2024 Pathways Cohort
Cameron Blumhardt
University of New Mexico
Research Topic: Conceptual mapping of relationships and roles in communities related to watershed management.
Research Area: Azuay & Cuenca, Ecuador
Research Topic: Conceptual mapping of relationships and roles in communities related to watershed management.
Research Area: Azuay & Cuenca, Ecuador
Jonathan Burton
University of Colorado – Denver
Research Topic: interdisciplinary research on glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) hazards and vulnerability in the Aysen region of Chile.
Research Area: Patagonia, Chile
Research Topic: interdisciplinary research on glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) hazards and vulnerability in the Aysen region of Chile.
Research Area: Patagonia, Chile
Kate Cullen
University of Berkeley
Research Topic: Co-development of household water insecurity survey with three local community partners in the Maipo River Basin in central Chile.
Research Area: Santiago, Chile
Research Topic: Co-development of household water insecurity survey with three local community partners in the Maipo River Basin in central Chile.
Research Area: Santiago, Chile
Samuel Feldblum
University of California – Los Angeles
Research Topic: Political ecology of droughts in Chile’s Petorca province.
Research Area: Santiago, Chile
Research Topic: Political ecology of droughts in Chile’s Petorca province.
Research Area: Santiago, Chile
Casey Iwamoto
Mississippi State University
Research Topic: Dissolved oxygen cycling in the Cerro Dantas Wildlife Refuge.
Research Area: Heredia, Costa Rica
Research Topic: Dissolved oxygen cycling in the Cerro Dantas Wildlife Refuge.
Research Area: Heredia, Costa Rica
Atlin Johnson
University of New Mexico
Research Topic: Systems dynamics modeling of dairy systems.
Research Area: Los Lagos, Chile
Research Topic: Systems dynamics modeling of dairy systems.
Research Area: Los Lagos, Chile
Ariel Quintanilla Magaña
University of Rhode Island
Research Topic: Ecosystem management in transboundary regions in Latin America: water governance related to management of mangrove systems.
Research Area: Ecuador, Peru, El Salvador
Research Topic: Ecosystem management in transboundary regions in Latin America: water governance related to management of mangrove systems.
Research Area: Ecuador, Peru, El Salvador
Sarah Sorensen
University of Arkansas
Research Topic: Influence of hydrogeomorphology on river food webs.
Research Area: Valdivia, Chile
Research Topic: Influence of hydrogeomorphology on river food webs.
Research Area: Valdivia, Chile
Millie Spenser
University of Colorado
Research Topic: Uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) optical and thermal analysis of the glaciers on the Nevados de Chillán volcanic complex.
Research Area: Concepción, Chile
Research Topic: Uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) optical and thermal analysis of the glaciers on the Nevados de Chillán volcanic complex.
Research Area: Concepción, Chile
Kritan Subedi
University of New Mexico
Research Topic: Water movement within a micro-basin using stable isotope analysis and hydrological modeling,
Research Area: Los Lagos, Chile
Research Topic: Water movement within a micro-basin using stable isotope analysis and hydrological modeling,
Research Area: Los Lagos, Chile
Mariana Webb
University of Nevada-Reno
Research Topic: Impacts of atmospheric rivers on flooding and influences of land use change.
Research Area: Valparaiso, Chile
Research Topic: Impacts of atmospheric rivers on flooding and influences of land use change.
Research Area: Valparaiso, Chile
Emmanuel Acurio
Universidad de Cuenca
Research Topic: Environmental Regional Change
Research Topic: Environmental Regional Change
María Augusta Bermeo
Universidad de Cuenca
Research Topic: Sustainable Water Management in the Andes
Research Topic: Sustainable Water Management in the Andes
Eylin Milagros Sanchez Callirgos
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Research topic: Seasonal variability and water supply of different altered high Andean wetland systems
Research topic: Seasonal variability and water supply of different altered high Andean wetland systems
Patricio Luna
Universidad de Cuenca
Research Topic: Hydrological modelling and forecasting
Research Topic: Hydrological modelling and forecasting
Stalin Guamán
Universidad de Cuenca
Research Topic: Tracer-aided modeling, wildfires and hydrology, and hydrology process scaling
Research Topic: Tracer-aided modeling, wildfires and hydrology, and hydrology process scaling
Paola Montenegro
Universidad de Cuenca & Universidad del Azuay
Research Topic: Hydrological connectivity of mountain landscapes: soil, lakes and rivers. Ecosystem services monitoring; water and gender
Research Topic: Hydrological connectivity of mountain landscapes: soil, lakes and rivers. Ecosystem services monitoring; water and gender
Santiago Núñez
Universidad de Cuenca & Universidad del Azuay
Research Topic: Climate change, Hydrology
Research Topic: Climate change, Hydrology
Dalma Orellana
Gent University and IDHRICA Universidad de Cuenca
Research Topic: Restoration Ecology and Ecophysiology of Tropical Andean Forests in Ecuador
Research Topic: Restoration Ecology and Ecophysiology of Tropical Andean Forests in Ecuador
Lorena Orellana
Universidad de Cuenca & Universidad del Azuay
Research Topic: Spatial analysis, remote sensing, climate
Research Topic: Spatial analysis, remote sensing, climate
Samanta Ríos
Universidad del Azuay
Research Topic:: Ecology and Behavior of Native Bees in the Neotropics
Research Topic:: Ecology and Behavior of Native Bees in the Neotropics
Verónica Rodas
Universidad de Cuenca & Universidad del Azuay
Research Topic: Municipal water consumption
Research Topic: Municipal water consumption
Adrián Sucozhañay
Universidad de Cuenca & Universidad del Azuay
Research Topic: Hydrological process and modelling, Hydrological drought, Water management
Research Topic: Hydrological process and modelling, Hydrological drought, Water management
Valeria Falla Valdez
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Research Topic: Water quality impacts and social perceptions of mining control policies in Madre de Dios, Perú
Research Topic: Water quality impacts and social perceptions of mining control policies in Madre de Dios, Perú