Verónica
Ciganda

Biography

Agricultural engineer from the University of the Republic, Uruguay. Master's and Doctorate from the 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States. Principal Researcher of the Area of ??Natural Resources, 
Production and Environment of the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA, Uruguay). 
Between 2018 and 2021 he directed the Production and Environmental Sustainability Program of the INIA, 
later going on to coordinate, between 2022 and 2024, the Natural Resources, Production and Environment 
Area of ??the same institution.

He has led and participated in national and international projects on topics related mainly to: greenhouse 
gas emissions in livestock and agricultural production systems; interaction between agricultural production
 systems and water quality; life cycle analysis in grazing cattle production systems; and the sustainability of native forests affected by the production of livestock systems.

Her academic activity stands out for being an active teacher and advisor of master's and doctoral students 
at the Postgraduate College of the Faculty of Agronomy and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University 
of the Republic); Until 2023, he will be a member of the postgraduate academic council of the Faculty of 
Agronomy. In addition, she has participated as a delegate for Uruguay of the Livestock Research Group of
 the Global Research Alliance for greenhouse gases.

In the last 5 years he has published more than 13 scientific articles, made presentations and published 
summaries and technical articles at a significant number of national and international conferences and 
events. It has a total of more than 1600 citations as of 2019 (Google Scholar).

Projects