The IAI Directorate has compiled a list of experts in the region who are available for consultation by actors such as decision-makers, journalists, students, scientists, and civil society.
These experts are academics within the IAI network, including former and current members of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), and members of research projects funded by the IAI.
Paolo Michael Piedrahita Piedrahita
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral ppiedra@espol.edu.ec Ecuador Spanish, English, German
Renzo Taddei
Universidad Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)-Brazil renzo.taddei@unifesp.br Spanish, English, Portuguese
Reynaldo Luis Victoria
Centro de Energía Nuclear aplicada a la Agricultura, Universidad de Sao Paulo (CENA/USP) reynaldo.victoria@gmail.com Brazil Spanish, English, Portuguese
Roberto Frouin
Universidad de California – Instituto Scripps de Oceanografía rfrouin@ucsd.edu Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, United States, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela English
Ruperto Quesada Monge
ITCR rquesada@itcr.ac.cr, rquesada@tec.ac.cr Central America Spanish
Sandra de Urioste-Piedra
University of Maine – Turismo Basado en la Naturaleza, Escuela de Recursos Forestales Guatemala sandra.de@maine.edu Guatemala, United States Spanish, English
Sara Purca
Instituto del Mar del Perú spurca@imarpe.gob.pe Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, United States, Caribbean Spanish, English



