CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE
I.- PERSONAL DATA
Name:
Current Appointment:
Jon I. Lizaso
Phone:
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Email:
Profesor Contratado Doctor
Depto. de Producción Vegetal: Fitotecnia
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA)
Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Ciudad Universitaria
28040 Madrid, SPAIN
34 914524900 ext 1671
34 915449983
[email protected]
II.- EDUCATION
Ingeniero Agrónomo
MSc. Soils and Irrigation
Ph.D. Crop and Soil Sci.
Languages:
Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)
Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela)
Michigan State University (USA)
Fluent in English; Mid-level in French
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III.- RESEARCH PROJECTS
 Principal investigator in the following projects:
1. Verificación de los modelos de simulación de maíz CERES e IXIM en condiciones agroambientales de la Comunidad
de Madrid con especial énfasis en la simulación del nitrógeno en la planta.
Funded by: Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid-UPM. 01/2011-12/2011.
Duration: January 2011-February 2012.
2. Nuevos productos y técnicas de fertilización para la mejora de la productividad del suelo y su conservación. Simulación
de la producción de maíz y trigo: Calibración de modelos y análisis de estrategias de fertilización en el corto plazo.
Funded by: Fertiberia.
Duration: February 2010-January 2011.
3. Efectos de la inundación en dos cultivares de maíz.
Funded by: CDCH (Consejo de Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico), Central University of Venezuela.
Duration: February-August 1998
4. Propuesta para una organización alternativa de investigación y desarrollo para el sector agua potable.
Funded by: Hidroandes (Compañía Hidrológica de la Región Andina).
Duration: May 1997-August 1998
5. Conservación y manejo sustentable de la cuenca alta del río Guárico: Un enfoque multidisciplinario de investigación y
desarrollo. A. Rosales and J.I. Lizaso.
Funded by: PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.).
Duration: June 1995-May 1996.
6. Alternative agricultural technologies: A Venezuelan pilot center.
Funded by: Mac Arthur Foundation, Collaborative Studies Program.
Duration: December 1991-December 1992.
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Member of the research team in the following projects:
Sistemas agrarios sostenibles. Producción de biomasa y manejo de C, N y agua para optimizar producción y calidad.
Investigador Principal: Antonio Vallejo.
Entidad financiadora: Comunidad de Madrid, I + D en Tecnologías
Duración: 2015-2019.
Multiscale climate variability. Agricultural and economic impacts. II. Integrated Assessment of Climatic Hazards and
Economic Risks: Adapting Agricultural Systems in Spain.
Investigador Principal: María Inés Mínguez.
Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Plan Nacional de I + D + I
Duración: 2013-2015.
Sistemas agrarios sostenibles. Producción de biomasa y manejo de C, N y agua.
Principal Investigator: Antonio Vallejo.
Funded by: Comunidad de Madrid, I + D en Tecnologías (2010-2014).
Impacto y adaptación de sistemas agrícolas del País Vasco al cambio climático.
Principal Investigator: Margarita Ruiz Ramos.
Funded by: NEIKER-Tecnalia. (June 2009-June 2010).
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Minimización de incertidumbres en los análisis de impacto y adaptación al cambio climático en sistemas agrícolas.
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Plan Nacional de I + D + I
Duration: 2008-2011
Principal Investigator: María Inés Mínguez Tudela.
Integration and Verification of Water Quality and Crop Yield Models for BMP Planning.
Funded by: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Duration: January 2005-December 2007
Principal Investigators: Jim W. Jones and Ken J. Boote.
Evaluating and Improving CROPGRO-Soybean and CERES-Maize Models for Predicting Growth and Yield Response
to Climate Change.
Funded by: U.S. Department of Energy through the National Institute for Global Environmental Change.
Duration: January 2002-December 2004
Principal Investigators: Ken J. Boote, Jim W. Jones, and William D. Batchelor
Evaluating genetic by environment interactions on physiological traits for three corn hybrids.
Funded by: Monsanto.
Duration: May 1999-April 2000.
Principal Investigator: William D. Batchelor
Conservación y manejo sustentable de la cuenca alta del río Guárico: Un enfoque multidisciplinario de investigación y
desarrollo.
Funded by: PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.).
Duration: June 1995-June 1996
Principal Investigator: Aníbal Rosales.
