Education

Bachelor in Agricultural Engineering. National University of Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2005 – 2010
Master’s in Plant Production. National University of Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2014 – 2016
Ph.D. in Horticulture & Agronomy. University of California, Davis. 2017 – 2022

Research Interests

• Crop eco-physiology
• Crop diversity
• Yield potential
• Yield-gap analysis
• Crop simulation modelsv

Publications

Google Scholar publication list

• Aramburu-Merlos, F., van Loon, M. P., van Ittersum, M. K., & Grassini, P. (2024). High-resolution global maps of yield potential with local relevance for targeted crop production improvement. Nature Food, 1-6.
• Aramburu-Merlos, F., Tenorio, F. A., Mashingaidze, N., Sananka, A., Aston, S., Ojeda, J. J., & Grassini, P. (2024). Adopting yield-improving practices to meet maize demand in Sub-Saharan Africa without cropland expansion. Nature communications, 15(1), 4492.
• Aramburu Merlos, F. & Hijmans, R.J. (2020). The scale dependency of spatial crop species diversity and its relation to temporal diversity. PNAS 202011702. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011702117
   
• Aramburu Merlos, F., Silva, J.V., Baudron, F., & Hijmans, R.J. (2023). Estimating lime requirements for tropical soils: Model comparison and development. Geoderma, 432, 116421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116421
   
• Aramburu Merlos, F. & Hijmans, R.J. (2022). Potential, attainable, and current levels of global crop diversity. Environ Res Letters 17.4 044071. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac62ab
   
• Aramburu Merlos, F. , Monzon, J. P., Mercau, J. L., Taboada, M., Andrade, F. H., Hall, A. J., ... & Grassini, P. (2015). Potential for crop production increase in Argentina through closure of existing yield gaps. Field Crops Research, 184, 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2015.10.001