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A doctoral thesis analyses the influence of barley cultivation on the properties of malt, wort and beer
Neus Prieto, PhD from the University of Lleida (UdL), has presented a doctoral thesis that analyses how the variety and growing area of barley affects the properties of the malt, wort and beer produced from it. It is a thesis directed by Mª Paz Romero and Ignacio...
Biodiversity protects against invasions of non-native tree species
For centuries, human activity has intentionally or unintentionally driven the spread of plant species to areas far outside their native habitat. On average, about 10% of non-native species worldwide become invasive, often causing large ecological and economic...
Now open: Expressions of interest for a job offer in agri-food innovation dynamization
The University of Lleida and the Agrobiotech Park of Lleida will open a place for a in the promotion of agri-food innovation at the start of the 2023-2024 course. A young, technical profile is sought (must be less than 30 years old at the time of recruitment) to...
The University of Lleida closes its facilities to the public from 5 to 27 August
The University of Lleida (UdL) closes its facilities to the public this Saturday, 5th of August, and until the 27th of the same month. All buildings will have limited access to staff. The UdL plans to save 85,000 euros in electricity, telephony and cleaning, among...

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Active projects
National projects
International projects
1,817,023 € financial amount. (2019)

Joint Research Unit with the
Forest Science and
Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

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Senior researchers
Postdoctoral researchers
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ICREA Researchers
from 20 countries. 45% of whom are women.
ICREA Academia Researchers

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annual average. H-Index 55.
%
of our publications are within the 1% most cited papers:
among others in Nature, Nature Climate Change, Science, PNAS (Last CERCA Evaluation, 2018).

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative
the International Wheat Yield Partnership

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