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Antonio Ruano
Former BC3 researcher
Main Research Field:
forest modelling; geospatial analyst; wood science;
Was employee in BC3 from 2021-04-12 to 2022-10-27
Short CV
Antonio Ruano Sastre graduated as a Forestry Engineer at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2010), he also obtained a Master’s degree in Forestry engineering from the University of Valladolid (2012), a Master’s degree in Geomatics, Remote Sensing and Spatial Models Applied to Forest Management from the University of Córdoba (2014), where he was a contributing student in the department of forestry Engineer in the European project "ThermoLiDAR", and a PhD in Biosciences and Agri-Food Sciences from the University of Córdoba (2019). He has participated in a research project, "EG17-042-C02-01: Scientific support for forest information generation" financed by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). His responsibilities and duties consisted of data analysis, writing scientific papers, redaction of final deliverables and a proposal for wood quality evaluation in the NFI. His Bachelor's Thesis was done at the University of Helsinki, under the Erasmus program. He has carried out during his PhD a secondment in the Chemistry (DCH) Division of Analytical Chemistry (DCH/ AC) and the Department of Material Sciences and process Engineering (MAP), Institute of wood Technology and Renewable Materials at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna (Austria) for three months under the supervision of Dr. Barbara Hinterstoisser financed by “RTA2014-00005-00-00: Characterization of juvenile wood Spanish coniferous forests and silvicultural factors influencing in its formation and in wood quality”. A second secondment was carried out in the Department of Statistics in the University of the study of Palermo (Italy) for three months under the supervision of Dr. Vito Michele Rosario Muggeo financed by the "RTA2014-00005-00-00". The last secondment was carried out in the Department of Forest and Wood Science of the university of Stellenbosch (South Africa) for two months under the supervision of Dr. Ben du Toit financed by a Short-Term Marie Sk?odowska Curie COST Actions “Carbon smart forestry under climate change CARE4C” (GA 778322). He also has teaching experience on a course of “Introduction to the use of LiDAR on forest systems” and has been selected to assist several international courses for specialization and attended international congress.
Journal Articles
- 2023
- Pompeu, J., Ruiz, I., Ruano, A., Sanz, M.J. 2023. Sustainable land management for addressing soil conservation under climate change in Mediterranean landscapes: perspectives from the Mijares watershed. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration. 8 (1) 41-54. DOI (10.1007/s41207-023-00355-5).
- Ruiz, I., Pompeu, J., Ruano, A., Franco, P., Balbi, S., Sanz, M.J. 2023. Combined artificial intelligence, sustainable land management, and stakeholder engagement for integrated landscape management in Mediterranean watersheds. Environmental Science and Policy. 145. 217-227. DOI (10.1016/j.envsci.2023.04.011).
- 2022
- Adame, P., Alberdi, I., Cañellas, I., Hernández, L., Aguirre, A., Ruano, A., Moreno-Fernández, D., Isabel González, A., Torres, M.B., Montes, F. 2022. Drivers and spread of non-native pests in forests: The case of Gonipterus platensis in Spanish Eucalyptus plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 510. DOI (10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120104).
Affiliation previous to BC3
Fernandez-Golfin J, Larrumbide E, Ruano A, Galvan J, Conde M (2016) Wood decayhazard in Spain using the Scheffer index: Proposal for an improvement. Eur J Wood
Wood Prod, 74(4), 591–599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-016-1036-z
Ruano A, Zitek A, Hinterstoisser B, Hermoso E (2019) NIR hyperspectral imaging (NIRHI) and ?XRD for determination of the transition between juvenile and mature wood of
Pinus sylvestris L. Holzforschung 73(7), 621-627pp. https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2018-0186
Ruano A, Ruiz-Peinado R, Fdez.-Golfín J, Hermoso E (2019) Height growth for
assessing core–outerwood transition on Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra Spanish
stands. European Journal of Forest Research. 1https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01231-0
Ruano A, Hermoso E (2021) Juvenile-mature wood evaluation along the bole considering the influence of silvicultural treatments Maderas, Ciencia y tecnología http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0718-221x2021000100421
BC3 Working Papers & Policy Briefings
- 2022
- [PB2022-02] Gestión integrada del territorio en la cuenca del río Mijares Itxaso Ruiz, Antonio Ruano, João Pompeu and María J. Sanz
- 2021
- [2021-01] Land use and land cover databases for Mediterranean landscape analysis at the watershed scale João Pompeu, Itxaso Ruiz, Antonio Ruano, Hugo Bendini and María José Sanz