Uruguay

Edmo J.D. Campos

Institution: Universidade de São Paulo

Webpage: -  

Email: edmo@usp.br 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, USA 

Region (s) of expertise: South and Tropical Atlantic

Keywords: South Atlantic, AMOC, SAMOC, SAMBA

IAI themes:

Climate action

Languages: Spanish, English, and Portuguese


Daniel Conde

Institution: Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR. 

Webpage: -

Email: vladddcc@gmail.com  

Country (ies) of expertise: Uruguay

Region (s) of expertise: South Cone

Keywords: Aquatic ecology, water quality, integrated coastal management, coastal lagoons, coastal lagoons

IAI themes:

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish

 

Omar Defeo

Institution: Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República

Webpage: http://undecimar.fcien.edu.uy/  

Email: odefeo@fcien.edu.uy / omar.defeo@gmail.com  

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Mexico, Chile

Region (s) of expertise: Latin America

Keywords: Fisheries, climate change, artisanal fishing, adaptation, coastal management, beaches

IAI themes:

Food security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Climate action

Languages: Spanish

 

Verónica Filardo

Institution: Universidad de la República

Webpage: - 

Email: filardo.veronica@gmail.com 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, United States

Region (s) of expertise: -

Keywords: Governance, poverty, equality, social actors, social representations, narratives, territories.

IAI themes:

Health and well-being

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Languages: Spanish

 

María Elena Fernández Long

Institution: Facultad de Agronomía, UBA, Argentina

Webpage: https://ciag.agro.uba.ar/index  

Email:  flong@agro.uba.ar  

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

Region (s) of expertise: Pampean Region

Keywords: Droughts, soil moisture, frost, agrometeorology, climate change

IAI themes:

Food security

Water safety

Climate action

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish

 

Margot Hurlbert

Institution: University of Regina

Webpage: - 

Email: margot.hurlbert@uregina.ca 

Country (ies) of expertise: Canada, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay

Region (s) of expertise: -

Keywords: Climate adaptation, governance, water-energy-food, disaster risk response, Indigenous peoples, energy, climate mitigation, power production

IAI themes: -

Languages: English

 

Esteban Jobbágy

Institution: IMASL - Universidad Nacional de San Luis y CONICET

Webpage: -

Email:  jobbagy@unsl.edu.ar  

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

Region (s) of expertise: Pampas, Chaco, Patagonia

Keywords: Hydrology, land use, agriculture, soil salinization, soil salinization, comparative agricultural systems

IAI themes:

Food security

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish and English

 

Betina Lomovasky

Institution: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; CONICET, UNMDP

Webpage: https://www.iimyc.gob.ar/iimyc/es/grupos-de-investigacion/grupo-emccc/ 

Email:  lomovask@mdp.edu.ar 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Uruguay

Region (s) of expertise: Latin America

Keywords: Fisheries, yellow clam, climate change, small-scale fishery, adaptation, ocean acidification, SDG 14.3

IAI themes:

Food security 

Biodiversity and ecosystem services 

Climate action

Languages: Spanish

 

Edgar Mayeregger

Institution: Ministerio de Agricultura, Paraguay – Coordinador Nacional de la Unidad de Gestión de Riesgos (UGR)

Webpage: www.mag.gov.py/unidaddegestionderiesgos  

Email: shalom19@gmail.com / edgar.mayeregger@mag.gov.py   

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, USA, México, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Turquía, Bharat (India), Israel, amongst others.

Region (s) of expertise: South America, Central America

Keywords: Agrometeorology, risk management, early warning, anticipatory action plan, agroclimatic technical tables, agricultural insurance, sustainable use of water on farmers' farms, information for decision making

IAI themes:

Food security

Water security

Climate action

Languages: Spanish and Portuguese

 

Mariana Meerhoff Scaffo

Institution: Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República

Webpage: - 

Email: merluz@fcien.edu.uy  

Country (ies) of expertise: Uruguay, Denmark 

Region (s) of expertise: -

Keywords: Ecology and water quality in shallow lakes and streams, functioning of artificial aquatic ecosystems, effects of global warming and other global changes on freshwater

IAI themes:

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish

 

Elke Noellemeyer

Institution: Universidad Nacional de La Pampa

Webpage: http://www.agsus.org/  

Email: noellemeyer@agro.unlpam.edu.ar / enoellemeyer@gmail.com 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay 

