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Jose Ramon Gonzalez Olabarria
Head of group
PROGRAM / Landscape Dynamics and Planning
LINE / Precision Forestry (PrecFOR) New tools for forestry decision making
PhD in Forestry Sciences from the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Joensuu (now University of Eastern Finland – Itä-Suomen yliopisto). Agricultural Engineer from the Public University of Navarre (UPNA, 1998), Forestry Engineering degree from the University of Lleida (UdL, 2001), and Master’s in Forestry Science from the University of Joensuu (2002).
He has been working at the CTFC since 2006, initially as a junior researcher within the MEDFOREX project, and later as a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow (2007–2010), Ramón y Cajal researcher (2012–2016), and under the I3 program (2017–present). His research focuses on abiotic risk and its integration into forest management planning. He develops models to assess the susceptibility of different forest types to fire and other disturbances.
He has been working at the CTFC since 2006, initially as a junior researcher within the MEDFOREX project, and later as a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow (2007–2010), Ramón y Cajal researcher (2012–2016), and under the I3 program (2017–present). His research focuses on abiotic risk and its integration into forest management planning. He develops models to assess the susceptibility of different forest types to fire and other disturbances.
Keywords
Modeling / SimulationsTerritory planningFire preventionLatest Publications
- Carrasco-Barra, J. González-Olabarria, J.R., Matus-Olivares, C., Ulloa-Fierro, F., Soto, F., Palacios, D., Mahaluf, R., De la Barra, F., Espinoza, C.,..., Garcia-Gonzalo, et. al. (2026). New extensions of Cell2Fire software for fire risk analysis and evaluation in Chilean forests. Environmental Modelling & Software
- Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Baumann, M., Albrich, K., André, F., Augustynczik, A.L.D., Bohn, F.J., Bouwman, M., Bugmann, H., Collalti, A.,..., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González-Olabarria, J.R., et al. (2026). Loss of competitive strength in European conifer species under climate change. Communications Earth & Environment
- Kalabokidis, K., Roussou, O., Vasilakos, C., Palaiologou, P., Zianis, D., Trepekli, K., Brunet-Navarro, P., González-Olabarria, J.R., Borges, J.G., Marques, S., Abate, D.F., Jolly, W.M., Ager, A.A. (2026). Can Greece Solve Its Wildfire Problem?. GeoHazards
- Martín-Cortés, C., Porkhun, O., García-Pascual, B., Zhou, X., Hormazabal, C., Acuna, M., Ruano, A., Selkimäki, M., Mola Yudego, B., Kymäläinen, H., Picchi, G., González-Olabarria, J.R. (2026). 2D-CNN for tree stem detection and segmentation using data collected with a harvester-mounted mobile laser scanner. International Journal of Forest Engineering
- Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Senf, C., Albrich, K., André, F., Augustynczik, A.L.D., Baumann, M., Bohn, F.J., Bouwman, M., Bugmann, H., Collalti, A., Cristal, I.,..., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González-Olabarria, J.R., et al. (2026). Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century. Annals of Forest Science