https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=TebL1_cAAAAJ&hl=es José María De la Rosa, (Dr.), is a researcher at The Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS) from the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC). He obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry, both from the University of Seville, receiving the best Ph.D. thesis award (2007). His research on the properties and application of biochar and other forms of pyrogenic organic matter as soil amendments is widely recognized. In the past, he held a postdoctoral position at the Technical University of Munich (TUM, Germany) and at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon (IST-ITN, Portugal). Since 2012, he works in the Biogeochemistry Department at IRNAS-CSIC, where he has been principal researcher in 8 projects and created a research line dedicated to the design and application of novel organic amendments for the improvement of agricultural soils and carbon stabilization. Dr. De la Rosa has published over 70 scientific papers, 26 book chapters, 4 books and has given numerous presentations at international conferences and meetings. He has received several awards for his research on sustainable agriculture and on the mechanisms of C and N stabilization in pyrogenic organic matter.