Biography

Antonio Delgado was born in 1966, Spain. Agricultural Engineer, PhD, Professor of Agronomy in the University of Seville (since 1996, full professor since 2009). He is director of the Agricultural Research Service of the University of Seville since 2008. As other services to the University, he has been also Director of the Office of Technology Transfer (December 2004 to April 2008) and Director of the Doctoral School of the University of Seville (April 2008 to February 2016).
His research is mainly focused on soil fertility and fertilization management, particularly on phosphorus, and interaction of organic matter and microorganisms with nutrients; he has been involved in different research on saline soil reclamation and environmental impact of fertilization and soil amendment (nutrient loss from soil and trace elements enrichment).
Main researcher in 15 projects funded by public agencies (5 EU and 11national). He has also been in charge of 11 contracts of research with companies and has participated as researcher in another 13 projects.
He has published 98 articles in JCR journals (with more than 2700 cites, July 2024), 17 book chapters, 5 invited keynotes in congresses, 100 proceedings and abstracts in congresses, and obtained 5 patents of invent. His h-index is 34. He has been Associate editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Agronomy (2013-2021), Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Quality (2009-2014), and Associate Editor of the Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research (2013), member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Agronomy (2013), and invited editor for special issue in Soil Use and Management. He is referee for several national and international agencies.
President of the European Society for Agronomy (ESA) Network (2018-2020), member of his steering committee (2017-2022), participant in 2 COST actions (832 and 869, in the latter as a member of the management committee), and member of the scientific committee of 5 international conferences. Supervisor of 9 PhD thesis, 2 with national award.