Team
We are an interdisciplinary team of 24 academic and non-academic experts

Project coordinators

Fabien Anthelme
Principal Investigator – Co-lead WP3
Ph.D. Ecology, researcher
IRD, AMAP Lab, Montpellier, France
Tropical alpine ecosystems, plant-plant interactions, environmental gradients


Anaïs Zimmer
Co-Principal Investigator – Co-lead WP2
Ph.D. Geography, researcher
IRD, AMAP Lab, Montpellier, France
Alpine socio-ecosystems, proglacial plant communities, soil formation, andean camelids
WPs Co-leaders

Tristan Charles-Dominique
Co-lead WP3
Ph.D. Plant Ecol. & Evolution, Researcher CNRS, AMAP, France
Plant architecture, plant–mammalian herbivore interactions, fire ecology, PFT

Thomas Condom
Co-lead WP2
Ph.D. Hydrology
Researcher IRD, IGE, France
Remote sensing, hydrogeology, geochemistry

Ignacio Palomo
Co-lead WP1
Ph.D. Env. Science
Researcher IRD, IGE, France
Ecosystem services, nature-based solutions, mountain socio-ecosystems

Meredith Root-Bernstein
Co-lead WP1
Ph.D. Ecology
Researcher CNRS & National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
Ethnobiology, socio-ecosystems, ecological restoration, species reintroductions
Andean Partners

Camilla Agurto
B.Sc. Veterinary Medicine
Member of Kintu NGO, Chile
Conservation planning, socio-environmental conflicts, participatory methods

César Arana
M.Sc. Biological Science
(PhD Candidate)
Researcher UNMSM, Natural History Museum, Lima, Peru
Ecological interactions, biological soil crusts, threatened species

Rolando Cruz Encarnación
Environmental engineer
Autoridad Nacional del Agua, UNASAM, Huaraz, Peru
Mountain meteorology, glaciology, hydrology

Mirella Gallardo Marticorena
M.Sc. Water & Land Resources Engineering
Instituto de Montaña, Peru
Climate change adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Land-use planning

Matias Guerrero Gatica
M.Sc. Biological Sciences
(Ph.D. Candidate)
Kintu NGO president, IEB, Chile
ILK, conservation, socioecological restoration

Rosa Isela Meneses
Ph.D. Candidate in Social Anthropology
Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; Instituto de Ecologia, La Paz, Bolivia
Botany, High Andean ecosystems, Wetland ecology,

Jorge Recharte
Ph.D. Anthropology
Associate Instituto de Montaña, Peru
Cultural ecology, participatory action research, climate change adaptation

Vidal Rondan
B. Education
Instituto de Montaña, Peru
Participatory processes, Climate resilience, Conservation and ecotourism

Martin Salvador Poma
M.Sc. Environmental Management
Specialist at the National Park of Huascarán
Evaluation of environmental management instruments, vicuñas monitoring, high-Andean pastures

Alvaro Socuro
Ph.D. Glaciology
Researcher UMSA, IGEMA, Bolivia
Tropical glaciers, periglacial environments
Students

Lucie Bivaud
Ph.D. Student in Ecology
Univ. of Montpellier, AMAP, France
Alpine plant communities, plant-plant interactions, plant architecture

Pierr Cisneros
M.Sc. Candidate in Biodiversity & Ecosystem Management
Dpt. Ecology, UNMSM, Peru
Biological soil crust, ecological succession, proglacial ecosystem

Susi Loza Herrera
Ph.D. Student in Ecology
Instituto de Ecologia, UMSA, Bolivia
Ecology, conservation, functional restoration of wetlands

Anali Velit
M.Sc. student in Biodiversity & Ecosystem Management
Dpt. Ecology, UNMSM, Peru
Seed dispersal, plant succession, alpine ecosystems

Xavier Klee
Ph.D Student in Physical Geography
IGE, Grenoble, France
Spatiotemporal analysis, Satellite remote sensing, Cold environment.

Benjamin Silva
Ph.D. Student in Ecologia
National Museum of Natural History, Santiago, Chile
Kintu NGO miember
Seed dispersal, Plant succession, Alpine ecosystem

Roni Ritz Ganem
Msc. Student in Env. Sciences
ENS Lyon – Internship IRD, AMAP Lab, Montpellier, France
Proglacial plant communities & ecosystems , Acid Rock Drainage
Other consortium experts

Jean-Luc Maeght
Ph.D. Biophysics of root-soil interactions
Research Engineer IRD, AMAP Lab, Montpellier, France
Root systems, Soil-plant interactions, Soil erosion

Antoine Rabatel
Ph.D. Glaciology
Researcher Univ. Grenoble, France
Glaciology, Satellite remote sensing, Andean glaciers

Adina Racoviteanu
Ph.D. Geography
Researcher IRD, IGE Lab, Grenoble, France
Glaciology, Satellite remote sensing, Local Knowledge

