Elias Fereres#
| Membership Number: | 2026 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uco.es/users/ag1fecae/index.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 Director of the Direction of Evaluation and Accreditation Andalusian Knowledge Agency
- 1995 Researcher, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Córdoba, Spain
- 1995-2003 President of the Real Academia de Ingeniería de España
- 1992-1994 The Secretary of State of Research, Development and Innovation (SEIDI)
- 1991-1992 President of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
- 1982 Professor, University of Cordoba, Spain
- 1976–1981 Lecturer, University of California, Davis, USA
- 1976 Ph. D. (Ecology) University of California, Davis, USA
- 1967 Agricultural Engineer Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Agricultural water management
- Plant ecophysiology
- Deficit irrigation
- Plant adaptation to drought
- Soil and water conservation
- Crop simulation models
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- President Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (1995-2003)
