Member Profile
Membership type: full
Mercedes Fourment
Country of origin: Uruguay Currently in: Uruguay, Montevideo General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences-
Degrees
2016 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences2010 Master Agricultural Sciences2008 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
My current projects are 'Climate variability at terroir scale and its impact in Tannat and Albariño grapevines' (funding source CSIC, Universidad de la República, Uruguay), 'Evaluation of vineyard management and winemaking alternatives to mitigate the effects of climate variability on grape and wine composition' (funding source CSIC, Universidad de la República, Uruguay) and 'Electrical signals in plants: responses of the plant to the environment' (funding source: Espacio Interdisciplinario, Universidad de la República, Uruguay).
Publications resulting from Research:
Fourment M, Ferrer M, Barbeau G, Quénol H. 2020. Is phenological behavior of Tannat (Vitis vinifera L.) affected by temperature variability in the coastal wine region of southern Uruguay? Acta Horticulturae. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1276.6.
Ferrer M, Pereyra C, Salvarrey M, Arrillaga L, Fourment M. 2020. 'Tannat' (Vitis vinifera L.) as a model of responses to climate variability. Vitis, 56, 41-46. DOI: 10.5073/vitis.2020.59.41-46.
Ferrer M, Echeverria G, Pereyra C, Salvarrey M, Arrillaga L, Fourment M. 2018. Variation of the climate of a Terroir and its consequence on the vine’s response. Web of Conferences. DOI 10.1051/e3sconf/20185001002.
Fourment M, Ferrer M, González-Neves G, Barbeau, G, Bonnardot V, Quénol H. 2017. Tannat grape composition responses to spatial variability of temperature in a coastal wine region. International Journal of Biometeorology. DOI 10.1007/s00484-017-1340-2.
Fourment M, Bonnardot V, Planchon O, Ferrer M, Quénol H. 2014. Circulation atmosphérique locale et impacts thermiques dans un vignoble côtier : observations dans le sud de l’Uruguay. Climatologie, v.: 11 1 -, p.:47 - 64, 2014. DOI: 10.4267/climatologie.589.
Fourment M, Ferrer M, Quénol H. Vitis vinifera L. cv. Tannat: respuesta a la variabilidad climática. 2013. Agrociencia (Uruguay), v.: 17 2, p.:33 - 44.
Ferrer M, González-Neves G, Echeverría G, Camussi G, Avondet R, Salvarrey J, Favre G, Fourment M. 2011. Comportamiento agronómico y potencial enológico de la uva Tannat en tres regiones climáticas uruguayas. Agrociencia (Uruguay), v.: 15 1, p.:37 - 49.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingI currently work at the Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. I do research in production agro-ecosystems (viticulture).
Workshop and Conference Attended
2019 Ica, Perú XVI Congreso Latinoamericano de Viticultura y Enología2018 Punta del Este, Uruguay 41th OIV Congress2018 Estambul, Turkey International Horticulture CongressAffiliations
International Society for Horticultural SciencePresentation given
2018Rainfall temporal variability and its impact on the eonological quality of Tannat grapes in southern Uruguay.Punta del este, UruguayEvent: 41th Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin Congress2017Vulnerability and adaptation responses of climate variability in the southern wine region of Uruguay.Mendoza, ArgentinaEvent: 20th GiESCO2019La fenología como respuesta al clima en viñedos costeros del uruguay.Ica, PerúEvent: XVI Congreso Latinoamericano de Viticultura y Enología2018Is phenological behavior of Tannat (Vitis vinifera L.) affected by temperature variability in the coastal wine region of southern Uruguay?Estambul, TurkeyEvent: International Horticulture Congress. -
Other Awards
Dec 2018Young Researcher AwardYoung Researcher Award in the First Conference on Recognition of Science. Awarded by MEC (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura) - Direction for the development of Science and National knowledge.Dec 2017First Prize for a doctorateAwarded by the National Academy of Engineering of Uruguay.
