Prof Victor Hugo Morales Peña | Agroforestry system | Best Researcher Award
Professor at Universidad EARTH, Costa Rica
Publication Profile
🎓 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.
- 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
Victor Hugo Morales Peña | Agroforestry system | Best Researcher Award