Engineer Data Analyst

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Profile: Master in remote sensing and ten years of experience in Precision Agriculture, particularly: aerial and ground crop monitoring, soil and topographic mapping, auto-steering systems, GNSS land leveling. Proficient in CAD (+15 years), GIS and image processing. Knowledge in Python programming. Experience in field plant phenotyping. Work history:

- Research associate, Phenomics Laboratory – Washington State University (WSU), currently: remote sensing for field plant phenotyping in legume crops.

- Project Engineer, AgriCien, 2010 – 2017: tasks related to the dissemination, installation, training and commissioning of precision agriculture and remote sensing tools in extensive crops: pineapple, oil palm, cotton, paddy and sugarcane. Projects developed in several countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Senegal and Uganda) and Latin America (from Mexico to Colombia and Argentina).

- Data analyst, Agronomic Research Center (CIA), University of Costa Rica, 2010: Data process and management for the national soil map of Costa Rica.

- Irrigation systems, 2008-2010: Design and drawing of irrigation systems using CAD and GIS software.

- Freelance professional in cadastral and topographic drawing: 2005 – 2010. Drawing of topographic maps of urban and rural properties.

Education:

- Master degree in Remote Sensing: University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). 2015 – 2017.

- Agronomy Engineer, University of Costa Rica, 2011. Research experience:

- Current researches in development:

o Field phenotyping of apple tree canopy architecture for breeding and production management.

o Biomass estimation in legume breeding plots using low altitude high resolution images.

o Multi-stress tolerance assessment of dry-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) developing varieties using multispectral and thermal images. o Multispectral aerial imaging to phenotype yield potential in dry pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum).

o Lodging monitoring in mint crop.

o Canopy feature extraction in grape and apple crops.

- Quiros, J., Musacchi, S., Serra, S., Sankaran, S. 2018. High-throughput phenotyping of tree canopy architecture for breeding and production management. ASABE presentation.

- Estimation of crop emergence in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) research plots based on multispectral aerial images. Washington State University, 2017.

- Performance of an auto-steering system for levee marking. Costa Rica, 2017.

- Use of remote sensing for yield estimation in pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) breeding plots. Washington State University, 2016. JUAN JOSÉ QUIRÓS VARGAS

- Multivariate specialized analysis to determine the potential production of sugar cane

(Saccharum officinarum) using as critical factors soil conditions, surveying and variety of culture. University of Sao Paulo 2016.

- Soil apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) mapping. Costa Rica, 2016.

- Use of remote sensing for quantification of number of plants in apple (Malus domestica) nurseries and palm oil (Elaeis guineensis) plantations. Washington State University, 2016 and University of Sao Paulo 2015.

- Energy performance of precision leveling adoption in a field cultivated with paddy

(Oriza sativa). University of Sao Paulo 2015.

- Effect of variable slope land leveling over the micro-relieve and drainages of paddy and cotton fields. Costa Rica, 2015.

- Kinematic test of the influence of the electromagnetic field of an electric motor in the performance of GPS receivers (l1-c/a). University of Sao Paulo 2015.

- Static and kinematic tests for determining spreaders effective width. University of Sao Paulo 2015.

Publications:

- Quiros, J., Martello, M., Khot, L. 2018. Quantifying the number of plants in an apple nursery field based on elevation data from low altitude RGB images. Innterantional Conference of Precision Agriculture (ICPA)

- Sankaran, S., Quirós, J., Knowles, R., Knowles, L. 2017. High-Resolution Aerial Imaging Based Estimation of Crop Emergence in Potatoes. American Journal of Potato Research. DOI 10.1007/s12230-017-9604-2

- Quirós, J., Winkler, A., Aguero, J. 2017. Performance levee marking in a paddy field with an auto-steering system. Brazilian Congress of Irrigated Congress. 4 pp.

- Quirós, J., Winkler, A., Aguero, J. 2017. Land leveling effect on yield and homogenous zone distribution in a paddy field in Costa Rica. Brazilian Congress of Irrigated Congress. 4 pp.

- Sankaran, S., Khot, L., Quirós, J., Vandemark, G., McGee, R. 2016. UAV-based high- throughput phenotyping in legume crops. Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9866 98660G-1. doi: 10.1117/12.2228550

- Quirós, J., Khot, L. 2016. Potential of low altitude multispectral imaging for in-field apple tree nursery inventory mapping. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49(16): 421–425.

- Quirós, J., Martello, M., Tavares, T. 2016. Land leveling effect over the micro-relieve in field cultivated with rice (Oryza sativa) in Costa Rica. Brazilian Congress of Precision Farming. 4pp.

- Quirós, J., Molin, J., Mata, R. 2016. Apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) as an indicator of soil heterogeneity in a paddy field on tropical conditions. Brazilian Congress of Precision Farming. 4pp.

- Quirós, J., Tavares, T., Martello, M. 2015. Palm trees (Elaeis guineensis) counting from multispectral images using UAV. Brazilian Congress of Agro-informatics. 4pp.

- Quirós, J., Aguero, J., Peterson, R. 2015. Improving the microrelief of a field cultivated with Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) through the implementation of the GNSS- RTK_AGForm-3D system for variable slope leveling. Brazilian Congress of Agricultural Engineering. 4pp.

- Maldaner, L., Canata, T., Molin, P., Passalaqua, B., Quirós, J. 2015. Static and kinematic tests for determining spreaders effective width. International Conference of Precision Farming.

- Martello, M., Tavares, T., Quirós, J., Molin, J. 2015. Influence of the electromagnetic field of an electric motor on the performance of GPS receivers L1-C / A in kinematic test. Brazilian Congress of Agro-informatics. 4pp. Scholarships:

- CAPES (Commission for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel): founding for masters research development.

- ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation): founding a training in remote sensing applications for earth sciences.

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