GERVASIO PIÑEIRO

pineiro@ifeva.edu.ar
www.agro.uba.ar/users/pineiro/

Education

• Agricultural Engineer. 1999. Faculty of Agronomy, University of the Republic, Uruguay. Orientation in Agriculture and Rangelands and extra courses in Forestry.
• PhD in Agronomy, 2006. EPG, FAUBA, Argentina.

Fellowships

• Postdoctoral felowship Fulbright y CONICET. 2009.
• Posdoctoral fellow. Grupo de estudio ambiéntelas. IMASL. Universidad Nacional de San Luis & CONICET, Argentina. 2007.
• Posdoctoral fellow. Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. Duke University, USA. 2006-2007.
• PhD. Scholarship financed by the National Council for Scientific Research, Argentina (CONICET). 2003-2006.
• Master Degree Scholarship financed by the Inter-American Institute of Global Change Studies. 2000-2002.

Positions

• Assistant Professor in Ecology -2008 . Dept. of Natural Resources. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. 2008.
• Assistant Researcher – 2007. IFEVA, CONICET Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires.
• Teaching Assistant – 1999- 2007. Dept. of Natural Resources. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires.

Professional interests

• Biogeochemistry. Grasslands ecology. Simulation models.
• Remote sensing. Natural resources research. Soils.
• Global Change. Atmospheric depositions.

Honors

• 2006. Student Paper Award for Oral presentation in the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, Potomac, Maryland, USA, June 2006.
• 2005. 1º Prize to the best contribution for crop improvement. III Congreso Argentino de Girasol. ASAGIR (Sunflower Argentinean Association). June 2005. Buenos Aires, Argentina. M. López Pereira, N. Trápani, G. Piñeiro, A. de la Vega, A. J. Hall. La distancia entre surcos: modifica el rendimiento del girasol?
• 2004. Honorable Mention Award”. Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program, la American Association for the Advancement of the Science (AAAS) and U.S. National Park Service (USNPS).
• 2004. 1º Prize to the best poster presentation in the XIX Congreso Argentino de la Ciencia del Suelo. Junio, 2004. Paraná, Argentina.
• 2003. Selected to attend the International Young Scientists' Global Change Conference to be held in Trieste, Italia, 16-20 November de 2003. Supported by the System for Analysis Research and Training Secretariat (START) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
• 2003-present. PhD. Scholarship financed by the National Council for Scientific Research, Argentina (CONICET).
• 2003. The “Crutzen” prize for the best paper presented in the International Young Scientists' Global Change Conference to be held in Trieste, Italy, 16-20 November de 2003. Supported by the System for Analysis Research and Training Secretariat (START) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
• 2002. Outstanding student poster award. Meeting of the International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• 2000-2002. Master Degree Scholarship financed by the Inter-American Institute of Global Change Studies.

Teaching activities at the FAUBA

• Curso de Ecología para Agronomía. (curso de grado)
• Taller 1 para Agronomía. (curso de grado)
• Ecología del Paisaje (curso de grado)
• Modelos de simulación de aplicación agronómica (curso de posgrado)
• Fundamentos y Recientes avances en Ecología (curso de postgrado)
• Modelos de simulación y sistemas expertos (curso de especialización)
• Taller de Sustentabilidad (curso de especialización)

Students

• Paola Eclesia (Master student, ongoing).
• Sebastián Mazzili (PhD student, ongoing).
• Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli (Undergraduate student, ongoing).
• Camilo Bagnato (Undergraduate student, ongoing).
• Patricia L. Fernández (PhD student, ongoing – studies advisor).
• Mercedes Vasallo (PhD student, ongoing – studies advisor).
• Florencia Rositano (Master student, ongoing– studies advisor).

Publications (last 5 years)

