Maria Dolores Fernandez Rodriguez

Maria Dolores Fernandez Rodriguez is a Professor at the Department of Agroforestry Engineering, affiliated with the Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is part of the Strategic Grouping in Sustainable Management and Production of Bioresources (BioReDes) and the research group BioMODEM (Modeling, Energy and Mechanization in Biosystems). Her work focuses on thermal behavior modeling in agricultural systems using finite element analysis, particularly in greenhouse environments.

Education:

• Doctorate from University of Santiago de Compostela (2003), Thesis: 'Modeling through finite element analysis of the thermal behavior of substrates heated by radiant cable in a greenhouse', supervised by Dr. Francisco Maseda Eimil and Dr. Ramón L. Velo Sabín.

Research Interests: She specializes in integrating thermal engineering principles with agricultural systems, emphasizing renewable energy applications in greenhouse climate control. Her methodologies involve computational modeling to optimize substrate heating and energy efficiency in agroforestry contexts.

Awards: None explicitly listed in the provided text.

Advising & Grants: No student advisement or grant details are mentioned here. Her current activities likely revolve around the BioMODEM and BioReDes groups.

Labs/Teams: Active in BioMODEM and BioReDes, focusing on modeling energy systems and sustainable bioresource management.