SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Soil erosion, soil degradation, soil amendments, soil carbon, GIS, soil modeling, land use, climate change.

EDUCATION

2023-present  PhD student, Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Switzerland
SOIL O-LIVE EU Horizon Programme: The Soil Biodiversity and Functionality of Mediterranean Olive Groves: WP3 Soil Erosion and Land Degradation (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101091255)

2019-2022  International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change, Ghent University, Belgium & Aarhus University, Denmark.
specialization:“Physical land resources and global change”Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus Joint master’s degrees (EMJMDs) (https://imsoglo.eu/)
Thesis: Soil water repellency in Greenlandic soils: Effects of adding glacial rock flour.

2011-2017 BSc Engineering in Management and Environment Conservation. “UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA”, Ecuador.
Thesis: Estimation of the carbon pools of the Paramo ecosystem of the Podocarpus National Park-Ecuador.

EXPERIENCE

2016-2017.
Research associate in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Program at “Universidad Nacional de Loja”, Ecuador.

2014-2019
Environmental Technical at Green Office Consulting Firm, Ecuador.

PUBLICATIONS

Weber, P.L., Hermansen, C., Pesch, C., Moldrup, P., Greve, M.H., Blaesbjerg, N.H., Moreno, G., Arthur, E., and de Jonge, L.W. 2022. Glacial rock flour reduces the hydrophobicity of Greenlandic cultivated soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 00, 1– 14. doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20505

Moreno G., Alvarez P. (2018). Effect of the conservation state on the water storage capacity of the Paramo Ecosystem of the Podocarpus National Park (In Spanish). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28654.05448

Alvarez P., Moreno G. (2018). Spatial variability of soil carbon pools in the Andean Grassland (Páramo Ecosystem) (2018). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29490.45760

Alvarez P., Moreno G.,Quinde, J. (2017). Spatial distribution of water erosion in the “Macará” Canton county, Loja province, using the RUSLE and SIG model. In Mazón et al. (Ed.). Restoration of the landscape in Latin America: experiences and future perspectives. CONDESAN. Loja, Ecuador. ISBN: 978-9942-8662-0-2 (In Spanish).