda. Rodriguez Mourelo, s/n, 27002 Lugo (Spain)

    Tel. + 34 982 828 020
    E-mail juancarlos.rodriguez@edu.xunta.es

  • RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ, PATRICIA MARÍA (Ph.D)

    Position
    Principal investigator

    Contact address
    Forest Research Centre
    School of Agriculture-ISA
    University of Lisbon
    Edificio Azevedo Gomes, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon (Portugal)
    E-mail patri@isa.ulisboa.pt

  • RON CURRÁS, FERNANDO

    Position
    Manager at TRAGSATEC, S.A. company Northwest Territorial Unit

    Contact address
    TRAGSATEC, S.A.
    Oficinas Grupo TRAGSA
    Vía Pasteur 29-31. Polígono Industrial do Tambre. 15890 Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

    E-mail fron@tragsa.es

  • SAIZ RUEDA, GUSTAVO

    Position
    Associate Professor

    Contact address
    Química Ambiental
    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
    Avda. Alonso de Rivera 2850, Concepción (Chile)
    Tel.: +56 412 345 117
    E-mail: gsaiz@ucsc.cl

     

  • SOLLA GULLÓN, FERNANDO (Ph. D.)

    Puesto
    Head of exploitation, Bioenergy Department, at Forestación Galicia, S.A. company

    Contact address
    Forestación Galicia S.A.
    Calle Pablo Picasso 8-1izqda. 32002 Ourense (Spain)

    Tel. +34 619 704 284
    E-mail fernando.solla@foresga.es

  • STANKOVA, TATIANA (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Associate Professor at the Forest Research Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

    Contact address
    Forest Research Institute of B.A.S.
    132 "St. Kliment Ohridski" blvd. 1756 Sofia (Bulgaria)

    Tel. +359-2-962-04-47
    E-mail tatianastankova@yahoo.com
    Web www.tatianastankova.wordpress.com

  • VARGAS LARRETA, BENEDICTO (Ph. D.)

    Position
    Professor- “C” full researcher, Technological Institute of El Salto-ITES

    Contact address
    Instituto Tecnológico de El Salto (ITES)
    División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación
    Mesa del Tecnológico s/n, 34942 El Salto, P. N., Durango (México)

    Tel. +52 675 87 60239 ext.107
    E-mail bvargas@itelsalto.edu.mex

  • VON GADOW, KLAUS

    Honorary Doctorate awarded by the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu and the University of Santiago de Compostela

    Position

    • Retired Full Professor of Forest Management at the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen
    • Students guidance at Georg-August-University, Göttingen
    • Extraordinary professor at Faculty of Forestry, University of Stellenbosch in South Africa
    • Honorary Professorship awarded by the Chinese Academy of Forestry (Beijing)

    Contact address
    Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology
    Burckhardt-Institute
    Section Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing
    Büsgenweg 5 ,37077 Göttingen

    Tel. 49 551 393 472
    E-mail Kgadow@gwdg.de

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