Two guest researchers are currently staying at our group:

Maiby Y. Pérez Darniz is an agronomist from the ‘Instituto de Ingeniería Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela’, Maracay, Aragua. She is professor in the department of agricultural mechanization and machinery for the agricultural production of pre and postgraduate studies since 1996. Her research focuses on physical and mechanical properties of the soil, tillage systems, interaction soil – machine, and indicators of soil physical quality postharvest. She will stay at our group between May and August 2015.

Francisco Bautista Zúñiga, biologist (PhD in biology, ecology and environmental sciences), working at the CIGA (Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental), de la UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Morelia, Michoacán. He is professor since 1988, currently in Geo-pedology, formerly in environmental impact, soil science, ecology and environmental sciences. He performs research on evaluation of land and planning in rural and urban environments, the soil magnetic properties and their applications: pollution, classification, mapping and use of fire in agriculture. He will stay at our group from April 2015 until February 2016.