• Piñeiro, Gervasio, José Paruelo, Esteban Jobbágy, Robert B. Jackson, Martín Oesterheld. Grazing effects on belowground C and N stocks along a gradient of cattle exclosures in temperate and subtropical grasslands of South America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. En prensa.
• Piñeiro, G., E.G. Jobbágy, J. Baker, B. C. Murray and R.B. Jackson. Conservation Reserve Stores More Carbon for Less Money than Corn- Based Ethanol. Ecological applications. En prensa.
• Piñeiro, Gervasio, S Perelman, J.P. Guerschman y J.M. Paruelo. (2008). Evaluating models: observed vs. predicted or predicted vs. observed? Ecological Modelling 216:316-322.
• Kathleen Farley, Gervasio Piñeiro, Sheila Palmer, Esteban Jobbágy, Robert B. Jackson. (2008). Stream acidification and base cation losses with grassland afforestation. Water Resources Research Vol. 44, W00A03, doi:10.1029/2007WR006659.
• Oyonarte , M.D. Mingorance, P. Durante, G. Piñeiro, E. (2007). Barahona. Indicators of change in the organic matter in arid soils. Science of the total Environment, 378:133-137.
• Hugo von Bernard, Virginia Vilarino y Gervasio Piñeiro. (2007). Emisión teórica de metano en tres sistemas de invernada usada para engorda de ganado durante el invierno en Argentina. Ciencia e Investigación Agraria 34(2): 121-129.
• Jobbágy, Esteban G.; Vasallo, Mercedes; Farley, Kathleen A.; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Garbulsky, Martín F., Nosetto, Marcelo D.; Jackson, Robert B.; Paruelo, José M. (2006). Forestación en pastizales: hacia una visión integral de sus oportunidades y costos ecológicos. Agrociencias, 10 (2): 109-124. www.fagro.edu.uy/agrociencia/VOL10/2/pp109-124.pdf
• José M. Paruelo, Juan P. Guerschman, Gervasio Piñeiro, Esteban G. Jobbágy, Santiago R. Verón, Germán Baldi y Santiago Baeza. (2006). Cambios en el uso de la tierra en Argentina y Uruguay: marcos conceptuales para su análisis. Agrociencias, 10 (2):42-62. www.fagro.edu.uy/agrociencia/VOL10/2/pp47-61.pdf
• Esteban Jobbágy, Marcelo Nosetto, José Paruelo y Gervasio Piñeiro. (2006). Las forestaciones Rioplatenses y el agua. Ciencia Hoy, 16 (95): 12-21
• Oyonarte, M.D. Mingorance, P. Durante, G. Piñeiro, E. Barahona. (2006). Indicators of change in the organic matter in arid soils. Science of the Total Environment 378:133-137.
• Altesor A; Piñeiro G; Lezama F; Jackson RB; Sarasola M; Paruelo JM. (2006). Ecosystem changes associated with grazing removal in sub-humid grasslands of South America. Journal of Vegetation Science 17:323-332.
• Austin AT; Piñeiro G; Gonzalez-Polo M. (2006). More is less: agricultural impacts on the N cycle in Argentina. Biogeochemistry 79:45-60.
• Piñeiro G; Oesterheld M; Batista WB; Paruelo JM. (2006). Opposite changes of whole-soil vs pools C:N ratios: a case of Simpson's paradox with implications on nitrogen cycling. Global Change Biology 12:804-809.
• Piñeiro G; Oesterheld M; Paruelo JM. (2006). Seasonal variation in aboveground production and radiation use efficiency of temperate rangelands estimated through remote sensing. Ecosystems 9:357-373.
• Piñeiro G; Paruelo JM; Oesterheld M. (2006). Potential long-term impacts of livestock introduction on carbon and nitrogen cycling in grasslands of Southern South America. Global Change Biology 12:1267-1284.
• Epstein HE; Paruelo JM; Piñeiro G; Burke IC; Lauenroth WK. Interactions of water and nitrogen on primary productivity across spatial and temporal scales in grassland and shrubland ecosystems. In: A. P, D'Odorico P (eds). (2006). Dryland ecohydrology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 201-216.
• Paruelo, José; Gervasio Piñeiro, Cecilio Oyonarte, Domingo Alcaraz, Javier Cabello. (2005). Temporal and spatial patterns of ecosystem functioning in protected arid areas of Southern Spain. Applied Vegetation Science 8:93-102.
• Altesor, A. I., G. Piñeiro, F. Lezama, C. Rodríguez, E. Leoni, S. Baeza, and J. M. Paruelo. (2005). El efecto del pastoreo sobre la estructura y el funcionamiento de las praderas naturales Uruguayas: ¿Qué sabemos y cómo podemos usar ese conocimiento para manejarlas mejor? INIA, Serie Técnica 151: 21-32.
• Gervasio Piñeiro. (2005). Domestic Herbivores reduce soil organic matter, changes quality and the vertical distribution in the soil. START Annual Report 2003-2004. Washington DC, USA. pag 36-37 (www.start.org)
• Paruelo, José, Gervasio Piñeiro, Cecilio Oyonarte, Domingo Alcaraz, Javier Cabello. (2005). Temporal and spatial patterns of ecosystem functioning in protected arid areas of Southern Spain. Applied Vegetation Science 8:93-102.

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