I'm a Postdoctoral researcher within Food Systems Transformations. Advancing holistic approaches and leveraging systems thinking to address complex challenges at the intersection of environmental, socio-economic, and technological dimensions of global challenges.

I have a PhD in Environmental Science with focus on Sustainable Land Use at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC. I have a BSc in Environmental Biology at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá (Colombia) and a MSc in Forest and Nature Management at the University of Copenhagen. After my studies, I’ve gained experience in the private and public sector in Denmark as an ecosystem services consultant at consultancy firm COWI A/S Denmark, and ecosystem service specialist at Climate-KIC Nordic. I was also Project coordinator/Research assistant at the Department of Food and Resource Economics of the University of Copenhagen. I've been living in the Nordics since 2009. 

The overarching aim of my PhD study was to improve our systems' approach understanding the mechanisms behind the land use transformation. More specifically, the cumulative effects of extensive cattle ranching into tropical forests in protected areas, in order to implement effective and integrative land use planning in the northwest of Amazon region of Colombia. I am combining the systems approach with the use of Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD) together with remote sensing and GIS tools. The contribution of the study seeks to increase our knowledge to ensure pathways to reduce the alarming deforestation, create sustainable food systems and tackle the loss of biodiversity in this part of the Amazon.

As an Alumni of the Agenda 2030 graduate school at Lund University my research interests within the SGDs focused on the nexus between the competition of land for food production (i.e., livestock) and the pressure on biodiversity and ecosystem services in protected areas with tropical rainforests.