FRANCESC FERRER
LabFerrer
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EDUCATION 1993 Ag Engineer (University of Lleida. Spain) 1995 MSc (Washington State University, USA) 1999 PhD (University of Lleida, Spain) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1999 - 2014. CEO of own SME Before 1999. Assistant professor at University of Lleida, MSc and PhD Fellowship researcher at UdL and WSU EXPERTISE * Crop systems and environmental biophysics modeling and simulation * Sensors and instrumentation: from the manufactuer to field installation procedures * Irrigation scheduling, soil water (soil water holding capacity and movement), salinity, soil water conservation, crop nutrition * On-farm Water footprint and efficiency indicators PARTICIPATION IN PANELS & EXPERT GROUPS * CEI/AMI 2009-2012 database (EU Comission for points 3.2, 3.3, 7.2, 17.1 and 17.3) * Member of the EU EIP WAter. Working action group "Ecosystem Services for agriculture" * Member of the Expert Panel VALERIE Project (www.valerie.eu) "Water Management in agriculture" PARTICIPATION IN EU PROJECTS SATSEN (2010-2012). Internet-based tool for irrigation management integrating wireless in situ sensors with satellite remote sensing measurements. EUROSTARS E!5519 ECOZEO (2011-2015). Developing a pool of novel and eco-efficient applications of zeolite for the agriculture sector. ECOINNOVATION FP7. Ref 282865 REC (2015-2019). Root zone soil moisture estimates at the daily and agricultural parcel scale for crop irrigation management and water use impact a multi-sensor remote sensing approach. MARIE-CURIE H2020 - MSCA - RISE - 2014