José Luis González-Andújar has authored over 350 publications in journals and books. He is a senior researcher of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC); Extraordinary Honorary Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), Member Elected of the postgraduate college of the Faculty of Agronomy of the Universidad de la República (Uruguay) and Honorary Member of the Weed Science Society of America (USA).
He is a member of the editorial boards of Weed Research, Weed Science, Agronomy, Plants, PeerJ, Agronomia y Ambiente and Editor Advisory Board of Advances in Weed Science. He has previously served as an Associated Editor of Communications in Biometry and Crop Science, and PLOS One, and as a member of the editorial advisory committees of Biometrics, Biometry Bulletin and Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics.
He held the positions of President of Spanish Weed Science Society, (SEMh) President and Past-President of the Latin American Association of Weed Science (ALAM), President and Vice-President of the Spanish Biometric Society, President of the Spanish Region of the International Biometric Society.
He also served as Vice-President and Secretary of the Spanish Society of Information Technology in Agriculture and Forestry, Scientific Director of the International Laboratory on Global Change (LINC-Global), and received numerous national and international awards and recognitions.
In general, his research tends to focus on the interface between agriculture and plant community and ecosystem ecology, including weed ecology and management, the role of diversity in agroecosystem function, agroecosystem services, and climate change. The overall goal of his research is to better understand the ecological interactions that underpin agricultural production systems so as to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture. A wide variety of techniques are used in his research, from field observation to field experiment, from theory to modelling approaches.
He currently has active collaborations with several research groups around the world, including those based in the USA, the UK, and Argentina, among others.