Master Thesis Topics |
Supervisor ITT |
Supervisor PMPCA |
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Adaptation processes of farming systems |
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| - Interacción de los sistemas de producción e impacto ambiental | - Sabine Schlüter - Juan Carlos Torrico |
Juan M. Pinos Rodríguez - Juan Carlos García López Gregorio Álvarez Fuentes |
| - Etnobotánica y agroecología en milpas y solares indígenas | - Juan Carlos Torrico | Javier Fortanelli |
Agricultural economics |
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| Supply chain analysis of agricultural, forest and organic products | - Sabine Schlüter - Juan Carlos Torrico |
Laura Yáñez Espinosa Juan Rogelio Aguirre Rivera |
- Income generation strategies for local comunities |
- Sabine Schlüter | Erika García Chávez Juan Rogelio Aguirre Rivera |
Agricultural systems and animal production |
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| Evaluation and design of different farming systems: organic, silvopastoral and agroforestal systems | - Juan Carlos Torrico | Juan M. Pinos Rodríguez - Juan Carlos García López Gregorio Álvarez Fuentes |
| - Production, evaluation, and optimization of biomass processes. - Energy in natural and agricultural systems |
- Juan Carlos Torrico | Bertha Irene Juárez Flores |
| Sustainability analysis Environmental degradation of agricultural and livestock systems |
- Juan Carlos Torrico | Bertha Irene Juárez Flores |
- Producción de cosechas en el altiplano potosino |
- Juan Carlos Torrico | Héctor Martín Durán García |
| Analysis of infrastructure to management run-off systems on alluvial fans |
- Juan Carlos Torrico | J. Antonio Reyes A. |
Biodiversity and biogeography |
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| Biodiversity assessment and conservation in the Huasteca based (Tools: GIS and species distribution modelling) | - Claudia Raedig | Laura Yáñez Espinosa |
| ENVI-based analysis of vegetation cover changes in the Huasteca and their impacts on biodiversity | - Claudia Raedig | Laura Yáñez Espinosa |
| Plagas, actividades agropecuarias, uso y cambios de suelo, Propuesta para el establecimiento de corredores biológicos, aéreas naturales protegidas, UMAS, etc. | - Juan Carlos Torrico | Carlos Contreras Servín |
| - Diagnostic spatial modeling and prediction of distribution of pests and diseases in plants and animals worldwide.(MaxEnt, Multicriteria). - Rates of loss of biodiversity, land use change on the growth of the agricultural frontier with application of GIS and RS. - Indices of biodiversity loss, land use change on the growth of the agricultural frontier with application of GIS and RS. - Construction of inventories of natural resources according to rules and applying geo (GIS and RS) |
- Juan Carlos Torrico | Ma. Guadalupe Galindo Mendoza |
| Distribution patterns and richness of agrobiodiversity in México | - Hartmut Gaese | J. Antonio Reyes A. |
Ecology of populations and communities |
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| Modelos de distribución y disperción de especies (plantas y animales) para su conservación apoydados en SIG y PR | - Claudia Raedig | Ma. Guadalupe Galindo Mendoza |
| Demography of Agave lechuguilla. Population analysis of Euphorbia antisyphylitica | - Claudia Raedig | J. Antonio Reyes A. |
Ecosystem services |
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| Evaluation of the contribution of water and soil nutrients from arid and zemiarid lands | - Lars Ribbe | J. Antonio Reyes A. |
Energy systems and technologies |
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| El potencial de la biomasa en San Luis Potosí, México. | - Johannes Hamhaber | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
| Local governance options to promote decentralized (urban) renewable energy systems | - Johannes Hamhaber | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
| Rural energy systems analysis in SLP | - Johannes Hamhaber | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
| (Low-Cost) Renewable energy technology and local knowledge in SLP/ Solar and hydraulic energy | - Johannes Hamhaber | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
| Energy-efficient (low-cost) housing in urban SLP | - Johannes Hamhaber | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
Energía solar |
- Johannes Hamhaber | Héctor Martín Durán García |
Environmental history and historical geography |
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| Transformación del paisaje, historia del clima | - Udo Nehren | Carlos Contreras Servín |
