UAL

University of Almería.

• General Characteristics

  • ACTIVITY: scientific and technological research.
  • LOCATION: Sacramento Road s/n (04120) La Cañada de San Urbano. (Almería).
  • DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1993.
  • CATEGORY: University / Research center.
  • CONTACT: (+34) 950 214 000.

• R&D Activities/Interests

  • DESCRIPTION: The University of Almería is a public higher education institution created and designed to carry out quality teaching and research functions that contribute to the economic and social development of its environment through the transfer of knowledge.
  • MAIN FUNCTIONS:
    • Teaching and research.
    • Internationalization.
    • Knowledge transfer.
  • FACILITIES: –
  • PERSONNEL: –
  • BUDGET: –
  • PROJECTS: –
  • KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: –

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND: UAL organizes its research groups in 9 thematic areas, 3 of which are directly related to the agri-food sector:

  • Agri-food:
    • Plant protection of crops in greenhouses.
    • Digestive modeling.
    • Pesticide residues.
    • Production systems in plasticulture and applied informatics in agricultural sciences and the environment.
    • Genetics and physiology of plant development.
    • Rural engineering.
    • Agricultural production technology in semi-arid zones.
    • Vegetable production in Mediterranean crop systems.
    • Subtropical and Mediterranean fruit growing.
    • Intensive horticultural crop systems.
    • Sustainability of protected horticultural and ornamental systems.
  • Biotechnologies:
    • Marine microalgae biotechnology.
    • Development of microbiological techniques for soil improvement of agricultural interest.
    • Bioprocess engineering and water technologies.
    • Natural products biotechnology.
    • Structural studies of ligand-protein interactions.
    • Vegetable genetics.
    • Protein structure.
    • Health and environment.
  • Natural resources and environment:
    • Agriculture and environment in arid zones.
    • Ecozoning (ecology of arid zones).
    • Water resources and environmental geology.
    • Research group in applied geophysics.
    • Applied soil science.
    • R&D transfer in the area of natural resources.
    • Uses of inorganic solids in preventing pollution.
    • Advanced systems in agro-environmental chemistry.
    • Conservation biology.
    • Aquatic ecology and aquaculture.
    • Integrated land management and spatial information technologies.
    • Properties and functions of soils in semi-arid environments.
    • Eco-hydrology and restoration of arid lands.