DEPARTAMENTOS: Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente

Universidad: Miguel Hernández University

Area: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry

Research group: GETECMA Soil Science and environmental technologies group

Email: jorge.mataix@umh.es

Personal web: https://jorgemataix.com/

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Doctor by the Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante with the thesis Alteraciones físicas, químicas y biológicas en suelos afectados por incendios forestales contribución a su conservación y regeneración 1999. Supervised by Dr. Ignacio Gómez Lucas, Dr. Jorge Mataix Beneyto.

In 1999 he defended his PhD thesis about the effects of forest fires on physical, chemical and microbiological properties in Mediterranean soils, this continued as his principal line of research, also studying fire-affected areas of Chilean Patagonia and the Peruvian Andes, and with especially emphasis on the study of soil aggregate stability and water repellency. He has collaborated more than 35 research projects related to forest fires, the development of indices of environmental quality of soils, degradation and conservation of forest and agricultural soils. He has developed his career mainly in Spain in national projects, and participated also in international projects, with several stays abroad. He maintains close collaboration with researchers from UK, Slovakia, Italy, Chile, Perú, Bolivia, USA, Russia and Australia, among others. President of the Spanish Society of Soil Science (2017-2025) Listed in the rank of Soil Science researchers in Spain with higher H index · Included in the list of Top Environmental Sciences Scientist in Spain · Included in the ranking of the 2% most cited in the world (Stanford · Elsevier) · Distinguished with the Teaching Talent Award at UMH in 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022 & 2024 · Coordinator of FUEGORED: National Network “Effects of Forest Fires on Soils” (2010-2012) · President of Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS · 2017-2025) · Honorary Member of the Latin American Soil Science Society (SLCS · 2025) · Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS · 2025) · Medalla Botánico Cavanilles · Ateneo Científico, Artístico y Literario · Alicante 2026 · Honorary President of the Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS · 2026)