| Cambio climático y participación social Cambio climático e historia ambiental |
- Udo Nehren - Johannes Hamhaber |
Miguel Aguilar Robledo Pedro Medellín Milán |
| Deforestación y cambio climático | - Udo Nehren | Miguel Aguilar Robledo Humberto Reyes Hernández |
| Ecología del paisaje e historia ambiental: Utilizar las unidades del paisaje como referente espacio-temporal en el conocimiento de la historia ambiental regional | - Udo Nehren | Alvaro Gerardo Palacio Aponte |
Environmental policies |
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| Policy analysis of natural agricultural resources management | Sabine Schlüter - Juan Carlos Torrico |
Juan Manuel Pinos Rodriguez |
| - Impact of Free Trade Agreement with the United States and European Union agricultural areas in Mexico. - Environmental policies in the neoliberal model. - Environmental ecopolitics. |
- Juan Carlos Torrico | Ma. Guadalupe Galindo Mendoza |
| REDD Potentials in rural areas: Strategies for forest conservation and land use system adaptations. |
- Sabine Schlüter | Juan Manuel Pinos Rodriguez |
| Evaluation and quantification of ecosystem services | - Sabine Schlüter | Juan Manuel Pinos Rodriguez |
| Clean development mechanism, carbon trading, air carbon stocks calculations. | - Sabine Schlüter | Juan Manuel Pinos Rodriguez |
Ethnobiology |
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| Morphological analysis of domestification process of mexican vegetables | - Juan Carlos Torrico | J. Antonio Reyes A. |
| La palma (Brahea spp.), utilización e importancia etnobotánica. *El sistema alimentario de los indígenas xi'uy. *Recursos forestales maderables de la Sierra Madre Oriental de S.L.P.Validación fama-toxicológica de plantas de uso medicinal. Exploración y valoración nutricional de plantas de uso alimentario. | - Juan Carlos Torrico | Javier Fortanelli |
Food security |
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| Project development and food security assessment | - Juan Carlos Torrico | Ana Cristina Cubillas |
| Poverty analysis and design of development strategies | - Juan Carlos Torrico | Hector Martin Duran Garcia Ana Cristina Cubillas Antonio Cardona Benavides |
| International agriculture, food security and technologies required, technology assessment | - Hartmut Gaese | Hector Martin Duran Garcia Ana Cristina Cubillas Antonio Cardona Benavides |
Impact of climate change and climate history |
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| Archivos ambientales útiles en el trazado de los eventos climáticos (dendrocronología, monitores acuáticos). Dentro de los proyectos macro, me gustaría incluir en el proyecto de agua el tema de biomonitores | - Lars Ribbe | Ma Catalina Alfaro de la Torre |
Management of soil resources |
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| Evaluación de la degradación física del suelo mediante percepción remota. Incorporar la degredación física, química y biológica del suelo en el diganóstico ambiental por unidades del terreno | - Udo Nehren | Alvaro Gerardo Palacio Aponte |
| Classification of landscape and soil degradation patterns (field studies, GIS mapping) | - Udo Nehren | Roberto Briones Gallardo |
Natural hazards and risk management |
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| *Caracterización del agua subterránea en zonas costeras de acuíferos cársticos. *Evaluación de la contaminación difusa del agua subterránea. | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides Elsa Cervantes González |
| Amenazas naturales y Cambio Climático en el estado de SLP | - Lars Ribbe | Patricia Julio Miranda |
Participatory Research |
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| Cartografía participativa-Participatory Planning | - Johannes Hamhaber | Miguel Aguilar Robledo |
Urban management/Regional sustainable development |
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| - Evolution and temporality of marginalized settlements/communities livelihoods | - Johannes Hamhaber | Luz María Nieto Caraveo |
| - Participatory planning and local knowledge systems | - Johannes Hamhaber | Luz María Nieto Caraveo |
| - Socio-economic impact of (RE) technology innovation on livelihoods in SLP | - Johannes Hamhaber | Ana Cristina Cubillas |
| - Vulnerability and resilience of poor neighborhoods / related to GCC? | - Johannes Hamhaber | Ana Cristina Cubillas Anuschka van ‘t Hooft |
| - Sustainable housing in isolated settlements of rural SLP | - Johannes Hamhaber | Ana Cristina Cubillas |
| - Governance of (low-cost) housing in SLP | - Johannes Hamhaber | Ana Cristina Cubillas |
