Associate Agent, ANR and Horticulture | Director, Santa Cruz County
(a) EDUCACION 2013-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University. 2006-2010: Ph.D. Natural Resources and Environmental Management NREM) University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1910 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822. 1991-1994: M.Sc. Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1910 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822. 1984-1989: Ingeniero Agronomo especialista en Suelos, Departamento de Suelos, Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico. (b) RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 08/2023 – Present Cooperative Extension Director for Santa Cruz County and Associate Agent on Horticulture and Natural Resources. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 07/2015 – 07/2023 Agricultural Program Coordinator, Rainbow Acres, CamVerde, AZ. 09/2011 – 06/2013 Director of the Agricultural Diversification and Agroforestry Programs, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT) Niamey, Niger. 06/2010 – 08/2011 Director of Terrestrial Science, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador. (c) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Plant Ecology, Soils Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Landscape Ecology and Sustainable Landscapes at Rainbow Acres, CamVerde, Arizona. Guest lecturer on Remote Sensing and GIS Principles and Applications on Forest Management. Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University. Principles and applications of remote sensing and GIS technologies for natural resource assessment and management at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, in Niamey, Niger and Hyderabad, India. Application of remote sensing and GIS technologies for natural resource assessment and management at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador. Principles of Remote Sensing for Vegetation Studies at Los Tuxtlas Biological Station, National University of Mexico UNAM) Principles of Remote Sensing for Agricultural Applications at University of Veracruz Universidad Veracruzana) Postgraduate College Colegio de Posgraduados) Campus Veracruz, Mexico, and variousTechnological Institutes in Veracruz, Mexico. (d) PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES Martinez-Morales, R. Agroforestry as an alternative to combat invasive plant species in dryland ecosystems. Southwest Vegetation Management Association annual conference “20 Years of Vegetation Management in Arizona”, Mesa Community College, October, 2017. Martinez-Morales, R. A Landscape Approach to combat invasive plant species. Intertribal Agriculture Council 2nd Annual Southwest IAC Conference “Strengthening Agriculture on Native Lands of the Southwest” Twin Arrows Resort, Flagstaff, Arizona. September, 2016. Martinez-Morales, R. Koch, G. and B. Hungate. Effects of 10 years of drought 2000-2009) on forest hydrology in Northern Arizona. 12th Biennial Conference of Science and Management on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, September, 2013. Martinez-Morales R. An integrated agro-ecological cropping system strategy to increase sustainable food production and climate change adaptation in West Africa. Global Research Alliance Workshop. Accra, Ghana, November, 2012. Martinez-Morales R. Rock phosphate application and Sesbania a wild legume shrub) planting: an integrated strategy to double millet and sorghum yields in the Sahel. Integrated Soil Fertility Management Conference ISFM 2012: From Microbes to market, Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 22-26, 2012. Martinez-Morales R. and Saidou Abdoussalam. An integrated agro-ecological cropping system strategy to increase sustainable food production and climate change adaptation in West Africa. CORAF/WECARD agricultural science week. Njamena, Tchad, May, 2012. (e) AWARDS AND HONORS2008: Best PhD research, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2009: Best PhD research, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa. (f) RECENT PUBLICATIONS Idol, T. Martinez Morales, R. Friday, J.B. 2017. Precommercial release thinning of potential Acacia koa crotrees increases stem and crown growth in dense, 8-year-old stands in Hawaii, Forest Ecology and Management, 392, 105-114, doi: http:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.029) Wonsook Ha W. Kolb T. E. Sprinter A. E. Dore S, Martinez-Morales R. O’Donnell F. C. Masek Lopez R. Koch G. W. 2014) Evapotranspiration comparisons between eddy covariance measurements and meteorological and remote sensing-based models in disturbed ponderosa pine forests. Ecohydrology, 8:1335–1350, DOI: 10.1002/eco.1586. Martinez Morales, R. 2012) Using Remotely Sensed Imagery for Forest Resource Assessment and Inventory, in Forest Ecosystems-More than Just Trees Eds. Juan A. Blanco and Yueh-Hsin Lo, INTECH, Open Access Company, Rijeka, Croatia http:www.intechopen.comooks/forest-ecosystems-more-than-just-trees/using-remotely-sensed-imagery-for-forest-resource-assessment-and-inventory)