Biography
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada leads QuantaLab Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), part of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research centers on remote sensing technologies for detecting biotic and abiotic stress in vegetation, with a strong focus on hyperspectral and thermal imaging.
He earned an Agricultural Engineering degree from the University of Córdoba in Spain, a Master of Science in Remote Sensing in Scotland, UK, and a PhD in Earth and Space Science at York University, Canada. His international academic and research career includes appointments as a faculty member at the University of California, Davis (USA). He also served as Director of IAS-CSIC (2008-2012), Senior Scientist at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (2012-2018), and a full professorship in Remote Sensing at the School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (2018-2024).
Recognised for his scientific contributions, Dr. Zarco-Tejada has been consistently named a Highly Cited Researcher since 2019, reflecting the significant impact of his work in the fields of remote sensing of vegetation. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications in leading international journals.
