Victor Hugo Morales Peña | Agroforestry system | Best Researcher Award Posted on 25/10/202425/10/2024 by sciencefather Prof Victor Hugo Morales Peña | Agroforestry system | Best Researcher Award Professor at Universidad EARTH, Costa Rica Victor Hugo Morales Peña, M.Sc., is a Forest Engineer and Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Costa Rica. With over 12 years of experience in university education, he currently serves as a Professor of Tropical Silviculture at EARTH University in Costa Rica, where he also leads the Geomatics and Remote Sensing Unit. His doctoral research focuses on the growth and productivity of Coffea arabica under agroforestry systems in Costa Rica’s Caribbean region. Publication Profile Orcid 🎓 Academic Background: Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences University of Costa Rica (2018 – Present) Focus: Growth and productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza under different forest species and fertilizer treatments in tropical alluvial soils. M.Sc. in Forest Management Center for Postgraduate Forest and Environmental Studies (CEFAP-ULA), Venezuela (2009 – 2012) Thesis: Statistical efficiency of spatial models in Pachira quinata progeny trials. Forest Engineer University of the Andes, Venezuela (2005 – 2009) Thesis: Forest inventory of Tectona grandis plantations in Guanarito, Venezuela. 📚 Professional Experience: Professor of Tropical Silviculture EARTH University, Costa Rica (2014 – Present) Teaches Tropical Silviculture Manages Forestry Scenario Coordinates the Geomatics and Remote Sensing Unit Professor of Drones in Agriculture Florida Global University & DRONITY (2024 – Present) Instructor for Precision Agriculture module Guest Professor in Remote Sensing Andean University Simón Bolívar, Bolivia (2019 – Present) Teaches Spatial Information Management and Drone Photogrammetry 📊 Consultant & Environmental Impact Expert: Leader of the Environment Department Pentech Ingenieros, Venezuela (2012 – 2013) Supervised Environmental Impact Studies for major infrastructure projects. External Consultant CIDIAT-ULA (2010 – 2012) Worked on Environmental and Sociocultural Impact Assessments for various national projects. Publication Top Notes Growth and Productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 in Different Agroforestry Systems in the Caribbean Region of Costa Rica Agriculture, 2024-10-01 | Journal article DOI: 10.3390/agriculture14101723 Contributors: Victor Hugo Morales Peña, Argenis Mora Garcés, Elias De Melo Virginio Filho, Mario Villatoro Sánchez OCO-2 Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Variability across Ecoregions of the Amazon Basin and the Extreme Drought Effects of El Niño (2015–2016) Remote Sensing, 2020-04 | Journal article DOI: 10.3390/rs12071202 Contributors: Antony Castro Rivera, Jia Chen, Christian S. Zang, Ankit Shekhar, Juan Carlos Jiménez-Muñoz, Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee, Mengistie Kindu, Victor Hugo Morales Peña, Anja Rammig