Laura
Echarte

Biography

She graduated as an Agricultural Engineer in 1998, and a PhD in Agricultural Sciences in the area of ??Crop Ecophysiology in 2003 at the UNMdP. He completed post-doctoral studies in the area of ??crop physiology at the University of Guelph (Canada) and research stays in the area of ??environment and sustainability at the University of Waterloo (Canada).

Senior Researcher of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Independent Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and professor of Agrometeorology at the Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP). Currently he coordinates the PE of INTA "Climate risks, impacts, vulnerability and adaptation" (2013-2018).

He has published more than 30 scientific papers in recognized international journals and has coordinated several projects; with special interest in the study of management technologies that can increase the efficiency in the use of water resources and, at the same time, favor the sustainability of the systems.

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