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Lines of research

There are four lines of research on the doctoral program:

  1. Environmental Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering – 30260004
  2. Environmental Edaphology – 30260002
  3. Applied Mineralogy – 30260001
  4. Soil-Water-Plant System – 30260003

Research Groups

Lines:

  • Pesticide and pollutant dynamics in natural soil/water/sediment systems
  • Synthesis, transformation and properties of minerals as potential filters for contaminated water
  • Influence of the addition of organic waste and associations

Researchers:

  • Celis García, Rafael
  • Cornejo Suero, Juan (Responsible)
  • Cox Meana, Lucia
  • Hermosín Gaviño, María del Carmen

Lines:

  • Contamination by trace elements in soils and sediments
  • Kaolins, geochemistry and genetic modelling
  • Clays: geology, mineralogy and applications
  • Pollution and environmental impact produced by mining
  • Industrial minerals and rocks
  • Diagnosis of alteration of stone materials in monuments and proposals for their conservation

Researchers:

  • Aparicio Fernández, Patricia
  • Brioso Beard, Ribbon
  • Galán Huertos, Emilio
  • González Díez, Isabel (Responsible)
  • You look at Ruiz, Adolfo
  • Romero Baena, Antonio J.

Lines:

  • Chemistry of potentially toxic metals
  • Controlled release pesticides
  • Recovery of contaminated soils
  • Soil contamination
  • Effect of the addition of organic waste on the performance of pesticides and in the availability of nutrients.

Researchers:

  • Florido Fernández, María del C.
  • Madrid Diaz, Fernando
  • Morillo González, Esmeralda (Responsible)
  • Undabeytia López, Tomás
  • Villaverde Capellán, Jaime

Lines:

  • Use of industrial crop residues
  • Lignocellulosic substrates
  • Lignin
  • Analysis of wood components and lignocellulosic materials
  • Carbon biogeochemistry, soil sequestration and sediments
  • Physical-chemical and structural characterization of organic fractions of soil and waste
  • Environmental geochemistry
  • Organic geochemistry of carbonaceous sediments

Researchers:

  • González Pérez, José Antonio
  • Of the Rosa Arranz, José María
  • Knicker, Heike Elisabeth

Lines:

  • Geochemistry, remote sensing and geographic information systems applied to the environment
  • Water quality control by multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing L.
    Archaeometry
  • Characterization and morphometry of ceramic materials

Researchers:

  • Forteza González, Matilde

Lines:

  • Optimization of bioremediation in soils
  • Sequestration processes of organic pollutants in soils
  • Bacterial mechanisms to increase bioavailability
  • Biodegradation of organic pollutants

Researchers:

  • Ortega Calvo, José Julio (Responsible)

Lines:

  • Geochemical evaluation of the potential toxicity in humans of the interactive phase mineral-body fluids
  • Application of mineralogy and geochemistry to paleoenvironmental studies
  • Optimization of preparation of peloids from mineral-medicinal waters and clays
  • Environmental influence on the degradation of historical heritage: diagnosis and conservation

Researchers:

  • Carretero León, María Isabel (Responsible)

Lines:

  • Land use
  • Soil classification
  • Soil erosion
  • Desertification
  • Soil hydrophobicity
  • Soil mapping
  • Soil evaluation
  • Effects of forest fires on soils
  • Ecological agriculture
  • Edaphic processes
  • Erosive processes
  • Soil / geomorphology ratio

Researchers:

  • Bárcenas Moreno, Gema María
  • Jordán López, Antonio (Responsible)
  • Martínez Zavala, Lorena

Lines:

  • Soil environmental quality
  • Soil mapping and classification
  • Soil biology and biochemistry
  • Waste treatment and use in soils
  • Integrated production and organic farming

Researchers:

  • Bejarano Bravo, María
  • Gómez Parrales, Isidoro Ángel
  • Osta Fort, Consuelo Paloma
  • Tejada Moral, Manuel (Responsible)
  • Bull Carrillo of Bathrobe, Mar

Lines:

  • Use of waste in agriculture: effects on soil, water and crops
  • Impact of trace elements on the soil-water-plant system
  • Waste characteristics
  • Nutrient and contaminant dynamics in soils and sediments
  • Water quality
  • Recovery of contaminated soils with trace elements

Researchers:

  • Burgos Domenech, María del Pil
  • Cabrera Capitán, Francisco de Paula (Responsible)
  • Fernández Boy, María Elena
  • López Núñez, Rafael
  • Madejón Rodríguez, Engracia
  • Madejón Rodríguez, Paula
  • Marañón Arana, Teodoro
  • Murillo Carpio, José Manuel

Lines:

  • Plant-water relations
  • Models of perspiration and photosynthesis similations
  • Regulated deficit irrigation and its effect on the harvest
  • Development of automatic irrigation controllers
  • Environmental impact of irrigation
  • Irrigation Economics

Researchers:

  • Fernández Luque, José Enrique (Responsible)

Lines:

  • Development of substrates from agroindustrial by-products and study of their suppressive effects against phytopathogens
  • Study of nutrient dynamics, cultivation techniques and integrated pest management

Researchers:

  • Ortega de la Torre, María del Carmen

Lines:

  • Proteomics
  • Enzyme Production
  • Protein hydrolysates (soluble enzymes and immobilized enzymes)
  • Plasma amino acid levels in various diseases
  • Enzyme production: submerged fermentation and solid state
  • Proteomic: filamentous fungi (Trichoderma) -> Elec

Researchers:

  • Parrado Rubio, Juan (Responsible)

Lines:

  • Methodologies of multicriteria analysis in natural risks applied to civil engineering
  • Natural risk management in relation to human development
  • Minerals in health and environment
  • Diagnosis and conservation of historical heritage
  • Geochemistry
  • Geographic information systems (GIS) applied to the study of the environment and historical heritage
  • Archaeometry
  • Engineering Geology and natural hazards. Applied cartographies
  • Natural hazards management and the right to development and to an adequate environment
  • Influence of the environment on material degradation processes
  • Studies of atmospheric emissions
  • Non-destructive techniques applied to the conservation of historical heritage

Researchers:

  • Vázquez González, María Auxiliadora

Lines:

  • Modified natural technologies for wastewater treatment
  • Wastewater and agriculture
  • Microalgae in wastewater treatment
  • Wastewater treatment by adding oxygen
  • Discharges and control of wastewater discharges
  • Wastewater Reuse

Researchers:

  • Vaz Pardal, María del Rosario (Responsible)

Lines:

  • Biological water purification
  • Water treatments
  • River water quality
  • Biological indicators
  • Water microbiology
  • Sewage sanitation
  • Water treatment for human consumption
  • Water engineering possible

Researchers:

  • Lebrato Martínez, Julián (Responsible)
  • Pozo Morales, Laura Concepción

Lines:

  • Regulation of amino acid synthesis in S. cerevisiae yeast to obtain super-productive strains
  • Typing and labelling of industrial yeasts
  • Contaminant detection in brewery
  • Improvement of industrial yeasts
  • Genetic polymorphism
  • Andalusian wine yeasts of Andalusia

Researchers:

  • Paneque Macías, Patricia