FORMAL TEACHING
Soil science.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Degree in Environmental Sciences.
Course: Second course.
Type: Laboratory practices (soil analysis: sample treatment, pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, calcium carbonate content, texture, color, structure, exchangeable bases and cation exchange capacity, moisture and useful water), soil mapping studies (photo-interpretation, analysis of soil forming factors and description of different soil types) and field practices (description of natural environment and soil profiles).
Assigned teaching hours:
– Academic year 2019/2020: 20 hours.
– Academic year 2020/2021: 20 hours.
– Academic year 2021/2022: 60 hours.
Soil evaluation, management, conservation and recovery techniques.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Degree in Environmental Sciences.
Course: Third course.
Type: Field practices (description of different recovery techniques for mining sites: erosion control, vegetation establishment, water infiltration, …; and explanation of how to measure concentration of potentially harmful elements at field by X-ray fluorescence). Computer practices using programs for evaluation of soils using the USDA agrological class system (1965), evaluation of land use capacity according to the Riquier system (FAO, 1970) and evaluation of specific soil aptitudes for other crops according to the “FAO Soil Evaluation Scheme”.
Assigned teaching hours:
– Academic year 2019/2020: 8 hours.
– Academic year 2020/2021: 8 hours.
The physical environment.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Degree in Biology.
Course: First course.
Type: Laboratory practices (soil analysis: sample treatment, pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, calcium carbonate content, texture, color, structure).
Assigned teaching hours:
– Academic year 2019/2020: 25 hours.
– Academic year 2020/2021: 25 hours.
Methods for the study of the natural environment.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Degree in Biology.
Course: First course.
Type: Soil mapping studies (photo-interpretation, analysis of soil forming factors and description of different soil types) and field practices (description of natural environment and soil profiles).
Assigned teaching hours:
– Academic year 2019/2020: 7 hours.
– Academic year 2020/2021: 7 hours.
MENTORING STUDENT RESEARCH
Evaluación de la carga crítica de Tecnosoles para el tratamiento de aguas ácidas mineras .
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Degree in Environmental Sciences.
Author: Laura Mérida Sánchez.
Tutors: Ana Romero Freire and Francisco José Martín Peinado.
Defense: Academic year 2022-2023 (22/06/2023).
Evaluación de fitoextracción de elementos tecnológicamente críticos.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Master’s degree in Conservation, Management and Restoration of Biodiversity.
Author: Jorge Fernández Garrido.
Tutors: Ana Romero Freire and Francisco Javier Martínez Garzón.
Defense: Academic year 2022-2023 (20/09/2023).
Evaluación de Tecnosoles en la descontaminación de suelos y su influencia sobre la fitotoxicidad de metales pesados.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Master’s degree in Advances in Agricultural Biology and Aquaculture.
Author: Mateo González Quero.
Tutors: Begoña Blasco León (Department of Plant Physiology – UGR) and Manuel Sierra Aragón (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry – UGR).
Defense: Academic year 2022-2023 (20/07/2023).
Uso de Tecnosoles en la recuperación de suelos contaminados por actividades mineras.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Master’s degree in Conservation, Management and Restoration of Biodiversity.
Author: Ignacio Montero Acosta.
Tutors: Manuel Sierra Aragón and Ana Romero Freire.
Defense: Academic year 2021-2022 (20/07/2022).
Aplicación de Tecnosoles para la recuperación de suelos contaminados.
Institution: Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry. Universisty of Granada.
Academic degree: Master’s degree in Advances in Agricultural Biology and Aquaculture.
Author: Sheila Ocón Martín.
Tutors: Francisco José Martín Peinado and Ana Romero Freire.
Defense: Academic year 2020-2021 (20/09/2021).
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Seminar. Aplicación de tecnosoles derivados de residuos para el tratamiento de suelos y aguas afectados por minería. Seminar given in the subject “Soil Restoration” of the Master Degree in Conservation, Management and Restoration of Biodiversity of the University of Granada. February 24, 2021.
– Full presentation in Zenodo – DOI:10.5281/zenodo.3780370
Workshop. Soil: the great unknown in the fight against climate change. Workshop given as part of the programme of activities offered to the students of the University of Granada selected in the Arqus Challenge-Based Learning Programme “Rethinking Climate Change” as support training. November, 2020.
TEACHING MATERIALS
Audio-guides of the monoliths of the Soil Museum of the Department of Soil Science – UGR. Production of the explanatory audio-guides of different monoliths exhibited in the museum used in the teaching given by the Department.
– Monolith 5 (https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90161), 9 (https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80871), 12 (https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90167), 14 (https://hdl.handle.net/10481/89952), and 17 (https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90182).
Antonio Aguilar-Garrido 