Alvaro Sanz-Saez - profile information
More information about Alvaro Sanz-Saez
- Assistant Professor (Crop Physiology)
- Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
More bio information
Education
Ph.D. in Plant BiologyUniversity of Navarra (Spain)2011
B.S. in BiologyUniversity of Navarra (Spain)2007
B.S. in BiochemistryUniversity of Navarra (Spain)2007
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor Auburn University (2018)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Missouri (2016-2018)
- Postdoctoral Fellow University of Basque Country (2015)
- Postdoctoral Fellow University of Illinois (20130-2014)
- Postdoctoral Contract University of Barcelona (2012)
Research
I am interested on studying how plants react to abiotic stress, and which strategies they use to thrive in in adverse environmental situations. I focus my research on detecting genotypic variation to abiotic stress such as drought, high temperature and elevated [CO2]. I am also interested on how symbiotic organisms such as bacteria (rhizobium) associate with agronomical crops and how this association can improve the plant response under a stress situation.
As the techniques used to measure plant responses to environmental stress are tedious and difficult to apply in field conditions, I am also interested in the research of new techniques that allow us to measure plant traits in a cheaper and high pace way (high-throughput phenotyping), such as NIRS, thermal cameras, and hyper-spectral cameras and analyzers.
Honors and Awards
- Basque Country Government Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013-2015)
- VII Scientist Network. Biotechnology of Interactions Between Plants and Microorganism Fellowship (2009)
- University of Navarra Graduate Student Fellowship (2007-2011)
- Basque Country Undergraduate Lab Assistant Fellowship (2005-2007)
Professional Affiliations
- Crop Science Society of America (Member)
- American Society of Agronomy (Member)
- Spanish Association of Plant Biology (Member)
