Graduated in Forest Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (2017), Master's in Forest Engineering from the same institution (2019), and PhD in Forest Engineering (2024), with a doctoral thesis focused on natural regeneration and species diversification of Pinus pinaster plantations through group selection thinning, linked to the FORADMIT and FORTRESS projects.
As a pre-doctoral researcher, he collaborated with the Institute of Forest Sciences (ICIFOR) of INIA-CSIC on projects related to his thesis and Master’s research. He also carried out pre-doctoral research stays at Natural Resources Canada (Ottawa, Canada) and at the Northern Research Station of Forest Research (Roslin, Scotland, UK). Since March 2024, he has been a post-doctoral researcher at the CTFC, working within the European project Eco2Adapt, while working on silviculture and post-fire restoration research.
de Frutos, S., Manso, R., Roig-Gómez, S., Ruiz-Peinado, R., del Río, M., Bravo-Fernández, J. A. (2024). Height increment patterns in Pinus pinaster seedlings emerging in naturally regenerated gaps. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 97, 635–648. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpae002
de Frutos, S., Fortin, M., Roig-Gómez, S., Ruiz-Peinado, R., del Río, M., Bravo-Fernández, J.A., (2023). Group selection cutting for regenerating Mediterranean Pinus pinaster plantations: Gap effects on seedling survival. Forest Ecology and Management 544, 121219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121219
de Frutos, S., Bravo-Fernández, J.A., Roig-Gómez, S., Del Río, M., Ruiz-Peinado, R., 2022. Natural regeneration and species diversification after seed-tree method cutting in a maritime pine reforestation. iForest 15, 500-508. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4088-015