IV.- PUBLICATIONS
 Journal indexed in JCR:
1. Kumudini, S., F.H. Andrade, K.J. Boote, G.A. Brown, K.A. Dzotsi, G.O. Edmeades, T. Gocken, M. Goodwin, A.L.
Halter, G.L. Hammer, J.L. Hatfield, J.W. Jones, A.R. Kemanian, S.-H. Kim, J. Kiniry, J.I. Lizaso, C. Nendel, R.L.
Nielsen, B. Parent, C.O. Stӧckle, F. Tardieu, P.R. Thomison, D.J. Timlin, T.J. Vyn, D. Wallach, H.S. Yang, and M.
Tollenaar. 2014. Predicting maize phenology: Intercomparison of functions for developmental response to temperature.
Agronomy Journal 106(6):2087-2097.
2. Bassu S., N. Brisson, J.L. Durand, K. Boote, J.I. Lizaso, J.W. Jones, C. Rosenzweig, A.C. Ruane, M. Adam, C. Baron,
B. Basso, C. Biernath, H. Boogaard, S. Conijn, M. Corbeels, D. Deryng, G. De Sanctis, S. Gayler, P. Grassini, J.
Hatfield, S. Hoek, C. Izaurralde, R. Jongschaap, A.R. Kemanian, K.C. Kersebaum, N.S. Kumar, D. Makowski, C.
Müller, C. Nendel, E. Priesack, M.V. Pravia, S.H. Kim, F. Sau, I. Shcherbak, F. Tao, E. Teixeira, D. Timlin, K. Waha.
2014. How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors? Global Change Biology
20(7):2301-2320.
3. Soldevilla-Martinez, M., M. Quemada, R. López-Urrea, R. Muñoz-Carpena, J.I. Lizaso. 2014. Soil water balance:
comparing two simulation models of different levels of complexity with lysimeter observations. Agricultural Water
Management 139:53-63.
4. Munz, S., S. Graeff-Honninger, J.I. Lizaso, Q. Chen, and W. Claupein. 2014. Modeling light availability for a
subordinate crop within a strip–intercropping system. Field Crops Research 155:77-89.
5. Soldevilla-Martinez, M., D. Martin-Lammerding, J.L. Tenorio, I. Walter, M. Quemada, and J.I. Lizaso. 2013.
Simulating improved combinations tillage-rotation under dryland conditions. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
11(3):820-832.
6. Boote, K.J., J.W. Jones, J.W. White, S. Asseng, and J.I. Lizaso. 2013. Putting mechanisms into crop production
models. Plant Cell and Environment 36(9):1658-1672.
7. Confalone, A., K.J. Boote, J.I. Lizaso, and F. Sau. 2011. Temperature and photoperiod effects on Vicia faba phenology
simulated by CROPGRO-Fababean. Agronomy Journal 103:1036-1050.
8. Lizaso, J.I., K.J. Boote, J.W. Jones, C.H. Porter, L. Echarte, M.E. Westgate, G. Sonohat. 2011. CSM-IXIM: A New
Maize Simulation Model for DSSAT version 4.5. Agronomy Journal 103:766-779.
9. Gabriel, J.L., J.I. Lizaso, M. Quemada. 2010. Laboratory versus field calibration of multisensor capacitance probes.
Soil Science Society of America Journal 74(2):593-601.
10. Confalone, A., J.I. Lizaso, B. Ruiz-Nogueira, F.X. López-Cedrón, F. Sau. 2010. Growth, PAR use efficiency, and yield
components of field-grown Vicia faba L. under various temperature and photoperiod regimes. Field Crops Research
115(2):140-148.
11. Ramirez, R., B. Mendoza, and J.I. Lizaso. 2009. Mycorrhiza effect on maize P uptake from phosphate rock and
superphosphate. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 40(13):2058-2071.
12. Astini, J.P., A. Fonseca, C. Clark, J.I. Lizaso, L. Grass, M. Westgate, and R. Arritt. 2009. Predicting Out-Crossing in
Maize Hybrid Seed Production. Agronomy Journal 101(2):373-380.
13. Lizaso, J.I., A.E. Fonseca and M.E. Westgate. 2007. Source-limited and sink-limited kernel set: Two complementary
approaches to simulate kernel number with CERES-Maize. Crop Science 47(5):2078-2088.
