Dra. Paulina Aldunce (UCH) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Chile. Her research interests are Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change. She has been involved as principal investigator and co-investigator in several research projects funded by international and national agencies as the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF), among others. Her work has been published in scientific journals as Climate Change and Development, Natural Hazards, Disaster Prevention and Management. She has participated as editor and author of books such as “Desastres asociados al clima en la agricultura y medio rural de Chile” [Climate related disasters in the agricultural and rural area of Chile] and “Hacia la evaluación de prácticas de adaptación ante la variabilidad y el cambio climatico” [Towards Adaptation Practices Evaluation for Climate Variability and Change]. Her most salient nominations include: Lead author of the IPCC Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation” (SREX); Review Editor of IPCC WGII Fifth Report and The Summary Report for Policy Makers; Part of the Expert Committee in charge of elaborating Chilean National Action Plan on Climate Change; Distinction as the Best Professor of Renewable Natural Resources Engineer degree 2004, granted by the University´s President Professor Luis A. Riveros, University of Chile; Responsible of building an international data base of Climate Change Adaptation Policies and Strategies for the Government of Chile. Paulina’s undergraduate study is Agriculture Engineering, and she has a Master in Environmental Managing and Planning. At the moment she is in a student commission at The University of Melbourne to complete her PhD study.
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