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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.
Complete publications listing
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