14. Lizaso, J.I., K.J. Boote, C.M. Cherr, J.J. Casanova, J. Judge, J.M. Scholberg, J.W. Jones, G. Hoogenboom. 2007.
Developing a sweet corn simulation model to predict fresh market yield and quality of ears. Journal of the American
Society for Horticultural Science 132(3):415-422.
15. Ramirez, R. and J.I. Lizaso. 2006. Maize inbreds response to Riecito phosphate rock and triple superphosphate on an
acidic soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 37:1917-1931.
16. Lizaso, J.I., W.D. Batchelor, K.J. Boote, and M.E. Westgate. 2005. Development of a leaf level canopy assimilation
model in CERES-Maize. Agronomy Journal 97:722-733.
17. Lizaso, J.I., W.D. Batchelor, K.J. Boote, M.E. Westgate, P. Rochette and A. Moreno-Sotomayor. 2005. Evaluating a
leaf level canopy assimilation model in CERES-Maize. Agronomy Journal 97:734-740.
18. Ramirez, R., D. Gutierrez, R. Villafañe, and J. I. Lizaso. 2005. Salt tolerance of sesame genotypes at germination,
vegetative, and maturity stages. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 36:2405-2419.
19. Fonseca, A.E., J.I. Lizaso, M.E. Westgate, L. Grass, and D.L. Dornbos, Jr., 2004. Simulating Potential Kernel
Production in Maize Hybrid Seed Fields. Crop Science 44:1696-1709.
20. Lizaso, J.I., M.E. Westgate, W.D. Batchelor and A. Fonseca. 2003. Predicting potential kernel set in maize from simple
flowering characteristics. Crop Science 43(3):892-903.
21. Westgate, M.E., J.I. Lizaso and W.D. Batchelor. 2003. Quantitative relationships between pollen shed density and grain
yield in maize (Zea mays L.). Crop Science 43(3):934-942.
22. Lizaso, J.I., W.D. Batchelor, M.E. Westgate and L. Echarte. 2003. Enhancing the ability of CERES-Maize to compute
light capture. Agricultural Systems 76(1):293-311.
23. Lizaso, J.I., W.D. Batchelor and M.E. Westgate. 2003. A leaf area model to simulate cultivar-specific expansion and
senescence of maize leaves. Field Crops Research 80(1):1-17.
24. Lizaso, J.I., W.D. Batchelor, and M.E. Westgate. 2002. Using the normalized difference vegetation index and a crop
simulation model to predict soil spatial variability. Transactions of the ASAE 45(4): 1217-1222.
25. Lizaso, J.I., W.D. Batchelor and S.S. Adams. 2001. Alternate approach to improve kernel number calculation in
CERES-Maize. Transactions of the ASAE 44(4):1011-1018.
26. Lizaso, J.I., L.M. Melendez and R. Ramirez. 2001. Early flooding of two cultivars of tropical maize: I. Shoot and root
growth. Journal of Plant Nutrition 24(7):979-995.
27. Lizaso, J.I., L.M. Melendez and R. Ramirez. 2001. Early flooding of two cultivars of tropical maize: II. Nutritional
responses. Journal of Plant Nutrition 24(7):997-1011.
28. Ramirez, R., S.M. Fernandez and J.I. Lizaso. 2001. Changes of pH and available phosphorus and calcium in rizosphere
of aluminum-tolerant maize germplasm fertilized with phosphate rock. Communications in Soil Science and Plant
Analysis 32(9,10):1551-1565.
29. Lizaso, J.I. and J.T. Ritchie. 1997. Maize shoot and root response to root zone saturation during vegetative growth.
Agronomy Journal 89:125-134.
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Book Chapters
Lizaso, J.I. and J.T. Ritchie. 1997. A modified version of CERES to predict the impact of soil water excess on maize
crop growth and development. pp: 153-167. In: M.J. Kropff, P.S. Teng, P.K. Aggarwal, J. Bouma, B.A.M. Bouman,
J.W. Jones and H.H. van Laar (Eds). Applications of Systems Approaches at the field level. Vol 2. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, London, U.K.
Lizaso, J.I. and J.T. Ritchie. 1995. A field facility for monitoring root systems as affected by water table management.
pp: 445-451. En: H.W. Belcher and F.M. D'Itri (Eds). Subirrigation and Controlled Drainage. Lewis Publishers, Boca
Raton, Florida. USA.
