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Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências do Risco e os Desastres. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Vulneabilidade; Perigos naturais; Riscos; Desastres; Risco; Financiamento do risco climatérico e seguros climáticos; gestão do risco; .
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera

Citation names

  • Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0B17-08ED-F332

Email addresses

  • camilofernandez@ces.uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/03/01 - 2024/03/21
Concluded
Foundations of Climate and Disaster Risk Management and Insurance (CDRFI) and Impactful Civil Society Engagement (Postgraduate Certificate)
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany
2019/09/21 - 2023/07/30
Ongoing
Doctoral degree in Territory, Risk and Public Policies. (Ensino básico 3º ciclo)
Major in Disaster risk reduction; Reduction of socioeconomic vulnerability to climate disasters.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2023/05/01 - 2023/05/30
Concluded
Qualitative Data Analysis with MAXQDA (Outros)
APEU-Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra , Portugal
2021/05/26 - 2021/05/28
Concluded
Course: A Systemic Approach to Financial Inclusion (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction; Risk Transfer; Disaster Risk Finance
The World Bank Group, United States
O curso não dá uma classificação
2021/04/07 - 2021/04/25
Concluded
Course: Introduction to Disaster Risk Finance Analytics (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction; data analysis
The World Bank Group, United States
O curso não dá uma classificação
2021/03/29 - 2021/04/04
Concluded
Course: Fundamentals of Disaster Risk Finance (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction; data analysis; Disaster Risk Finance;
The World Bank Group, United States
O curso não dá uma classificação
2021/03/22 - 2021/03/25
Concluded
Research and Publication Ethics (Outros)
Major in Research
Charlesworth Service Author, United States
O curso não dá uma classificação
2021/03/09 - 2021/03/09
Concluded
Ethic in the research (Outros)
Major in Research
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
O curso não dá uma classificação
2021/02/22 - 2021/03/03
Concluded
Course: How to write and structure your academic article for publication. (Outros)
Major in Scientific writing
Charlesworth Service Author, United States
The course does not include a grade
2021/02/15 - 2021/02/26
Concluded
Course: Nature-based solution for disaster risk reduction (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience
United Nations Environmental Program, Portugal
O curso não dá uma classificação
2020/09/12 - 2020/09/19
Concluded
Course: Qualitative Data Analysis with MAXQDA (Outros)
Major in Data analysis
APEU-Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra , Portugal
O curso não dá uma classificação
2019/12/01 - 2019/12/17
Concluded
Course: Cyber-safe citizen (Outros)
Major in Cibersegurança
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança, Portugal
O curso não dá uma classificação
2019/04/16 - 2019/04/23
Concluded
Course: Remote Sensing for Disaster Management (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction; data analysis
NASA, United States
O curso não dá uma classificação
2016/06/01 - 2016/12/14
Concluded
Course: EWS for Floods and Droughts as a Risk Management Measure (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction
Deltares, Netherlands
O curso não dá uma classificação
2016/12/05 - 2016/12/09
Concluded
Internship: Early Warning System (EWS) for Hurricanes (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction; data analysis
Florida International University, United States
O curso não dá uma classificação
2013/09/26 - 2015/06/30
Concluded
MSc in Social Dynamics, Natural and Technological Risks. (Ensino básico 2º ciclo)
Major in Disaster Risk Management; Risk governance; Reduction of social and institutional vulnerability.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
17
2014/11/26 - 2014/11/26
Concluded
Course: Evaluation of scientific journals. (Outros)
Major in Research
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
O curso não dá uma classificação
2014/06/15 - 2014/08/15
Concluded
Course: Crisis Management, Emergency Planning, and Civil Protection (Outros)
Major in Disaster Risk Reduction; data analysis
German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Germany
O curso não dá uma classificação
2005/02/02 - 2011/11/30
Concluded
Environmental Management (Bachelor)
Major in Environmental science and disaster risk reduction.
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia
"Design of an Early Warning System population centred for floods and landslides in the Otún River basin (in Spanish). " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
14
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - 2033/12/01 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/10 - 2025/06/01 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate hazards
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/06/01 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate hazards
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/05/31 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate threats.
2021.07982.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Strengthening national institutional capabilities to reduce vulnerability to floods and droughts.
No information
Technical development
Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombia, Colombia
Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombia
Concluded
2013/09/01 - 2015/07/31 Strategic guidelines for enhancing risk governance at the local level: Case of study the municipality of Pereira, Colombia
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
Fundación para el futuro de Colombia
Concluded
2013/10/01 - 2015/06/30 Master degree in Social Dynamics, Natural and Technological Risk
NO information
Master Student Fellow
Ministry of Science and Technology of Colombia, Colombia

Fundación para el futuro de Colombia, Colombia
Fundación para el futuro de Colombia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2011/08/30 Design of a early warning system population centered to floods and flash floods in the Otun basin
Research Fellow
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

