Ruben Laina Relaño

Ruben Laina Relaño serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest and Environmental Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), with active memberships in the Natural Resources Inventory and Management Research Group since June 2005 and the Center for Research, Development and Innovation for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development (CBDS) since March 2022.

His interdisciplinary research spans critical environmental domains:

• Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy
• Forestry and Sustainable Resource Management
• Renewable Energy Systems and Waste Disposal Technologies
• Materials Science with focus on Paper & Wood applications
• Biotechnology integration in environmental solutions
• Energy & Fuels sustainability frameworks

His publications demonstrate tangible policy impact with references in governmental sources and significant academic engagement through 32 and 14 Mendeley readers on key works. Current research focuses on biodiversity conservation methodologies within sustainable development paradigms, leveraging both theoretical modeling and practical field applications across European environmental frameworks.

Contact:

• ruben.laina@upm.es