UNU Experts

Expert Student Assistant

Nabiyya Perennia

Expert Project Associate

Magdalena is working as a Research Assistant in the Climate Risk Analytics team. She supports different projects by providing desk research and report writing, as well as data collection and analysis, including the application of the Economics in Climate Adaptation (ECA) methodology. Further tasks comprise the organization and facilitation of workshops and events.

Expert Director

Revati Phalkey

Dr. Revati Phalkey is the appointed Director of the United Nations University Institute for Global Health (UNU Global Health).

Expert PhD Fellow

Eric Piaget

Eric Piaget is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert UNU Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli

Carlo Pietrobelli is a professor and policy advisor on innovation and industrial development and policy.

Expert Data Scientist

Christopher Pillay

Christopher Wayne Pillay is a Data Scientist at UNU-WIDER and is currently working on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme in Pretoria, South Africa.

Expert Research Assistant

Vincenzo Polizzi

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Luca Polizzi

Luca Polizzi is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS, working on science diplomacy with Luk Van Langenhove with a focus on EU Science Diplomacy within UNTRAD and the Re-LAB Cluster.

Expert Visiting Scientist

Sylvain Ponserre

Sylvain works part-time as a Visiting Scientist within the Climate Analytics team, under the supervision of Maxime Souvignet and Robert Oakes. Together, they developed a consortium focused on displacement risk modeling and continuously explore ways to improve the model, including integrating new hazards and refining vulnerability assessments linked to human mobility, and impacts.

Expert Visiting Research Fellow

Antonio Postigo

Antonio Postigo is a virtual visiting research fellow at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Research Assistant

Era Poudel

Era Poudel is a Research Assistant in the REC² Cluster of Excellence at UNU-FLORES.

Expert E-Learning Assistant

Mutiara Sintesana Prasetyo

Expert Associate Researcher Fellow

Germán Prieto

Germán C. Prieto is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Jamie Pring

Jamie Pring is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Researcher

Dr. Emanuele Pugliese

Emmanuele Pugliese is a Researcher at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Researcher

Dr. Flor Pujol

Expert Project Manager

Nazaruddin Puteh

Expert Research Professor, Water Quality and Unconventional Water Resources

Dr. Manzoor Qadir

Professor Manzoor Qadir is an environmental scientist with over 30 years of experience working on water-related sustainable development through contributions to policy, institutional, and technical aspects of unconventional water resources, wastewater-related resource recovery and safe reuse, water quality, environmental health, salt-induced land degradation assessment and rehabilitation, and water and food security under changing climate.

Expert Lead, Food-Energy-Water Nexus Modeling

Dr. Yue Qin

Dr. Yue Qin’s research focuses on the integration of earth system science and human systems, with a central and sustained focus on the water–food–energy (WEF) nexus under climate change.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Ikboljon Qoraboyev

Ikboljon Qoraboyev is Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS