Dr. Alejandro Romero-Ruiz

Bio

I am an environmental scientist interested in helping the development of sustainable agricultural practices through (1) quantifying the impacts of management in soil health, (2) developing process-based modelling schemes that help interpretation and further predictions and (3) developing monitoring techniques that operate at management scales. 

My research experience includes geophysical monitoring and modelling, hydrological modelling and nutrient cycling modelling. My PhD research at the Univeristy of Lausanne was dedicated to studying plot scale effects of wheeling-induced soil compaction in soil water dynamics and mechanical properties by combining geophysical monitoring and hydrological modelling.  My first postdoctoral experience was at Rothamsted Research,  where I studied soil compaction induced by grazing animals. We explored models of animal movement for predicting soil compaction spatio-temporal patterns, soil structure dynamics,  and hydrological and nitrogen cycles. 

Currently, I am postdoctoral scientist at Agroscope, where I collaborate in the EJP Soil project: SoilCompaC. This project assesses long-term environmental impacts of soil compaction for different European soil types and climates.