Other Articles
Confalone, A., J.I. Lizaso, B. Ruiz-Nogueira, and F. Sau. 2011. Phenology modeling of faba bean cv. Alameda. Revista
de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias 43(1):75-84.
Gabriel, J.L., J. Ramírez, J.I. Lizaso, C. Hontoria and M. Quemada. 2011. Manejo del período intercultivo de maíz:
Introducción de cultivos cubierta. Tierras 183: 68-72.
F. Sau, F.X. Lopez Cedron, A.E. Confalone and J.I. Lizaso. 2010. Modelos de simulación del cultivo de maíz:
fundamentos y aplicaciones en España. Pastos 40(2):117-138.
Lizaso, J.I., K.J. Boote, J.W. Jones, and C.H. Porter. IXIM: A new maize simulation model for DSSAT v4.5. Italian
Journal of Agronomy 3(3) Suppl.:745-746, 2008.
Confalone, A., K.J. Boote, J.I. Lizaso, and F. Sau. Predicting phenology of Vicia faba: Parameter estimation with
CROPGRO-fababean model using multiple sowing date experiments. Italian Journal of Agronomy 3(3) Suppl.:765766, 2008.
Melendez, L.M., J.I. Lizaso and R. Ramirez. 2001. Efecto de la fertilización nitrogenada sobre dos variedades de maíz
(Zea mays L.) sometidas a exceso de humedad en el suelo. Bioagro 13(3):111-116.
Ortiz, A., L. López and J.I. Lizaso. 2000. Comparación de algunos componentes del rendimiento, latencia de las
semillas y dimensiones de los granos entre poblaciones de arroz rojo y variedades de arroz (Oryza sativa L.) en
Venezuela. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía 26:39-51.
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Ortiz, A., L. López and J.I. Lizaso. 1999. Desarrollo y caracterización morfológica de ecotipos de arroz rojo y
variedades de arroz en Venezuela. Agronomía Tropical 49(1):51-67.
9. Lizaso, J.I. 1997. Efectos de la inundación en maíz: Una revisión [online]. Investigación Agrícola (Revista Electrónica)
Vol 2. Disponible en: http://www.redpav-fpolar.info.ve/danac/viewarticle.php? id=7&layout =html (Verificado 27 Abr.
2005).
10. Paez, M.L., O.S. Rodriguez and J.I. Lizaso. 1989. Potencial erosivo de la lluvia en tierras agrícolas de Venezuela.
Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía. Alcance Nº 37: 45-58.
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Invited Seminars
Lizaso, J.I. Improving Crop Models: Incorporating New Processes, New Approaches, and Better Calibrations. Keynote
Speaker. 13th European Society for Agronomy Congress, 25-29 August, Debrecen, Hungary, 2014.
Lizaso, J.I. DSSAT - CSM-IXIM: Improving process simulation in maize. International Research Training Group.
Modelling approaches for different cropping systems and plant breeding. Sino-German International Research Training
Group. March 24-31, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 2012.
Lizaso, J.I. Evaluating and improving crop simulation models to assess the impact of climate change. Abstracts.
Climate change: Challenge for training of applied plant scientist, September, 7-11, Martonvasar, Hungary, 2009.
Lizaso, J.I. Mejoras en la simulación de procesos en maíz usando CERES-Maize. Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de
Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mayo 2004.
Lizaso, J.I. and W.D. Batchelor. Temperature effect on maize phenology: Linear and non-linear models. Modeling
Temperature Response in Wheat and Maize. CIMMYT, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, El
Batán, México. April, 23-25, 2001.
Lizaso, J.I. Physiology of kernel set in corn. Technical Conference, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Davenport,
Iowa, February 10, 1999.
V.- SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
1. Nick Manager, decision support tool to manage maize seed production: (http://www.cavadevices.com). The program
assists field management of inbreds to maximize seed production and minimize the risk of outcrossing.
2. SWCER, Sweet corn simulation model developed for DSSAT version 4.5 (Decision Support System for
Agrotechnology Transfer; http://www.icasa.net/); Simulates fresh weight yield of ears.
3. CSM-IXIM, New maize simulation model available in DSSAT version 4.5 (Decision Support System for
Agrotechnology Transfer; http://www.icasa.net/), as an alternative model to CERES-Maize.