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Adrián Cardil

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PROGRAM / Bioeconomy, health and governance

LINE / Conservation of forest ecosystems

Dr. Adrián Cardil received a PhD with honours in Forest Engineering from the University of Lleida in 2015 (PhD Extraordinary Award) where he is associate professor. Dr. Cardil was internationally awarded with the 2022 Early Career Research Award (International Association of Wildland Fire) and for the best Ph.D. thesis on wildfires (Pau Costa Foundation, 2017). The scientific impact of the research can be scored by the 85 articles published in SCI journals as well as the quality and the number of times these articles have been cited. Dr. Cardil is a prominent fire and forest scientist who has developed: (1) methods for assessing fire risk and guiding forest management; (2) innovative fire behavior, danger and risk models and applications to better estimate the impact of wildfires on human fatalities and the environment; (3) analysis of adverse weather patterns and drivers leading to extreme wildfires in several continents and regions. Dr. Cardil has translated science to operational tools and services to the industry to facilitate decision-making in fire emergencies through robust fire modeling applications applied in a large set of world-class fire agencies.

Keywords

Risk managementFiresModeling / SimulationsNew technologiesFire prevention

Latest Publications

Cardil, A., Rodrigues, M., Ascoli, D., Ortega, M., Quiñones, T., Erdozain, M., Oliveras Menor, I., Spadoni, G.L., Ramírez, J., Molina, J.R., Mouillot, F. Silva, C.A., Mohan, M., Martínez-Bentué, C., De-Miguel, S. (2026). Protected areas influence fire regimes globally. Journal of Environmental Management
Rex, F.E., Silva, C.A., Broadbent, E.N., Dalla Corte, A.P., Leite, R., Hudak, A., Hamamura, C., Latifi, H., Xiao, J., Atkins, J.W., Amaral, C., Da Cunha Neto, E.M., Cardil, A., et. al. (2025). Spatial Characterization of Woody Species Diversity in Tropical Savannas Using GEDI and Optical Data. Sensors
Kutchartt, E., González-Olabarria, J.R., Trasobares, A., Aquilué, N., Guerra-Hernández, J., Nunes, L., Sequeira, A.C., Botequim, B., Hauglin, M., Palaiologou, P., Cardil, A., Rogai, M., Vassilev, V., Pimont, F., Martin-Ducup, O., Pirotti, F. (2024). Satellite-based mapping of canopy fuels at the pan-European scale. Geo-Spatial Information Science
Kutchartt , E., González-Olabarria, J.R., Aquilué, N., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Trasobares, A., Botequim, B., Hauglin, M., Palaiologou, P., Vassilev, V., Cardil, A., Navarrete, M.A., Orazio, C., Pirotti, F. (2024). Pan-European fuel map server: An open-geodata portal for supporting fire risk assessment. Geomatica
Mohan, M., Roy, A.D., Montenegro, J.F., Watt, M.S., Burt, J.A., Shapiro, A., Ouerfelli, D., Daniel, R., De-Miguel, S., ..., Cardil, A., et al. (2024). Mangrove forest regeneration age map and drivers of restoration success in Gulf Cooperation Council countries from satellite imagery. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

Additional Publications

Cardil, A., Rodrigues, M., Ascoli, D., Ortega, M., Quiñones, T., Erdozain, M., Oliveras Menor, I., Spadoni, G.L., Ramírez, J., Molina, J.R., Mouillot, F. Silva, C.A., Mohan, M., Martínez-Bentué, C., De-Miguel, S. (2026). Protected areas influence fire regimes globally. Journal of Environmental Management 398, 128285

Cardil A, Rodrigues M, Tapia M, et al. 2023. Climate teleconnections modulate global burned area. Nature Communications 14, 427. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36052-8

Cardil A, Tapia VM, Monedero S, Quiñones T, Little K, Stoof CR, Ramirez J, de-Miguel S. 2023. Characterizing the rate of spread of large wildfires in emerging fire environments of northwestern Europe using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite active fire data. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 23, 361–373