Pedro David Fernandez

Pedro David Fernandez is a postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, specializing in land-use and sustainability science within the Conservation Biogeography Lab. His work bridges remote sensing, livestock system indicators, and socio-environmental dynamics to address sustainability challenges in tropical dry woodlands.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (2022), National University of Tucuman, Argentina
  • Diploma in Agronomical Engineering (2015), Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, Argentina
• Research Themes:
  • Environmental and productive analysis of cattle ranching
  • Land system intensification and trade-offs
  • Mapping agricultural landscape dynamics
  • Actor-centered land system typologies
  • Biophysical modeling for grazing pressure
• Recent Article Trends:
  • Focus on Tropical Dry Forests, Agricultural Intensification, and Land Tenure Conflicts
  • Methodological emphasis on Remote Sensing, Landsat Time Series, and Actor-Centered Analysis
  • Geographic scope spans Gran Chaco, South America’s Dry Diagonal, and South Asian Tropical Dry Forests
• Collaborative Networks:
  • Work with Tobias Kuemmerle (Professor & Head of Conservation Biogeography Lab)
  • Collaborations with Matthias Baumann (Senior Researcher), Daniel Müller (Professor of Geography), and Dominic Martin (Assistant Professor)