UAL

University of Almeria.

• ACTIVITY: scientific and technological research.
• LOCATION: Sacramento Highway s/n (04120) La Cañada de San Urbano. (Almeria).
• CONSTITUTION DATE: 1993.
• CATEGORY: University/Research Center.
• CONTACT: (+34) 950 214 000.

• DESCRIPTION: The University of Almería is a public institution of higher education created and designed to perform a quality teaching and research function that contributes to the economic and social development of its environment through the transfer of knowledge.
• PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS:
  • Teaching and research.
  • Internationalization.
  • Knowledge transfer.

• FACILITIES: –
• STAFF: –
• BUDGET: –
• PROJECTS: –
• KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: –

TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPLY/DEMAND: The UAL organizes its research groups in 9 thematic areas, 3 of which are directly related to the agri-food sector:

• Agri-food:
  • Plant protection of crops in greenhouses.
  • Digestive modeling.
  • Pesticide residues.
  • Production systems in plasticulture and computing applied to agricultural and environmental sciences.
  • Genetics and physiology of plant development.
  • Rural engineering.
  • Technology of agricultural production in semi-arid areas.
  • Plant production in Mediterranean cropping systems.
  • Subtropical and Mediterranean fruit growing.
  • Intensive horticultural cultivation systems.
  • Sustainability of protected horticultural and ornamental systems.
• Biotechnologies:
  • Biotechnology of marine microalgae.
  • Technological development microbiological to improve soils of agricultural interest.
  • Bioprocess engineering and water technologies.
  • Biotechnology of natural products.
  • Structural studies of ligand-protein interaction.
  • Horticultural genetics.
  • Protein structure.
  • Health and Environment.
• Natural resources and environment:
  • Agriculture and environment in arid areas.
  • Ecozonar (ecology of arid zones).
  • Water resources and environmental geology.
  • Research group in applied geophysics.
  • Applied soil science.
  • Transfer of R&D in the area of natural resources.
  • Uses of inorganic solids in pollution prevention.
  • Advanced systems in agro-environmental chemistry.
  • Conservation biology.
  • Aquatic ecology and aquaculture.
  • Integrated territory management and spatial information technologies.
  • Properties and functions of soils in semiarid environments.
  • Eco hydrology and restoration of arid lands.