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Marisa Gallardo

(Full Professor/Researcher)

Currently I am full professor at the Department of Agronomy, University of Almeria in Almeria, Spain. My current teaching activity focusses on irrigation shceduling in greenhouse vegetable crops and crop modelling with applications for water and N management, most of my teaching is at Masters level. My current research activity is mostly focussed on crop modelling and the optimization of water and N management in vegetable crops grown in Mediterranean greenhouses. My PhD at the University of Cordoba, Spain was on the agronomic performance and water relations of the new cereal tritodeum. Later, I conducted a 2 year postdoc in CSIRO, Perth, Western Australia on root signals in response to drought of legumes, and then spent 3 years as a postdoc at the University of California-Davis, working on irrigation scheduling and modelling of lettuce. Currently, in addition to teaching and research, I also have national administrative responsibilities in the process of promotion of full professors in agronomy.

Academic degrees and previous positions

• 1986-1989 Post-graduate student; F.P.I., University of Cordoba, Spain

• 1989-1990 Researcher, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario de Granada, Junta de Andalucía, Spain
  

• 1991-1992 Post-doctoral Researcher, CSIRO Laboratory for Rural Research, Perth, Australia

• 1993-1993 Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Cordoba, Spain
  

• 1993-1995 Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA

• 1995-1997 Associate Professor, University of Almeria, Spain

• 1997-1998 University Professor non-permanent, University of Almeria, Spain

• 1998-2009 University Professor permanent (Profesora Titular), University of Almeria, Spain

• 2009-present Full Professor (Catedrática de Universidad), University of Almeria, Spain

Bibliometrics

I have published 28 JCR articles, 12 as first author. Twenty-three (more than 80%) of these papers have been in the first quartile. The sum of citations (until end-July 2014) is 422, and the average number of citations per article is 17. My h Index = 14 (Source: WoS).

Articles in SCI-indexed journals (JCR)

Books and book chapters

11. De Pascale, E., Barbieri, G., Rouphael, Y., Gallardo, M., Orsini, F., Pardossi, A., 2017. Irrigation management: challenges and opportunities. In: Good Agricultural Practices for Greenhouse Vegetable production in the South East European countires. FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 230, Rome, Italy. 79-104 pp.

10. Thompson, R.B., Tremblay, N., Fink, M., Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M. 2017. Tools and strategies for sustainable nitrogen fertilisation of vegetable crops. In: Advances in research on fertilization management of vegetable crops (Tei, F., Nicola, S., Benincasa, P., Eds). Springer, Cham, Switzerland. pp. 11-63.

9. Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2013. Water requirements and irrigation management in Mediterranean greenhouses: the case of the southeast coast of Spain.  In: FAO-AGP and ISHS-CMPC (eds) Good Agricultural Practices for Greenhouse Vegetable Crops: Principles for Mediterranean Climate Areas. FAO, Rome, Italy. pp. 109-136.

8. Fernández, M.D., Thompson, R.B., Bonachela, S., Gallardo, M., Granado, M.R. 2012. Uso del agua de riego en los cultivos de invernadero. In: J.C. López y R. García Torrente (Coords) Cuadernos de Estudios Agroalimentarios 03-Innovación en Estructura Productivas y Manejo de Cultivos en Agricultura Protegida. Fundación Cajamar, El Ejido, Almeria. pp. 115-138.

7. Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2005. Soil-plant water relations. In: Improvement of water use efficiency in protected crops, (Eds M. Fernández-Fernández, P. Lorenzo-Minguez & Mª I. Cuadrado Gómez).  Dirección General de Investigación y Formación Agraria de la Junta de Andalucía, Hortimed, F.I.A.P.A., Cajamar, Almeria, Spain, pp. 67–89.

6. Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2005. Irrigation scheduling based on the use of plant sensors. In: Improvement of water use efficiency in protected crops, (Eds M. Fernández-Fernández, P. Lorenzo-Minguez & Mª I. Cuadrado Gómez).  Dirección General de Investigación y Formación Agraria de la Junta de Andalucía, Hortimed, F.I.A.P.A., Cajamar, Almería, Spain, pp. 331–350.

5. Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M. 2005. Use of soil sensors for irrigation scheduling. In: Improvement of water use efficiency in protected crops, (Eds M. Fernández-Fernández, P. Lorenzo-Minguez & Mª I. Cuadrado Gómez).  Dirección General de Investigación y Formación Agraria de la Junta de Andalucía, Hortimed, F.I.A.P.A., Cajamar, Almería, Spain, pp. 351–376.

4. Giménez, C., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2005. Plant water relations. In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, (Editor in chief D. Hillel). Elsevier Ltd. Oxford, UK, Vol. 3, pp. 231–238.

3. Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M., Giménez, C. 2004. Reducing nitrate contamination of groundwater from intensive greenhouse-based vegetable production in Almeria, Spain - management considerations. In: D.J. Hatch, D.R. Chadwick, S.C. Jarvis, J.A. Roker (eds), Controlling Nitrogen Flows and Losses. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands. pp. 454-456.

2. Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B., Fernández, M.D. 2002. Programación del Riego de Cultivos en suelo bajo invernadero. In: Tecnología de Invernaderos (J.M. Cámara Zapata, M.C. Rocamora Osorio (coords)). T.C. Ediciones, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain. pp. 25-35.

1. Fernández, M.D., Orgaz, F., Fereres, E., López, J.C., Céspedes, A., Pérez, J., Bonachela, S., Gallardo, M. 2001. Programación del riego de cultivos hortícolas bajo invernadero en el sudeste español. Cajamar (Caja Rural de Almería y Málaga), Almería, Spain.

Editorial responsibilities

• Associate Editor of Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
  

Review responsibilities

• I am a regular reviewer of articles for various JCR journals and scientific projects for the National Spanish Evaluation Agency

Administrative responsibilities

• Member of a National Committee, of the Spanish Evaluation Agency (ANECA) for the evaluation of university professors seeking accreditation in order to apply for Full Professor positions in the Spanish University system (since October 2012).
  
• Head of the Research Group "Intensive Vegetable Cropping Systems", Andalusian Research Network (since 2002).

Contact

Department of Agronomy, University of Almería

Escuela Politécnica Superior (2.46), Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 La Cañada, Almería, Spain

Tl. +34 950015497               Fax +34 950015939 

mgallard@ual.es