Remigio Paradelo is an associate professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), where he works on the impact of human activities on soils. His current research lines include the properties and functions of urban soils, urban agriculture, and the composting and recycling of organic wastes in agriculture and environmental restoration. He graduated in Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2002. From 2004 to 2006, he worked as a local environmental advisor, before obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Santiago de Compostela (2009). In 2010, he was granted a postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and began working at the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences—AgroParisTech (Thiverval-Grignon, France), and in 2012, obtained a position as Soil Science assistant professor at AgroParisTech. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science at the University of Vigo (Spain). In January 2018, he joined the University of Santiago de Compostela under a Ramón y Cajal contract granted by the Spanish Government. In 2022, he obtained his current position as associate professor.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Compost
Soil
Waste Management
trace elements
soil contamination
soil remediation
Urban soil
Urban soils
Fingerprints
58%
Soil
48%
Compost
9%
trace elements
6%
Urban soil
6%
Urban soils
5%
soil contamination
5%
Waste Management
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soil remediation
Short Biography
Remigio Paradelo is an associate professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), where he works on the impact of human activities on soils. His current research lines include the properties and functions of urban soils, urban agriculture, and the composting and recycling of organic wastes in agriculture and environmental restoration. He graduated in Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2002. From 2004 to 2006, he worked as a local environmental advisor, before obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Santiago de Compostela (2009). In 2010, he was granted a postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and began working at the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences—AgroParisTech (Thiverval-Grignon, France), and in 2012, obtained a position as Soil Science assistant professor at AgroParisTech. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science at the University of Vigo (Spain). In January 2018, he joined the University of Santiago de Compostela under a Ramón y Cajal contract granted by the Spanish Government. In 2022, he obtained his current position as associate professor.