Dr. Botia obtained a degree in Chemistry in 1986 at the University of Murcia and a PhD in 1995. He is currently the Coordinator of the Irrigation and Stress Physiology Team of the Department of Bioeconomy, Water and Environment of IMIDA. Since 2013, he has also been the Researcher in charge of the IMIDA of the Associated Unit "Fertigation and Fruit and Vegetable Quality" of R&D of the IMIDA attached to the CSIC through the CEBAS-CSIC. He has contributed to more than one hundred publications, forty of which have been in SCI journals, almost 70% of them within the first quartile in his field of study. He has an average impact index of 1678 and a maximum of 3458. He has participated in one hundred national and international congresses and participates in the WIRE Group as head of the IMIDA in said group. Since his inception, his research career has developed in the field of improving efficiency in the use of water in agriculture. He has extensive experience in the use of strategies and technologies for the management of irrigation in conditions of low water amounts (deficit irrigation, controlled deficit irrigation, underground irrigation, partial root irrigation, management of saline water for irrigation, use of sensors for monitoring of the continuous soil–plant–atmosphere, use of patterns and varieties better adapted to conditions of water scarcity, use of unconventional, desalinated and regenerated waters, use of adjuvants to improve soil moisture conditions, etc.).