UNU Experts

Expert Contractor ERA GIZ

Christopher Fairless

Expert Professor of Practice, Water Security and Diplomacy in Fragile States

Prof. Mohd Faizee

Professor Mohd Faizee's work centers on transboundary water security, environmental peacebuilding, and conflict resolution.

Expert Research Intern

Wafi Faruqui

Wafi Ara Faruqui is a Research Intern at UNU-CRIS within the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster under the supervision of Nidhi Nagabhatla

Expert Programme Coordinator of UNU-BIOLAC

Dr Gustavo Fermin

Dr Gustavo Fermin is the Programme Coordinator of the United Nations University Biotechnology Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Shanali Minoshi Fernando

Shanali Fernando is a Doctoral Researcher under the joint programme of the Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Luisa Ferolla Prates

Luisa is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint PhD Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert PhD Fellow

Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca is a PhD fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Paola Fontanella Pisa

Paola Fontanella Pisa is Associate Academic Officer in the Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Division, a joint endeavour of UNU-EHS and Eurac Research in South Tyrol.

Expert Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vítor Fonte is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV). He is also a full-time Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, and a senior researcher at INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software Laboratory (INESC TEC/HASLab).

Expert Research Consultant

Catarina Fontes

As of September 2025, Catarina Fontes is a Research Consultant at the UNU-EGOV.

Expert Consultant

Nico Fricke

Expert Research Intern

Maxime Gallant

Maxime Gallant is a research intern at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Professor

Prof. Dr. Franziska Gassmann

Franziska Gassmann is Professor of Social Protection and Development at Maastricht University.

Expert Head of Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme

Erica Gaston

Dr. Erica Gaston is the Senior Policy Advisor and Head of the Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.

Expert Senior Research Advisor

Franz Gatzweiler

With a background in agricultural and resource economics, Franz Gatzweiler is a Senior Research Advisor at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Gaspare Genna

Gaspare M. Genna is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Isabella Georgiou

Isabella Georgiou is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint PhD Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.

Expert Research Intern

Giuseppe Germinario

Giuseppe Davide Germinario is a Research Intern at UNU-CRIS

Expert Academic Officer – Head of Climate Risk Analytics

Dr. Maxime Gersch-Souvignet

Dr. Maxime Souvignet is the Climate Risk Analytics Team Lead and a senior scientist at UNU-EHS. His expertise ranges from climate risk modelling, climate risk insurance, disaster risk management and climate adaptation.

Expert Research Associate

Imen Ghedhioui

Imen Ghedhioui is a Research Associate at UNU-EGOV.