SEDER

Soil erosion and degradation research group

We research the process, the factors, the seasonal and spatial variability, and how to control the high erosion rates when the process is accelerated by the humans abuse of the soil resources.

Soil Erosion needs a broad and holistic approach to understand the process, measure the rates and monitor the mechanism.

Agriculture

The highest soil erosion rates are usually found in road and railways embankments. Assessment and restoration and rehabilitation is a challenge.

Forest Fires

Agriculture is the main cause of soil erosion in the Earth. Soil erosion is triggered by tillage, herbicide abuse, and compaction in Mediterranean orchards.

Road and Railway embankments

Forest fires remove the plant and litter cover, increase the ash cover and induce high erosion rates. But the vegetation recovers and ash disappear. The temporal and spatial changes of the soil erosion rates after the forest fires is a key scientific issue.

Soil Erosion Control

There is a need to restore the soil properties and functions, and for this we need to find the right managements to avoid the non-sustainable soil erosion rates.

PhD Artemi Cerdà

Artemi Cerdà is a prominent Spanish geographer, currently serving as a Full Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Valencia. His academic and research career spans over 35 years, focusing on soil erosion, land degradation, and sustainable land management, particularly in Mediterranean environments. His H-index is 110, he edited different international scientific journals,…
Ana Pérez Albarracín

Social, economic and perception studies with expertise with the use of interviews to understand stakeholders’ opinions, views and perceptions in agricultural societies and landscapes. Researcher at REACT4MED and Grant Holder Manager CA18135 FIRElinks Cost Action. Currently Grant Holder Manager of CA22114 TREASURE
PhD José María Senciales González

Graduate in Geography and History (1988) and winner of the Extraordinary Prize for Graduation 1989-90. He was a Professional Geographer (1988-1996). He obtained his PhD in 1995. He has been a lecturer (Univ. of Malaga) since 2-1996, and a Professor of Geography (area of Physical Geography) since 1-2003. To date (18-08-2022) he has published 120…
DEng Enric Terol

Enric Terol is PhD at the Politechnic Univesity of Valencia where he is teaching since 1999. He is teaching Technical Engineering, Higher Engineering, Bachelor, Bachelor and Master studies in subjects assigned to the Department of Cartographic Engineering, Geodesy and Photogrammetry, mainly related to Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic Production.The scientific interest of Enric Terol is…
PhD Manuel Pulido Fernández

Manuel Pulido Fernández is an Associate Professor of the Department of Arts and Territory Sciences (former Department of Geography) of the University of Extremadura (UEx) based in Cáceres, Spain. He teaches classes for the students of the degrees in Tourism (Tourism Resources and Natural Heritage) and Geography (Landscape, Society and Territory; Water and soil in…
PhD Manuel López-Vicente

Manuel López-Vicente does research on soil science in agricultural and forest systems: Surface hydrology (runoff and non-saturated zone), soil erosion and sediment connectivity, evaluation of sustainable agronomic practices (e.g. cover crops, mulching, textiles), nutrient and carbon conservation, and crop yield and plant vigour. To shed light on these topics, we combine field observations and surveys,…
PhD Jesús Barrena González

Jesús Barrena González held a predoctoral fellowship from the Regional Government of Extremadura (2019-2023) to carry out his thesis in the Department of Art and Territory Sciences at the University of Extremadura. He has a degree in geography and a master’s degree in Geographic Information Technologies: GIS and Remote Sensing. He is a member of…
PhD Saskia Keesstra

Climate resilient and sustainable landscape management: Using Process knowledge for sustainable development. My main research focus revolves around understanding land system dynamics in a holistic way by incorporating both processes in soils and landscapes as well as the socio-economic elements of the land system. Process knowledge enables explanation of the impact of natural (climate change,…
PhD DEng Jesús Rodrigo Comino

PhD DEng Jesús Rodrigo Comino, graduated in Geography, currently works as Associate Professor at the University of Granada. Also, he was included for the thrid time in the World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists” in 2021, 2022 and 2023 database created by experts at Stanford University, USA. Doctor in Geography (2018) from the University of…
PhD Lea Wittenberg

Lea Wittenberg is a professor of physical geography and head of the new School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Haifa, Israel. She received her Ph.D. in fluvial geomorphology and sediment transport from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Over the past two decades, her research has focused on the role of disturbance…
PhD Antonio Giménez Morera

Expert in International Trade and Marketing in the agricultural sector. I have based my research on the use of agrogeotextiles in the agricultural world in order to achieve sustainable crops. Their use and the economic calculations derived from them regarding the calculation of costs VS environment is currently one of my main lines of research.
PhD Hamid Reza Pourghasemi

Hamid Reza Pourghasemi earned his PhD in watershed management engineering and sciences, from Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), in 2014. He also holds an MSc in watershed management engineering from TMU (2008), and a BSc in range and watershed engineering from Gorgan University (2004). His current scientific interests include landslides modelling, natural hazards, multi-hazard mapping, machine…
PhD Ehsan Moradi

Ehsan Moradi started his study and research on the degradation of water, soil, and vegetation cover in 2005 at the University of Mazandaran in the Rangeland and Watershed Management field. He kept on his studies in land degradation using Dynamic Systems approach and in the Phd course focused on the assessment of land degradation via…
Saeedreza Moazeni-Noghondar

Saeedreza Moazeni-Noghondar is a PhD Student at the Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran.
Francisco Marco Rubio

Francisco Marco Rubio is part of the European NBSoil program developing his final project with the French National Center for Agroecology, to complete his training as a soil advisor. He works as an Environmental Education technician in the metropolitan area of Valencia and is a Senior Agricultural Technician, and a Master’s Degree in Organic Agriculture.…
PhD Shamsollah Ayoubi

Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, 8415683111, Isfahan, Iran
Ataollah Kavian

Professor in Soil and Water Conservation, Department of Watershed Management, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Iran.