CV of Presenter

Name (Underline the Family Name):

Martín Alberto Marcó

Job Title: Coordinator of the Integrated Project Breeding Fast Growing Conifers and Hardwoods for higher-value lumber applications. INTA ,Forestry Program.

Organization: INTA (National Institute of Agricultural Technology)

Major Field: Breeding Subtropical Species of Eucalypts

Education: Engineer from University of Northeastern, Corrientes, Argentina, in 1974. M. Sc. in Forestry (Forest Genetics) from University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA in 1987.

Job history: Research Forester in Tree Breeding at INTA Concordia Research Station (1975 to present). Coordinator of INTA National Forestry Subprogram (1989-1992). Coordinator of INTA National Forestry Program (1992-1993). Director of INTA Concordia Research Station (1999-2003). Coordinator of the Eucalypts Tree Breeding Subprogram for the Mesopotamia Region of Argentina. Improved Propagation Material Program and Tree Improvement. Forestry Developing Project (SAGPyA-BIRF) - (1996-2006). Coordinator of the Integrated Project Breeding Fast Growing Conifers and Hardwoods for higher-value lumber applications and the Specific Project Breeding Eucalypts for higher-value lumber applications. INTA, Forestry Program (2006 to the present). Responsible (INTA) for the Project Domestication and Breeding of Native and Introduced Tree Species (SAGyP-INTA) – (2010).