FRANCESC FERRER
Uid: 1912
WWW.LAB-FERRER.COM
WWW.ECH2OSYSTEM.COM
https://www.linkedin.com/company/2444464?trk=tyah
www.efoodprint.com
EDUCATION
1993 Ag Engineer (University of Lleida. Spain)
1995 MSc (Washington State University, USA)
1999 PhD (University of Lleida, Spain)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 - 2014. CEO of own SME
Before 1999. Assistant professor at University of Lleida, MSc and PhD Fellowship researcher at UdL and WSU
EXPERTISE
* Crop systems and environmental biophysics modeling and simulation
* Sensors and instrumentation: from the manufactuer to field installation procedures
* Irrigation scheduling, soil water (soil water holding capacity and movement), salinity, soil water conservation, crop nutrition
* On-farm Water footprint and efficiency indicators
PARTICIPATION IN PANELS & EXPERT GROUPS
* CEI/AMI 2009-2012 database (EU Comission for points 3.2, 3.3, 7.2, 17.1 and 17.3)
* Member of the EU EIP WAter. Working action group "Ecosystem Services for agriculture"
* Member of the Expert Panel VALERIE Project (www.valerie.eu) "Water Management in agriculture"
PARTICIPATION IN EU PROJECTS
SATSEN (2010-2012). Internet-based tool for irrigation management integrating wireless in situ sensors with satellite remote sensing measurements. EUROSTARS E!5519
ECOZEO (2011-2015). Developing a pool of novel and eco-efficient applications of zeolite for the agriculture sector. ECOINNOVATION FP7. Ref 282865
REC (2015-2019). Root zone soil moisture estimates at the daily and agricultural parcel scale for crop irrigation management and water use impact a multi-sensor remote sensing approach. MARIE-CURIE H2020 - MSCA - RISE - 2014
1993 Ag Engineer (University of Lleida. Spain)
1995 MSc (Washington State University, USA)
1999 PhD (University of Lleida, Spain)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 - 2014. CEO of own SME
Before 1999. Assistant professor at University of Lleida, MSc and PhD Fellowship researcher at UdL and WSU
EXPERTISE
* Crop systems and environmental biophysics modeling and simulation
* Sensors and instrumentation: from the manufactuer to field installation procedures
* Irrigation scheduling, soil water (soil water holding capacity and movement), salinity, soil water conservation, crop nutrition
* On-farm Water footprint and efficiency indicators
PARTICIPATION IN PANELS & EXPERT GROUPS
* CEI/AMI 2009-2012 database (EU Comission for points 3.2, 3.3, 7.2, 17.1 and 17.3)
* Member of the EU EIP WAter. Working action group "Ecosystem Services for agriculture"
* Member of the Expert Panel VALERIE Project (www.valerie.eu) "Water Management in agriculture"
PARTICIPATION IN EU PROJECTS
SATSEN (2010-2012). Internet-based tool for irrigation management integrating wireless in situ sensors with satellite remote sensing measurements. EUROSTARS E!5519
ECOZEO (2011-2015). Developing a pool of novel and eco-efficient applications of zeolite for the agriculture sector. ECOINNOVATION FP7. Ref 282865
REC (2015-2019). Root zone soil moisture estimates at the daily and agricultural parcel scale for crop irrigation management and water use impact a multi-sensor remote sensing approach. MARIE-CURIE H2020 - MSCA - RISE - 2014
