Prof. Dr. Jose A. Sobrino

Dr. José A. holds a Ph.D. in Physics. He is currently a Full Professor in Earth Physics at the University of Valencia and a coordinator of the Global Change Unit head (UCG) group. He is also the President of the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing. He is a Member of the Mission Advisory Group of the Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Scientific Group of the Indian-French TRISHNA mission. He was a member of Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC) of ESA and Coordinator of the Land Product Validation/Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS). He is President of Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing symposiums and Coordinator for the National Earth Observation Network (RNOT). His research interests include techniques and applications of thermal remote sensing, such as land and sea surface temperature and emissivity, thermal inertia, urban heat island, evapotranspiration, cal/val activities, etc. He is the author of ~250 publications, ~ 300 international conference papers, 30 book chapters, h-index of 58, 20 Theses directed and PI of more than 60 research projects. He is the Guest Editor of 10 special issues in International Journals. He has been awarded the Award Carta Poblament of the City of Torrent 2011: Science, Technology and Environment. In 2019, he was the recipient of the King Jaime I Award in Spain, the highest recognition for environmental protection in Spain.