Dr. Christos Noulas

Dr. Christos Noulas is an agonomist (Researcher B') at the Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops (Larissa-Greece) of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization "Dimitra". His research interests include topics related to soil fertility and sustainable nutrient management, improved nitrogen use efficiency, soil–plant relations, plant nutritional physiology, land use, soil quality, crop production, and root morphological traits in relation to crop nutrition. He received his Diploma in Soil Science, (MSc equivalent) in 1996 from the Agricultural University of Athens (Greece). In 2002, he completed his PhD studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich – ETH (Institute of Agricultural Sciences-IAS). His research focused on topics related to parameters of nitrogen (N) use efficiency in cereals, soil–plant relations, and cereal root morphological traits in relation to crop nutrition and production in temperate regions. He has participated in several research projects at international, national, regional, and EU levels and in European Concerted Actions (COST Actions). He has published 37 peer-reviewed journal articles (SCI, SCIE), two book chapters, and more than 50 contributions to national and international conferences. He is member of the Ongoing United Nations' Environment Project “Towards INMS”, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the Collaborative Network on Quinoa (FAO, TCP).