| - Desarrollo comunitario sostenible y participativo - Ordenamiento territorial participativo |
- Johannes Hamhaber | Miguel Aguilar Robledo |
| - Ecotourism and Sustainable Development in rurban and rural communities in Mexico - Potentials, implications and consequences at Sustainable Development - Local Development, Renewal Natural Resources and Human Development |
- Johannes Hamhaber - Juan Carlos Torrico |
Hilario Charcas Adrián Moreno Mata Carlos Contreras |
Water Management |
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| - Rain water harvesting and artificial recharge in the context of the water balance of SLP | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides Elsa Cervantes González Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
| - Impacts of Climate Change and Land use change on river basin hydrology: Huasteca | - Lars Ribbe | Luis Armando Bernal Jácome |
| - Disaster risk management in the state of SLP | - Lars Ribbe | Anuschka van ´t Hooft |
| - Strategies to cope with water scarcity in the altiplano de SLP | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides |
| - The Water Energy Nexus in SLP | - Lars Ribbe | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
| - Developing State of the Basin Reports for Watershed Management in Chile | - Lars Ribbe | Hector Martin Duran Garcia |
Water Quality |
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| - Spacio temporal analysis of water quality indicators towards a water monitoring and management strategy in SLP”? | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides Catalina Alfaro |
| - Water quality dynamics in a semi arid watershed in Chile (Rio Huasco): mining and agricultural impacts | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides Catalina Alfaro |
| - Water quality management in the context of River Basion Organisation in Brazil (DINARIO) | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides Catalina Alfaro Luis Armando Bernal Jácome |
| - Surface water and shallow groundwater quality monitoring and management for SLP city following a River Basin Approach | - Lars Ribbe | Hector Martin Duran Garcia Antonio Cardona Benavides |
| - Water quality analysis in a karstic environment in Yucatan | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides |
| - Water quality Monitoring plan for the Domincian Republic | - Lars Ribbe | Antonio Cardona Benavides |
Land use systems and irrigation |
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| - Water management for irrigation regarding different scales (irrigation system, water shed, river basin, area, country, transboundary problems etc.) | - Hartmut Gaese | Hector Martin Duran Garcia Antonio Cardona Benavides |
| - Water pricing in irrigation systems What can we learn from experiences in water use in different irrigation systems (regarding irrigation systems from sub humid to artid areas and climate zones | - Hartmut Gaese | Hector Martin Duran Garcia Antonio Cardona Benavides |
Water quality characterization, biomonitoring and management |
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| - Comportamiento biogeoquímico de elementos y nutrientes en sistemas acuáticos naturales (humedales) - Water quality management in rural communities - Implementación de humedales con fines de tratamiento de agua contaminada con nutrientes y elementos traza. |
- Lars Ribbe | Ma Catalina Alfaro de la Torre |
Water Treatment |
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| - Water and Wastewater Treatment with Constructed Wetlands | - Michael Sturm | Catalina Alfaro |
| - Water and Wastewater Treatment with Adsorbents | - Michael Sturm | Paola E. Díaz Flores Luis Armando Bernal Jácome |
| - Water and Wastewater Management in SLP | - Michael Sturm | Paola E. Díaz Flores Luis Armando Bernal Jácome |
Sustainable habitat, bioclimatic housing and alternative technologies |
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- Bioclimatic Analysis and Local Sustainable Development |
- Johannes Hamhaber - Juan Carlos Torrico |
Adrián Moreno Mata |
Urban Competitiveness, Metropolitan Change and New Demographic Regime |
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| - Spatial and Demographic Dimensions Structuring Socio-residential Space - Urban Change, Quality of Life and Growing Socio-Spatial Differentiation |
- Johannes Hamhaber | Adrián Moreno Mata Carlos Contreras |
Urban management/Regional sustainable development |
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| - Inventario de emisiones de GEI | - Johannes Hamhaber | Pedro Medellín Milán |



