Past SAC members
Composition of the SAC as of June 2024
Composition of the SAC as of June 2023
Composition of the SAC as of June 2022
Omar Ramsés López Alfano (Chair)
Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT)
Area of expertise: plant physiological ecology, ecophysiology, tropical ecology, alien species, tropical forests
Appointment: 2021-2024 (Parties)
Tereza Cavazos
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, México
Area of expertise: Climate variability, physical oceanography
Appointment: 2017-2020, 2020-2023 (Parties)
Anahi Urquiza Gómez
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile
Area of expertise: Sociology, resilience, poverty and energy transitions, anthropology and development, environment and society
Appointment: 2021-2024 (Parties)
Inés Camilloni
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences (FCEN-UBA)
Sea and Atmosphere Research Centre (UBA/CONICET)
UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA
Area of expertise: Climate change and variability, air quality.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (Parties)
Alexander Turra
Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
UNESCO Chair on Ocean Sustainability
Laboratory of Management, Ecology and Marine Conservation, Oceanographic Institute. Research Group on Environment and Society, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo.
Area of expertise: Marine Ecology and Coastal Management.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Jean Paul Metzger
Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
Department of Ecology - Institute of Biosciences – University of São Paulo
Area of expertise: Landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (Associates of the IAI)
Michelle Scobie (alternate member / miembro suplente)
Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
Lecturer, International Law, Global Environmental Governance
Area of expertise: International law and environmental governance, tourism, climate, biodiversity.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Mercy J. Borbor
Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar FIMCM, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Associate Professor
Area of expertise: Coastal marine resources, climate, health, risk management, urban ecology.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Mariana Meerhoff Scaffo (Alternate member / miembro suplente)
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Area of expertise: Ecology and water quality in shallow lakes and streams; trophic interactions, effects of climate warming and other global changes on freshwater
Appointment: 2018-2021 (Parties)
Alternate: 2021-2024
Composition of the SAC as of June 2021
Reynaldo Victoria
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(FAPESP), Brasil
Area of expertise: Agronomy, soils, plant nutrition
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (SAC)
Elena Abraham
Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), Mendoza, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET)
Director of CCT Mendoza - CONICET and Principal Investigator of CONICET
Area of expertise: Desertification, drylands
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Omar Ramsés López Alfano (Chair)
Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT)
Area of expertise: plant physiological ecology, ecophysiology, tropical ecology, alien species, tropical forests
Appointment: 2021-2024 (Parties)
Tereza Cavazos
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, México
Area of expertise: Climate variability, physical oceanography
Appointment: 2017-2020, 2020-2023 (Parties)
Anahi Urquiza Gómez
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile
Area of expertise: Sociology, resilience, poverty and energy transitions, anthropology and development, environment and society
Appointment: 2021-2024 (Parties)
Joshua Tewksbury
Future Earth
U.S. Global Hub Director
Area of expertise: Biology, ecology
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Inés Camilloni
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences (FCEN-UBA)
Sea and Atmosphere Research Centre (UBA/CONICET)
UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA
Area of expertise: Climate change and variability, air quality.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (Parties)
Alexander Turra
Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
UNESCO Chair on Ocean Sustainability
Laboratory of Management, Ecology and Marine Conservation, Oceanographic Institute. Research Group on Environment and Society, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo.
Area of expertise: Marine Ecology and Coastal Management.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Jean Paul Metzger
Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
Department of Ecology - Institute of Biosciences – University of São Paulo
Area of expertise: Landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (Associates of the IAI)
Michelle Scobie (alternate member / miembro suplente)
Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
Lecturer, International Law, Global Environmental Governance
Area of expertise: International law and environmental governance, tourism, climate, biodiversity.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Mercy J. Borbor
Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar FIMCM, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Associate Professor
Area of expertise: Coastal marine resources, climate, health, risk management, urban ecology.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Mariana Meerhoff Scaffo
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Area of expertise: Ecology and water quality in shallow lakes and streams; trophic interactions, effects of climate warming and other global changes on freshwater
Appointment: 2018-2021 (Parties)
Alternate: 2021-2024
Composition of the SAC as of June 2020
Edwin Castellanos (Presidente)
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Área de especialización: Ecología de ecosistemas, adaptación
Nombramiento: 2015-2018, 2018-2021
Patricia Balvanera
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad (IIES), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC) - resigned in May 2021
Moacyr Araujo
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Area of expertise: physic and chemistry of environment
Appointment: 2019-2022 - resigned in 2020
Reynaldo Victoria
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(FAPESP), Brasil
Area of expertise: Agronomy, soils, plant nutrition
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (SAC)
Elena Abraham
Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), Mendoza, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET)
Director of CCT Mendoza - CONICET and Principal Investigator of CONICET
Area of expertise: Desertification, drylands
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Tereza Cavazos
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, México
Area of expertise: Climate variability, physical oceanography
Appointment: 2017-2020, 2020-2023 (Parties)
Joshua Tewksbury
Future Earth
U.S. Global Hub Director
Area of expertise: Biology, ecology
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Inés Camilloni
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences (FCEN-UBA)
Sea and Atmosphere Research Centre (UBA/CONICET)
UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA
Area of expertise: Climate change and variability, air quality.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (Parties)
Alexander Turra
Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
UNESCO Chair on Ocean Sustainability
Laboratory of Management, Ecology and Marine Conservation, Oceanographic Institute. Research Group on Environment and Society, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo.
