Paula Pérez Rodríguez, PhD. Previous research: studying the transport of copper applied as Cu-based fungicides from plant to soil by the process of wash-off; reuse of agro-wastes from wine production as amendments of vineyard soils to study the fungicides retention; characterization and distribution of copper in vineyard soils and rhizosphere in NW Iberian Peninsula region. Current research: use of stable isotopes to reveal nutrients and pesticides availability in the rhizosphere.