UNU Experts

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Preeyaphat Chaiklang

Preeyaphat Chaiklang is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint Ph.D. Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU Resource Nexus.

Expert Research Fellow, Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG)

Dr. Sanaz Chamanara

Sanaz Chamanara specializes in sustainability, supply chain management, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices.

Expert Research Intern

Daniela Chamorro

During her research internship at UNU-CRIS, Daniela Chamorro Moreno will work under the supervision of Nidhi Nagabhatla within the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster.

Expert Research Manager

Dr. Dipesh Chapagain is a Senior Research Associate in the Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) programme at UNU-EHS Bonn since July 2023. The GLOMOS programme aims to enhance disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA), and emergency response preparedness (ERP) in global mountains.

Expert Associate Programme Officer

Dr. Saroj Kumar Chapagain

Saroj Kumar Chapagain is an Associate Programme Officer (Sustainability Assessment) at UNU Resource Nexus.

Expert Research Intern

Kiyo Chen

Kiyo Chen is a Research Intern at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Youth Fellow, Water, Peace, and Gender

Cynthia Chen

Cynthia Chen is a Youth Fellow in Water, Peace and Gender at UNU-INWEH.

Expert Academic Officer (Head of PACET)

Dr. Ambe Emmanuel Cheo

Dr. Cheo works with the PACET Division at UNU-VIE. He is leading research on Water. in the context of Water Energy and Food Nexus, including Climate Change topics. He is also involved in strategic project development, acquisition of funds and project implementation.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Simon Chidodo

Simon Chidodo is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU Resource Nexus and TU Dresden

Expert Policy Research Fellow

Sergo Chikhladze

Dr. Sergo Chikhladze is a Policy Research Fellow within the Gender Equality & Intersectionality team of UNU Global Health.

Expert Research Fellow, Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Dr. Vishwas Chitale

Dr. Vishwas Chitale specialises in climate change adaptation and resilience in the Global South.

Expert Research Fellow, Sustainable Agriculture and Communities

Dr. Joyce Chitja

Dr. Joyce Chitja works on research and community-level engagement focused on smallholder households, with particular attention to their empowerment, agency, and participation in agricultural systems for food and nutrition security.

Expert Senior Researcher

Dr. Tommaso Ciarli

Tommaso Ciarli is a Researcher at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change

Prof. Martyn Clark

Professor Martyn Clark is a leading researcher in the development of large-domain terrestrial systems models, which are used in a wide range of applications including environmental forecasting, climate impact assessments, and Earth system prediction.

Expert Visiting Research Fellow

Céline Cocq

Céline Cocq is a virtual visiting research fellow at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Head of Programme at UNU Resource Nexus (Education)

Prof. Serena Coetzee

Serena Coetzee is the Head of Programme at UNU Resource Nexus (Education).

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Adjunct Professor

Elsa Costa e Silva

Elsa Costa e Silva has been an Adjunct Professor at the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) since 2024.

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Davide Cotti

Davide Cotti is Senior Research Associate at UNU-EHS, where he shares his position between the VARMAP and the EVES divisions.

Expert Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Remote-Sensing and Sustainable Innovations for Resilient Urban Systems (R-SIRUS)

Prof. Alexander Couzis

Professor Alexander Couzis is a recognized leader in engineering education and applied research, with expertise spanning advanced materials science, interfacial engineering, and energy storage technologies. His work bridges scientific innovation with real-world applications in sustainability and urban resilience