Area of expertise: Marine Ecology and Coastal Management.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Jean Paul Metzger
Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
Department of Ecology - Institute of Biosciences – University of São Paulo
Area of expertise: Landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (Associates of the IAI)
Michelle Scobie (alternate member / miembro suplente)
Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
Lecturer, International Law, Global Environmental Governance
Area of expertise: International law and environmental governance, tourism, climate, biodiversity.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Mercy J. Borbor
Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar FIMCM, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Associate Professor
Area of expertise: Coastal marine resources, climate, health, risk management, urban ecology.
Appointment: 2020-2023 (SAC)
Mariana Meerhoff Scaffo
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Area of expertise: Ecology and water quality in shallow lakes and streams; trophic interactions, effects of climate warming and other global changes on freshwater
Appointment: 2018-2021 (Parties)
Alternate: 2021-2024
Composition of the SAC as of June 2019
Edwin Castellanos (Presidente)
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Área de especialización: Ecología de ecosistemas, adaptación
Nombramiento: 2015-2018, 2018-2021
Moacyr Araujo
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Area of expertise: physic and chemistry of environment
Appointment: 2019-2022 - resigned in 2020
Reynaldo Victoria
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(FAPESP), Brasil
Area of expertise: Agronomy, soils, plant nutrition
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (SAC)
Elena Abraham
Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), Mendoza, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET)
Director of CCT Mendoza - CONICET and Principal Investigator of CONICET
Area of expertise: Desertification, drylands
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Tereza Cavazos
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, México
Area of expertise: Climate variability, physical oceanography
Appointment: 2017-2020, 2020-2023 (Parties)
Joshua Tewksbury
Future Earth
U.S. Global Hub Director
Area of expertise: Biology, ecology
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Mariana Meerhoff Scaffo
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Area of expertise: Ecology and water quality in shallow lakes and streams; trophic interactions, effects of climate warming and other global changes on freshwater
Appointment: 2018-2021 (Parties)
Alternate: 2021-2024
Michelle Grunauer
Universidad San Francisco
Area of expertise: Health, environment, medicine
Appointment: 2017-2020
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Area of expertise: Biodiversity
Appointment: 2014-2017, 2017-2020
Antonio Magalhaes
Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos
Area of expertise: Sustainable development, economy, drylands
Appointment: 2017-2020
Composition of the SAC as of June 2018
Edwin Castellanos (Presidente)
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Área de especialización: Ecología de ecosistemas, adaptación
Nombramiento: 2015-2018, 2018-2021
Reynaldo Victoria
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(FAPESP), Brasil
Area of expertise: Agronomy, soils, plant nutrition
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (SAC)
Elena Abraham
Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), Mendoza, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET)
Director of CCT Mendoza - CONICET and Principal Investigator of CONICET
Area of expertise: Desertification, drylands
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Tereza Cavazos
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, México
Area of expertise: Climate variability, physical oceanography
Appointment: 2017-2020, 2020-2023 (Parties)
Joshua Tewksbury
Future Earth
U.S. Global Hub Director
Area of expertise: Biology, ecology
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022 (Parties)
Mariana Meerhoff Scaffo
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Area of expertise: Ecology and water quality in shallow lakes and streams; trophic interactions, effects of climate warming and other global changes on freshwater
Appointment: 2018-2021 (Parties)
Alternate: 2021-2024
Susana Beatriz Adamo
CIESIN, Columbia University
Area of expertise: Human dimensions, sociology, demography
Appointment: 2013-2016, 2016-2019
Michelle Grunauer
Universidad San Francisco
Area of expertise: Health, environment, medicine
Appointment: 2017-2020
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Area of expertise: Biodiversity
Appointment: 2014-2017, 2017-2020
Antonio Magalhaes
Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos
