Víctor Resco de Dios

Víctor Resco de Dios

Professor of Forest Science.

UdL

I am a Professor of Forest Science and Global Change at the University of Lleida and coordinator of the Joint Research Unit between the Forest Technology Center of Catalonia and Agrotecnio (JRU CTFC-AGROTECNIO). I was a Ramón y Cajal Fellow (2014-2019) and a faculty member at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (Western Sydney University, 2011-2014).

I have written a book about Plant-Fire Interactions, over 150 scientific papers, and I have been included in the Stanford ranking of highly cited scientists since 2021. My two main lines of research are:

  1. Forests and climate change: On the relationship between forests, CO2 and climate change effects.
  2. Fire science and management: On the effects of climate change on the fire regimes and its consequences for health, safety and terrestrial ecosystems.

I am a member of the Editorial Boards of New Phytologist, Regional Environmental Change, Trees, Plant Ecology and Diversity, Forests, Forest Systems and Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.

I also collaborate with different fire agencies and I’ve written quite a few popular science articles, most of them are in Spanish, but a few are in English as well.

Interests

  • Circadian Ecology
  • Plant-Fire interactions
  • Ecosystem development

Education

  • PhD in Rangeland Ecology & Watershed Management, 2008

    University of Wyoming

  • MEng in Forestry, 2003

    University of Lleida

  • BSc in Forestry, 2000

    University of Lleida

Recent Publications

Víctor Resco De Dios, Matthias M. Boer (2025). EU forest monitoring should combine up-to-date science with best practice. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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Yongfeng Gao, Xue Zhou, Haitao Huang, Cheng Wang, Xiangxia Xiao, Jing Wen, Jiamin Wu, Shan Zhou, Víctor Resco de Dios, Lucas Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Yinan Yao, Jikai Liu, Heng Deng (2025). ORANGE proteins mediate adaptation to high light and resistance to Pseudomonas syringae in tomato by regulating chlorophylls and carotenoids accumulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.

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Fidèle Suanon, Lyde Arsène Sèwèdo Tomètin, Obey Kudakwashe Zveushe, Víctor Resco de Dios, Ying Han, Binessi Edouard Ifon, Edidiong Okokon Atakpa, Pélagie Yete, Frank Sesu, Jin Li, Amal Mohamed Omer, Faqin Dong (2025). Electrokinetic remediation of chromium-contaminated soils: The potential for advanced materials in three-dimensional EKR approaches. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

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Obey Kudakwashe Zveushe, Jackson Nkoh Nkoh, Víctor Resco de Dios, Tendai Terence Manjoro, Fidèle Suanon, Hengxing Zhang, Wenfang Chen, Lin Lin, Lei Zhou, Wei Zhang, Frank Sesu, Jin Li, Ying Han, Faqin Dong (2025). Enhancing hexavalent chromium stable reduction via sodium alginate encapsulation of newly isolated fungal and bacterial consortia. Journal of Hazardous Materials.

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Faqrul Islam Chowdhury, Rezaul Hasan Bhuiyan, Josep Maria Espelta, Víctor Resco de Dios, Tasnima Dilshad, Md. Riyadul Haque, Md. Aman Ullah Aman, Francisco Lloret (2025). Land-use legacies and tree species richness affect short-term resilience in reforested areas of the world's largest refugee camp. Ecological Engineering.

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Outreach

Articles

These are the implications of the latest wave of mega-fires for the European Green Deal (with Julien Ruffault, Marcos Rodrigues, Rodrigo Balaguer-Romano, Paulo Fernandes, Francisco Castañares y Celso Coco)
The Conversation | Phys.org

Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds (with Hamish Clarke, Rachael Nolan, Anne Griebel, Matthias Boer)
The Conversation | Science Alert

COP27: What to expect (with Miguel Ángel Zavala)
The Conversation | Stuff (NZ) | Videnskab (DE)

Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies (with Rachael Nolan, Andrea Leigh, Mark Ooi, Ross Bradstock, Tim Curran and Tom Fairman)
The Conversation | phys.org

Press interviews and statements

"Europe’s largest fire on record sparks hunt for scapegoats in Greece" (29/08/2023)
Statements for POLITICO

"How to live on a Continent on fire" (03/08/2023)
Statements for POLITICO

"A ‘monster wildfire’ ravaged France last summer. It’s still burning"(01/03/2023)
Statements for Washington Post (USA)

"Researchers Predict More Intense Wildfires in Europe"(08/12/2022)
Statements for Olive Oil Times (USA)

"Fires sweep a sweltering Europe. How is the EU fighting back?"(11/08/2022)
Statements for Christian Science Monitor (USA)

"How do we fight wildfires as the planet heats up?"(06/08/2022)
Statements for DW (Germany)

"Wildfires in Europe burn second-biggest area on record"(04/08/2022)
Statements for Reuters

"Expect more wildfires — in Europe and beyond — as society grapples with warming climate"(23/07/2022)
Statements for CBC News (Canadá)

"Explainer: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe"(19/07/2022)
Statements for Reuters

2020 US West Coast fires Statements for Science Magazine

I do write lots of SciComm papers for the mainstream press, but mostly in Spanish. They can be accessed here

Contact

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