IÑIGO ABDON VIRTO QUECEDO
Catedrático Universidad

• Department: CIENCIAS
• Area: Edafología y Química Agrícola
• e-mail: inigo.virtounavarra.es
• Phone number: (+34) 948 16 9166 (ext. 9166)
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Iñigo Virto is an Agricultural Engineer (1998) with a PhD in Soil Science (2004). He performed predoctoral research stays at the Center for Environmental Sciences (CSIC, 2000), University of California in Davis (2001), and U. of Illinois (2002).

Post-doctoral research experience (2005-2007): AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, France), and U. Pennsylvania (Dpt. Earth and Environmental Sciences).

Teaching: Teaching activity since 2002/2003 (T&R Assistant(2002-20011), Assistant Professor (2011-2023), Full Professor (2023-act).

Teaching in the field of Earth Sciences in the degrees of the College of Agricultural Engineering and Bioscience (ETSIAB) and the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at UPNA:

- Undergraduate programs: Soil Conservation, Geology and Climatology, Erosion, Didactic Projects for Natural Sciences (Earth System), Natural Heritage protection and promotion.

- Master programs: Disciplinary intensification in Geology in the Master of Secondary Education(UPNA). Soil Quality in the Interuniversity Master on Soils and Water Management (U. LLeida, U. Barcelona, ​​U. Autónoma Barcelona, ​​UPNA).

- Training courses and teacher innovation.

- Teaching stays at the École Normale Supérieure (Paris, France), the University of Maribor (Slovenia), the University of Idaho (USA), the University of Brescia (Italy).

- Co-direction of 6 doctoral theses.

- Scientific outreach activities, especially for Secondary Education (more than 120 talks and workshops since 2008).

Research: In addition to pre-doctoral and postdoctoral projects, since its incorporation to UPNA (2008), it has participated in research funded in competitve calls and by private companies, for many of which he is the lead researcher. Research lines: Soil quality, Environmental impact of land use changes, soil C cycling and storage, recovery of contaminated soils.

He has produced more than 60 publications in indexed journals, book chapters and extension magazines.

International Cooperation for Development: Projects for education training, teaching and implementation of basic research infrastructures in U.C. Mozambique (funded AECID and G. de Navarra, 2009-2011)

At present: Deputy Director of Internationalization and Promotion in ETSIAB.