Department: Ingeniería Agraria y del Medio Natural

Area: Agroforestry Engineering

Research group: Biodigestión y valorización de residuos agroalimentarios (BIVAREA)

Research group: Sistemas Agroforestales

Research group: Grupo de Investigación en Hidrometeorología (GRIHM)

Email: aritter@ull.es

Personal web: http://aritter.webs.ull.es/

Research field: Ingeniería y Arquitectura

Doctor by the Universidad de Córdoba (ESP) with the thesis Simulación del transporte de agua y solutos en suelos volcánicos, basada en técnicas de optimización inversa, para la evaluación del efecto de las prácticas agronómicas 2002. Supervised by Dr. Rafael Muñoz Carpena.

Axel Ritter, Industrial Engineer and PhD in Agronomist Engineer, is Associate Professor at the University of La Laguna in the Area of Agroforestry Engineering. He developed research activities at the ULL as well as at the Canarian Institute of Agrarian Research (ICIA). His scientific career has focused on the simulation of hydrological processes at different scales; fog water capture; characterization of physical and hydraulic properties of porous media; efficient use of irrigation water in agriculture; biodigestion of agri-food waste; and the development of computer programs for agroforestry application. He has collaborated in several European projects (Lifelong Learning Program Erasmus, and Erasmus +) and in research projects with colleagues at the ICIA, and at the Universities of La Laguna, Duisburg-Essen (Germany) and Florida (USA). Its scientific production is quantified in more than seventy publications including articles in international high-impact journals, books and book chapters, as well as contributions to conferences. He is co-author of the book entitled Hidrología Agroforestal edited by Mundi-Prensa SA. His research activity has been positively evaluated by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI), as well as by the National Agency for Evaluation and Prospective (ANEP) as a prominent researcher for the purposes of the I3 program.