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Editorial and scientific responsibilities

Dr. Marisa Gallardo

  • Associate Editor of Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research.
  • Reviewer of scientific projects for the National Spanish Evaluation Agency ANEP (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva).
  • Member of the National committee of the Spanish Evaluation Agency ANECA for promotion of university professor (Oct 2012-present).
  • Member of conference scientific committee of Fith Conference of the Group of Fertilization of the Spanish Society of Horticultural Science on Fertilization and Environmental Sustainability (V Jornadas del Grupo de Fertilización de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Hortícolas, sobre Fertilización y Sostenibilidad Ambiental, Granada, Spain, 7-8 May 2014.

Dr. Francisco M. Padilla

  • Consulting Editor of Plant and Soil (Jun 2013-present).
  • Consulting Editor of Journal of Arid Environments (Feb 2013-present).
  • Guest Editor of Journal of Arid Environments for a Special Issue (May 2010-Jun 2011).
  • Evaluator of Research Projects withim the Preludium Program of the National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) of Poland (Mar-Apr 2015).
  • Member of conference scientific committee of III Scientific Congress of Young Researchers in Agrifood and IV Scientific Congress of Young Researchers of the University of Cordoba (III Congreso Científico de Investigadores en Formación en Agroalimentación y IV Congreso Científico de Investigadores en Formación de la Universidad de Córdoba), Córdoba, Spain, 18-19 November 2014.


Dr. Rodney B. Thompson

  • Editor-in-Chief of Agricultural Water Management (from Nov 2020).
  • Associate Editor of Agricultural Water Management (Jul 2014 – Jun 2017).
  • Member of Editorial Board of Agricultural Water Management (Feb 2011 – Jul 2014).
  • Associate Editor of Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research (Jun 2013 – Apr 2014).
  • Guest editor of Special Issue "Reducing contamination of water bodies from European vegetable production systems", in Agricultural Water Management.
  • Guest editor of Special Issue "Proximal Sensing for Nitrogen Management", in Sensors.
  • Coordinator of working group for Fertilisation and Irrigation of the European Vegetable Institutes Network (EUVRIN) (February 2016 – January 2019).
  • Deputy coordinator of working group for Fertilisation and Irrigation of European Vegetable Institutues Network (EUVRIN) (January 2019 – present).
  • Evaluator for EU Research Executive Agency (REA) (2020).
  • National coordinator for evaluation in the area of agriculture (Crop Production, Horticulture, Forestry, Crop Breeding) for the national Spanish evaluation agency ANEP (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva) (Jan 2014 - Mar 2015).
  • Member of Technical Working Group on Best Environmental Management Practice for the Agriculture (Crop and Animal Production) Sector, organised by European Comission's Joint Research Centre.
  • Member EIP focus group on Fertiliser efficiency  - focus on  horticulture in open field.
  • Member EIP focus group on Soil Salinisation.
  • Co-convenor (with Professor Guoyuan Zou, BAAFS) of the International Workshop of "Precise Irrigation and Fertigation Strategy for Northerm China, From Grrenhouse to Large-scale", held in Beijing, China. 2-6 September 2019.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of Greensys 2019. International Symposium on Advanced Technologies and Management for Innovative Greenhouses, Angers, France, 16-20 June 2019.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of XI International symposium on Protected Cultivation in Mild Winter Climates. Tenerife, Spain, 27-31 Jan 2019.
  • Member of organising committtee FERTINNOWA (EU project) conference, "Sharing fertigation best practices across Europe", Almería, Spain. 3-5 October 2018.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of S-33 International Symposium on Water and Nutrient Relations and Management of Horticultural Crops, International Horticultural Congress 2018. Istanbul, Turkey, 12-16 August 2018.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of Greensys 2017. International Symposium on New Technologies for Environment Control, Energy-Saving and Crop Production in Greenhouse and Plant Factory. Beijing, China, 20-24 August 2017.
  • Member of organising committee of "2017 Annual Meeting of EUVRIN (European Vegetable Institutes Network) Working Group on Fertilisation and Irrigation", Almería, Spain. 9-11 May 2017.
  • Member of organising committee of FERTINNOWA (EU project) conference, "Meeting growers needs: optimal management of irrigation and fertigation", Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Brittany, France. 12-13 October 2016.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of International Symposium: INNOHORT New knowledge for Integrated and Organic horticultural production, Avignon, France, 8-12 June 2015.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of The 5th International Symposium on Ecologically Sound Fertilization Strategies for Field Vegetable Production, Beijing, China, 18-22 May 2015.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of Fith Conference of the Group of Fertilization of the Spanish Society of Horticultural Science on Fertilization and Environmental Sustainability (V Jornadas del Grupo de Fertilización de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Hortícolas, sobre Fertilización y Sostenibilidad Ambiental, Granada, Spain, 7-8 May 2014.
  • Member of conference scientific committee of NUTRIHORT Nutrient management, innovative techniques ad nutrient legislation in intensive horticulture for an improved water quality conference, Ghent, Belgium, 16-19 September 2013.