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Remote Sensing, Plant Physiology, Mathematical Modelling, Irrigation Science, Sensor Networs, Agroclimatology, Climate Change, Food Sciences, Sensory Science, Wine Science, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Computer coding
Australia

Biography

Sigfredo Fuentes is an Associate Professor in Digital Agriculture, Food, and Wine Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is also a Distinguished Professor in Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. His scientific interests range from climate change impacts on agriculture, the development of new computational tools for plant physiology, new and emerging sensor technology, proximal, short, and long-range remote sensing using robots and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications. For more information visit: https://sefs-saf.unimelb.edu.au/research/themes/digital-agriculture-food-and-wine

Activities

Employment (2)

The University of Melbourne: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2012-10-23 to present | Associate Professor (School of Agriculture and Food)
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Tecnologico de Monterrey: Monterrey, Monterrey and Queretaro, MX

2023-01-01 to 2028-01-01 | Distinguished Visiting Professor (School of Engineering and Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Western Sydney: Sydney, NSW, AU

2002-08-09 to 2005-04-04 | PhD (Centre of Horticulture and Plant Sciences)
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The University of Talca: Talca, Talca, CL

1993-09-10 to 1998-12-07 | Bachelor of Science (Agronomy) (Faculty of Agronomy)
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Professional activities (5)

Sigma Xi: Perth, Australia, AU

2023-03-28 to present | Full Member (Australian Chapter)
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU

2019-06-17 to present | Member
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International Society for Horticultural Science: Leuven, BE

2014-02-19 to present | Member
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Australian Society of Horticultural Science: Sydney, NSW, AU

2014-02-17 to present | Member
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU

2019-02-05 | 2019 Plant Science Teaching Award
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Funding (3)

Plants for Space

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Developing an accurate measure of activity based caloric expenditure and movement signatures in dogs

2023-05 to 2024-05 | Contract
Illume Group Pty. Ltd. (Melbourne, Victoria, AU)
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Hyperspectral imagery and deep learning analysis

2022-07 to 2024-02 | Grant
Department of Defence (Melbourne, Victoria, AU)
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Foods. (1)
Review activity for Irrigation science. (1)