{"id":6674,"date":"2025-08-07T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/?page_id=6674"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:13:11","slug":"omar-lopez-alfano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/es\/estructura\/direccion-ejecutiva-del-iai\/omar-lopez-alfano\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar L\u00f3pez Alfano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/OMAR.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Omar L\u00f3pez Alfano es el Director de Ciencia del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigaci\u00f3n del Cambio Global (IAI), a cargo de los programas cient\u00edficos y el desarrollo de iniciativas, redes y alianzas de investigacion transdisciplinaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiene m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os de experiencia en investigaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica y desarrollo de capacidades en las Am\u00e9ricas. Tras obtener su doctorado en Biolog\u00eda en la Universidad de Utah (EE.UU.), hizo estancias posdoctorales en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison (EE.UU.) y en el Centro de Ciencias Forestales del Tr\u00f3pico del Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales (STRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ha estado activamente involucrado y ha desempe\u00f1ado un papel de liderazgo en la interfaz ciencia-gobierno y cuenta con una extensa trayectoria en el Instituto. Fue Presidente del Comit\u00e9 Asesor Cient\u00edfico del IAI durante tres a\u00f1os y fue Presidente del Comit\u00e9 Transdisciplinario del Congreso de Investigaci\u00f3n e Innovaci\u00f3n en Sostenibilidad (SRI 2023) celebrada en Panam\u00e1 en asociaci\u00f3n con el IAI, el Belmont Forum y Future Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Con cerca de 40 publicaciones en revistas internacionales que han sido citadas m\u00e1s de 1.000 veces, Omar es una destacada figura cient\u00edfica. 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