Region (s) of expertise: South America, Semiarid and subhumid regions, Loess soils

Keywords: Sustainable soil management, Soil ecosystem services, carbon cycle, carbon sequestration certification, visual assessment of soil quality, soil types and relationship with the landscape, environment or site-specific management, reclamation of saline soils

IAI themes:

Food security

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Climate action

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish and English

 

Daniel Panario

Institution: Universidad de la República

Webpage: - 

Email: panari@fcien.edu.uy  

Country (ies) of expertise: Uruguay 

Region (s) of expertise: Latin America

Keywords: -

IAI themes:

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish

 

Valentín Picasso

Institution: Universidad de la República y University of Wisconsin

Webpage: https://foragesandperennialgrains.agronomy.wisc.edu/  

Email: vpicasso@gmail.com / picassorisso@wisc.edu   

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, USA

Region (s) of expertise: Fields and pampas, Midwest USA

Keywords: Resilience, climate change, pastures, perennial crops, forage crops, agroecosystems, alfalfa, kernza, tinopiro, silvopastoralism, production systems, transdisciplinary

IAI themes:

Food security

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish and English

 

Alberto Piola

Institution: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires.

Webpage:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5003-8926 

Email:  apiola@hidro.gov.ar 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

Region (s) of expertise: Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Climate change, ocean circulation, oceanic fronts

IAI themes:

Food security 

Biodiversity and ecosystem services 

Climate action

Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

 

Guillermo Podesta

Institution: Independent Scholar

Webpage: -  

Email: gpodesta@earth.miami.edu 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, USA

Region (s) of expertise: -

Keywords: Climate information, climate services, socio-ecological systems modeling, decision making, agricultural production

IAI themes:

Food security

Climate action

Languages: Spanish and English

 

Jeremy Pittman

Institution: School of the Environment, University of Waterloo

Webpage: - 

Email: jpittman@uwaterloo.ca 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Uruguay, Dominica, Saint Lucia

Region (s) of expertise: -

Keywords: Environmental governance, Conservation policy, Sustainable livelihoods

IAI themes:

Food security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Climate action

Health and wellness

Poverty and equality

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: English

 

Sara Purca

Institution: Instituto del Mar del Perú

Webpage: https://www.gob.pe/imarpe   

Email: spurca@imarpe.gob.pe 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, USA 

Region (s) of expertise: Latin America and the Caribbean

Keywords: Plastic pollution, climate change, eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems

IAI themes:

Climate action

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish and English

 

Micaela Trimble

Institution: Instituto Sudamericano para Estudios sobre Resiliencia y Sostenibilidad – SARAS

Webpage: https://saras-institute.org/es/asociados/   

Email: mica.trimble@saras-institute.org  

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay 

Region (s) of expertise: Southern Cone

Keywords:  Water governance, adaptation, participation, transdisciplines, artisanal fishing

IAI themes:

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Climate action

Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

 

María Isabel Velez Caicedo

Institution: University of Regina

Webpage: https://www.uregina.ca/science/geology/people/faculty/velez-maria.html  

Email: maria.velez.caicedo@uregina.ca 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, USA 

Region (s) of expertise: Andes, Colombian savannas

Keywords: -

IAI themes: -

Languages: Spanish and English

 

Bianca Vienni Baptista

Institution: Transdisciplinarity Lab, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Suiza

Webpage: https://tdlab.usys.ethz.ch/team/person-detail.bianca-vienni.html   

Email: biancavienni@gmail.com / bianca.vienni@usys.ethz.ch 

Country (ies) of expertise:  Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland

Region (s) of expertise: Latin America, Europe, Asia

Keywords: Interdisciplinary research, transdisciplinary research, anthropology of science, science, technology and society (STS), science, technology and society (STS)

IAI themes:

Food security

Water security

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Climate action

Poverty and equity

Clean air, water, and soil

Languages: Spanish, English, German

 

Xiangming Xiao

Institution: University of Oklahoma

Webpage: https://www.ceom.ou.edu   

Email: xiangming.xiao@ou.edu 

Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, USA

Region (s) of expertise: -

Keywords: -

IAI themes: -

Languages: English and Chinese

 

 

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