UNU Experts

Expert Adjunct Professor, Flood Forecasting and Management

Prof. Paulin Coulibaly

Paulin Coulibaly is a Professor of Water Resources Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department and School of Geography and Earth Science at McMaster University.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Robin Cowan

Robin Cowan is Professor of the Economics of Technical Change at the University of Maastricht.

Expert Lead, Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystems

Prof. Irena Frances Creed is a distinguished ecosystem scientist with wide-ranging research interests spanning planetary health, climate change, ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, sustainability, communities-at-risk, and the science-policy interface.

Expert Sustainable Development Coordinator

Johannes Cullmann Cullmann

Johannes is coordinating sustainability related research and partnership activities for UNU-FLORES.

Expert Adjunct Professor, Aquatic Ecology and Ecohydrology

Prof. Allen Curry

Allen Curry is a professor of Biology, Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, Canada.

Expert Senior Researcher and Team Lead

Georgina Curto Rex

A Senior AI Researcher and Team Lead at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Student Assistant

Marie-Elaine Czabaun

Expert Research Fellow

Michael Danquah

Michael Danquah is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Research Manager - Climate Risk Modelling

Dr. David Daou

Dr David Daou is a Research Manager at UNU-EHS.

Expert Head of the Geneva Office

Adam Day

Dr Adam Day is Head of the Geneva Office of United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.

Expert Director of UNU-CRIS

Philippe De Lombaerde

Dr Philippe De Lombaerde is the Director (D1) of the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Isabela De Paula Salgado

Isabela de Paula Salgado is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Research Assistant

Andrea De San Jorge

Expert PhD Fellow

Alix Debray

Alix Debray is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS and Ghent University.

Expert Research Associate

Greta Dekker

Greta Dekker is a researcher at UNU-EHS, where she works in the VARMAP division. She is particularly interested in conceptual risk modelling and the development of climate adaptation pathways, with a strong focus on engaging the private sector in building resilience to extreme weather events. Her research examines climate risk perception among different actor groups, the role of public-private partnerships in advancing nature-based solutions, and the co-creation of transdisciplinary adaptation strategies that align business interests with sustainability goals.

Expert Director of UNU-INRA

Dr. Fatima Denton

Dr. Fatima Denton is the Director (D2) of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA).

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Maria Bernadet Karina Dewi

Dr. Dewi is interested in enhancing the early warning systems through an integration of vulnerability and exposure components in multiple sectors, and in optimizing impact-based early warning in reducing disaster losses. Dr. Dewi is currently working on a project in co-developing an actionable impact-based early-warning systems in the IGAD region.

Expert Assistant Professor