The Vitis CIDA team deals with many aspects related to the viticultural production within the context of Sustainable Agriculture: the effect of both the environmental conditions and the cultivation techniques on the vineyard.

This research group is devoted to the study of moduli spaces and their relation with various geometric structures. This study involves algebraic geometry, differential geometry, topology, Lie theory, and theoretical physics. We have close connections with other international research networks: - GEAR: Representations of surface groups, Teichmüller theory and related areas. Funded by NSF. - VBAC: International research group Vector Bundles on Algebraic Curves.

The main aspects addressed in the research are: - Mechanisms of reinforcement corrosion and physic-chemical attack to concrete - Life cycle of structural concrete and performance evolution - Numerical simulation and laboratory validation - Non destructive techniques and on-site monitoring of deterioration through embedded sensors. - Evaluation of deteriorated structures - Rehabilitation, industrialization and standardization - Sustainability and evaluation of innovation

Development and application of new omics-analytical and chemometric methods for the study of the effects of contamination and global change on environmental and biological systems.

The general subject of the research is the physical chemistry of systems based on surfactants. This subject lies within the framework of colloids and nanotechnology in its bottom-up approach and is closely related to Soft Matter. We focus on the dynamics of transformation (emulsification and solubilisation) and the phase behaviour of new surfactants, in particular, those derived from biocompatible natural products. The main techniques are SAXS-WAXS, light scattering, tensiometry, conductivity and selective electrode. The activities of the group belong to the matter area.

Research in the group is devoted to the self-assembly properties of amphiphilic (surfactant) molecules and the application of those self-assemblies (micelles, liquid crystals, vesicles) and related colloidal systems (emulsions, microemulsions) in the production of advanced micro/ nanostructured materials and for the design of tailor-made formulations in various technological applications.

Chemical Biology is a discipline that studies the biological processes using chemical tools.

The research group is focused on developing methods and techniques in the conjunction of Automatica and AI, whose materialization through intelligent control, enables addressing four pillars: modelling, control, supervision and optimization of complex processes, especially in manufacturing and industrial cyber-physical systems.The group addresses two main fields of application, namely intelligent manufacturing systems and renewable energies (LERH). Key hot topics are sensors and new sensorial systems, embedded systems, cyber-physical systems and ecosystems information technology.

Different research projects are being conducted with aims in the etiology, epidemiology and control of diseases of relevant subtropical (mango, avocado) and Mediterranean crops (olive, cucurbits, tomato, strawberry), as well as in the characterization of the biology, pathogenesis, virulence, host range and ecology of bacteria and fungi that cause them. These objectives are being addressed by different methodological approaches ranging from conventional methods in Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Genetics to genomic approaches.

Gold-Based Compounds in Photophysics, Medicine and Catalysis