Dr. Aleixandre Verger | Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award
Senior Research Scientiest | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) | Spain
Dr. Aleixandre Verger is a research scientist at the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE, CSIC-UV-GVA, Valencia) and associated researcher at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF, CSIC-UAB, Barcelona), with extensive experience in remote sensing and its applications to global change. His academic background includes a degree and doctorate in physics, followed by international postdoctoral training and competitive fellowships. His research focuses on the use of remote sensing and artificial intelligence for the retrieval of biophysical variables, vegetation phenology, climate–vegetation interactions, and global ecosystem monitoring. He has coordinated and participated in more than thirty national and international projects, serving as principal investigator in several funded by European and Spanish institutions, including collaborations with CNES, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, Copernicus Climate Change Service, and the Spanish Ministry of Science. He has played a leading role in the development of algorithms for the retrieval of key vegetation variables such as LAI, FAPAR, and FCover within the Copernicus program. His publication record includes more than sixty-five papers in high-impact journals, several book chapters, numerous scientific reports, and over one hundred conference contributions, with his work cited 3,677 times across 3,043 documents, reflected in an h-index of 32. His work is highly cited and widely recognized within the scientific community, reflected in strong citation indices and prestigious recognitions. He has supervised doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, as well as graduate students and technicians, contributing to the training of the next generation of scientists. In addition to research, he has taken on editorial responsibilities, served on scientific committees, organized international conferences and training schools, and coordinated interdisciplinary platforms in remote sensing. His contributions have been acknowledged with recognition as a top scholar globally, highlighting his influence and leadership in the field.
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Featured Publications
Chen, R., Yin, G., Liu, G., Yang, Y., Wang, C., Xie, Q., Zhao, W., & Verger, A. (2023). Correction of illumination effects on seasonal divergent NIRv photosynthetic phenology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 341, 109542.
Chen, R., Yin, G., Zhao, W., Xu, B., Zeng, Y., Liu, G., & Verger, A. (2022). TCNIRv: Topographically corrected near-infrared reflectance of vegetation for tracking gross primary production over mountainous areas. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 3149655.
Descals, A., Gaveau, D. L. A., Verger, A., Sheil, D., Naito, D., & Peñuelas, J. (2022). Unprecedented fire activity above the Arctic Circle linked to rising temperatures. Science, 378(6622), 626–631.
Descals, A., Torres, K., Verger, A., & Peñuelas, J. (2025). Evaluating Sentinel-2 for monitoring drought-induced crop failure in winter cereals. Remote Sensing, 17(2), 340.
Descals, A., Verger, A., Yin, G., & Peñuelas, J. (2021). A threshold method for robust and fast estimation of land-surface phenology using Google Earth Engine. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14, 1394–1404.