Dr. Olga Viedma Sillero

Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
Castilla La Mancha University
Spain

Biography

My curriculum emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of my academic and teaching training. I am a doctor in Environmental Sciences from the University of Alcalá de Henares and a graduate In Geography and History, with a specialization in Geography by the University of Alicante. My The first interests were directed at new technologies applied to the environment, Which led me to obtain a series of fellowships to initiate research at the CSIC With which I introduced myself in the techniques of photogrammetry, remote sensing and Geographical information (GIS). Then I studied doctorate at the University of Alcala de Henares, following the Teledetection and GIS program, which culminated in my dissertation and Initiation of the doctoral thesis. The thesis focused on the comprehensive study of fires In the northern part of Alicante between 1984 and 1994 by means of Landsat TM digital imaging. The thesis was developed in the Faculty of Physical Sciences of Valencia on receiving an FPI grant from the Generalitat Valenciana. At the end of the thesis, I linked with the University of Castilla - La Mancha through a Postdoctoral fellowship Associated with the European project LUCIFER focused on changes in land use and Occurrence of forest fires. In this way I started my research and Lecturer in the field of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, respectively.

Research Intrest

Landscape Ecology. Study of landscapes disturbed by the action of man (Changes in land use, pollution ...) and forest fires.

List of Publications
Angeler DG, Viedma O, Moreno J. Statistical performance and information content of time lag analysis and redundancy analysis in time series modeling. Ecology. 2009 Nov 1;90(11):3245-57.
Viedma O, Angeler DG, Moreno JM. Landscape structural features control fire size in a Mediterranean forested area of central Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2009 Sep 7;18(5):575-83.
Moreira F, Viedma O, Arianoutsou M, Curt T, Koutsias N, Rigolot E, Barbati A, Corona P, Vaz P, Xanthopoulos G, Mouillot F. Landscape–wildfire interactions in southern Europe: implications for landscape management. Journal of environmental management. 2011 Oct 31;92(10):2389-402.
Moreno JM, Viedma O, Zavala G, Luna B. Landscape variables influencing forest fires in central Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2011 Aug 29;20(5):678-89.
Viedma O, Torres I, Pérez B, Moreno JM. Modeling plant species richness using reflectance and texture data derived from QuickBird in a recently burned area of Central Spain. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2012 Apr 16;119:208-21.