Area of expertise: Sustainable development, economy, drylands
Appointment: 2017-2020
Composition of the SAC as of June 2017
Edwin Castellanos (Chair)
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Area of expertise: Ecosystem ecology, adaptation
Appointment: 2015-2018, 2018-2021
Elena Abraham
IADIZA (CONICET-UNCuyo-Gob. de Mendoza)
Area of expertise: Desertification, drylands
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022
Susana Beatriz Adamo
CIESIN, Columbia University
Area of expertise: Human dimensions, sociology, demography
Appointment: 2013-2016, 2016-2019
Tereza Cavazos
CICESE
Area of expertise: Climate variability, physical oceanography
Appointment: 2017-2020, 2020-2023
Alicia Fernández Cirelli
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Area of expertise: Aquatic biogeochemistry
Appointment: 2015-2018
Michelle Grunauer
Universidad San Francisco
Area of expertise: Health, environment, medicine
Appointment: 2017-2020
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Area of expertise: Biodiversity
Appointment: 2014-2017, 2017-2020
Antonio Magalhaes
Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos
Area of expertise: Sustainable development, economy, drylands
Appointment: 2017-2020
Joshua Tewksbury
University of Washington
Area of expertise: Biology, ecology
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022
Reynaldo Victoria
FAPESP
Area of expertise: Agronomy, soils, plant nutrition
Appointment: 2016-2019, 2019-2022
Composition of the SAC as of June 2016
Elena Abraham
Director IADIZA (CONICET-UNCuyo-Gob. de Mendoza)
Area of expertise: Desertification, drylands
Appointment: 2016-2019
Susana Beatriz Adamo
CIESIN, Columbia University
Area of expertise: Human dimensions, sociology, demography
Appointment: 2013-2016, 2016-2019
Edwin Castellanos
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Area of expertise: Ecosystem ecology, adaptation
Appointment: 2015-2018
Rodolfo Dirzo
Bing Professor, Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
Area of expertise: Biodiversity, global environmental change, tropical ecosystems
Appointment: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Alicia Fernández Cirelli
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Area of expertise: Aquatic biogeochemistry
Appointment: 2015-2018
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Area of expertise: Biodiversity
Appointment: 2014-2017
Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Area of expertise: Meteorology, climate modeling
Appointment: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Joshua Tewksbury
University of Washington
Area of expertise: Biology, ecology
Appointment: 2016-2019
Reynaldo Victoria
FAPESP
Area of expertise: Agronomy, soils, plant nutrition
Appointment: 2016-2019
Trevor Platt
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Area of expertise: Oceanography
Appointment: 2014-2017 (resigned December 2016)
Composition of the SAC as of June 2015
Susana Beatriz Adamo
CIESIN, Columbia University
Area of expertise: Human dimensions, sociology, demography
Appointment: 2013-2016
Edwin Castellanos
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Area of expertise: Ecosystem ecology, adaptation
Appointment: 2015-2018
Rodolfo Dirzo
Stanford University
Area of expertise: Ecology, ecosystems
Appointment: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Alicia Fernández Cirelli
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Area of expertise: Aquatic biogeochemistry
Appointment: 2015-2018
Michelle Grunauer
Universidad San Francisco
Area of expertise: Health, environment, medicine
Appointment: 2013-2016
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Area of expertise: Biodiversity
Appointment: 2014-2017
Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Area of expertise: Meteorology, climate modeling
Appointment: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Frank Müller Karger (Chair)
IMARS, University of South Florida
Area of expertise: Climate, ocean, atmosphere
Appointment: 2008-2011, 2011-2014, 2014-2016
Claudia Eleonor Natenzon
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Area of expertise: Human dimensions
Appointment: 2010-2013, 2013-2016
Trevor Platt
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Area of expertise: Oceanography
Appointment: 2014-2017
Composition of the SAC as of August 2014
Susana Beatriz Adamo
CIESIN, Columbia University
Walter Baethgen
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
Rodolfo Dirzo
Stanford University
Michelle Grunauer
Universidad San Francisco
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Harold Mooney
Stanford University
Frank Müller Karger (Chair)
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Claudia Eleonor Natenzon
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Trevor Platt
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Carolina Susana Vera
CIMA/Universidad de Buenos Aires