Specific areas of interest include:

Precision irrigation

• Mapping soil and plant spatial variability and delineation of management zones 
• Monitoring soil and plant water status
• Control water application through IoT and Variable rate irrigation

Remote sensing

• Satellite and UAV-based remote sensing
• Mapping irrigation demand and global irrigated areas
• Ground truthing:
  • Evapotranspiration  (Eddy covariance and Surface renewal methods)
  • Soil moisture (Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors and TDR)

Irrigation engineering

• Design and performance analysis of irrigation systems (large distribution systems and on-farm scale)
• Systems design and reservoir operation optimization
• Development of cheap and reliable sensors and IoT solutions for agricultural application

Crop water demand and productivity under different management conditions

• Field trials related to water deficit, nutrient stress, and response to biostimulants application
• Plant response under various configurations and photovoltaics system design
• Irrigation scheduling with treated wastewater
• Climate change impact on agricultural productivity and water resources availability (Local and Global scale)
• Crop modeling and decision support tools  
• Economic analysis and agricultural water value
• Water & Carbon footprint/ Benchmarking irrigation efficiency 
• Systematic reviews and meta-analysis