Roxana
Savin

Biography

Roxana Savin holds a PhD (1996) from the University of Melbourne (Australia), an MSc (1993), and a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina, 1988). Since her graduation, she has dedicated herself to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and conducting research in the field of crop ecophysiology. She has authored more than 90 scientific publications in Q1 journals in the fields of agronomy and plant physiology (Google Scholar; h-index 48), contributed 26 chapters in scientific books published by international publishers (e.g., Elsevier, CABI, Springer, Academic Press, etc.), and co-edited two books and an encyclopedia. Since 2017, she has served as a Full Professor at the University of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain) in the Crop Physiology group and as Coordinator of the PhD Program in Agricultural and Food Science and Technology at the same university. She has been Co-Editor-in-Chief of Field Crops Research (Netherlands) and is currently a Technical Editor of Crop Science (USA). Her scientific work has focused specifically on source-sink relationships during grain filling in winter cereals, thermal and water availability effects on the determination of grain weight and quality in wheat, barley, maize, and sunflower, studying crop management strategies to enhance yield and quality in these crops, and improving resource use efficiency.

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