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RAFAEL LOPEZ LUQUE
Professor of the Applied Physics Department. He began his research in 1990 in the lines of characterisation and optimal use of energy and water in agriculture. He has gradually focused on the use of solar energy and its practical applications. He has participated in multiple research projects, both publicly funded and corporate. He is an inventor in four patents and has directed more than seventy Final Degree Projects. He has also supervised 13 doctoral theses, with a high rate of professional success for doctoral students. He has more than 50 JCR indexed publications and a high citation rate (h-index = 19 according to Scopus).
LINES OF RESEARCH:
- DESIGN AND MODELLING OF HELIOSTATS
- PHOTOVOLTAICS: SIZING AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS
- PHOTOVOLTAIC IRRIGATION
- AGRIVOLTAICA MODELLING, EVALUATION AND USE OF THE SOLAR RESOURCE
- AGRIVOLTAICS