Hydrometeirological Network of Risaralda, Research Org., Colombia
Corporación Autónoma Regional de Risaralda (CARDER)
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2010/11/30 Evaluation of the waste water and drinking water and perception of the communities of the locality of Puerto Caldas, Risaralda, municipality of Pereira
Research Fellow
Technological University of Pereira, Faculty of Environmental Science, Colombia
Technological University of Pereira, Faculty of Environmental Science
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/05 - 2019/11/30 The Scrubland Map: Art in big data for risk communication
Technical development
The World Bank Group, United States
The Global Facility for Disaster Risk and Recovery
Concluded
2018/11/01 - 2019/10/31 PREPARE project for seismic risk reduction
Technical development
USAID, United States

MIYAMOTO INTERNATIONAL, United States
USAID
Ongoing
2019/01/05 - 2019/04/30 Hack-The-Risk: Smart solutions on water issues and floods.
Technical development
NASA, United States

FM Global, Singapore

Microsoft Corp, United States

Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Water Youth Network (WYN)., Colombia
FM Global

NASA Engineering and Safety Center

Microsoft Corp

Universidad de los Andes
Concluded
2012/11/01 - 2013/02/28 Analysis of the Disaster Risk Management Public Policies of the Metropolitan Area "Centro-Occidente".
No information
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Technological University of Pereira, Faculty of Environmental Science, Colombia
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; DIEGO FERNANDO PEÑA LÓPEZ; Omar Augusto Vivas Cortés; Andrea Lampis; Carlos Arturo Romero Huertas; Paola Delgado Ángel; Clara del Pilar Franco Castro. Guidelines for the analysis of social vulnerability in the municipal studies of disaster risk management. (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Imprenta Nacional. 2017.
    Published • 978-958-56017-9-6 • Editor
  2. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Castro Rivera, Jorge Andres; Johana Orjuela Casayas; Karen Villareal; Lina María Gallego; Humberto González Marentes. El Niño phenomena: Comparative analysis for Colombia 1997-1998 / 2014-2016. (In Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Imprenta Nacional. 2016.
    Published
  3. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. Early warning systems in Colombia: A local strategy for climatic variability adaptation (in Spanish).. Espanha: Editorial Académica Española. 2012.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Letícia Gontijo Furst Gonçalves. "Parametric Insurance: Mitigating economic vulnerability to disasters (in Spanish)". In Insurance, 1-250. Bogotá, Colombia: University of La Sabana, 2024.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Disaster risk management in port cities: A global vision. (in Portuguese). https://vcir.riscos.pt/wp-content/uploads/Apresentacoes/2vg/IDp032.pdf". Paper presented in V Congresso Internacional de Riscos Contributos da ciência para a redução do risco. Agir hoje para proteger o amanhã, 2020.
Journal article
  1. José Manuel Mendes. "Practices of financial protection against disaster risk in Colombia: voices from the subnational level.". Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres –REDER submitted (2024): Under-review.
    Under revision
  2. José Manuel Mendes; Eduardo Jorge Barata. "Design of a socially-inclusive climate risk transfer mechanism: a case study in La Guajira, Colombia.". Submitted to the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science submitted (2024): Under-review.
    Under revision
  3. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Mendes, José Manuel; Barata, Eduardo Jorge; Trejo-Rangel, Miguel Angel. Corresponding author: Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Community and governmental perspectives on climate disaster risk finance instruments in Colombia". Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Ahead-of-p Ahead-of-p (2024): Ahead-of-p-Ahead-of-p. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-11-2023-0303.
    Published • 10.1108/dpm-11-2023-0303
  4. José Manuel Mendes; Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Barata, Eduardo Jorge; Vicente Sandoval. Corresponding author: Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Prioritization of Territorial Areas for Implementing Inclusive Climate Risk Transfer Mechanisms. Colombia as a Case Study.". Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 13 1 (2023): 1-26. https://www.idrimjournal.com/article/77526-prioritization-of-territorial-areas-for-implementing-inclusive-climate-risk-transfer-mechanisms-colombia-as-a-case-study?auth_token=LpQ_ZZcP8ACBd-FDGcXo.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.5595/001c.77526
  5. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Mendes, José Manuel; Barata, Eduardo Jorge; Barragán Rojas, Yenifer Alejandra. "Climate Risk Transfer Public Policies: An Analysis of the Colombian Case". Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER 7 1 (2023): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.55467/reder.v7i1.112.
    10.55467/reder.v7i1.112
  6. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Mendes, José Manuel; Barata, Eduardo Jorge. "The Differential Risk Transfer: a new approach for reducing vulnerability to climate-related hazards". Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 31 5 (2022): 550-564. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-05-2021-0185.
    10.1108/dpm-05-2021-0185
  7. Miguel Angel Trejo Rangel; Rodrigo Rudge Ramos Ribeiro; Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Adriano Mota Ferreira; Nhilce Nahomi Esquivel-Gomez; Carla Cristina Liera-Martíne. "Hegemonic approaches in disaster risk management associated with hydrometeorological events: analysis of the Latin America and the Caribbean context. (in Spanish)". Journal of Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction 6 1 (2022): 25-34. http://revistareder.com/handle-0719-8477-2022-099.
    Open access • Published
  8. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Maria Isabel da Silva Nunes. "Comparative analysis in the implementation of matrices for the risk prioritization in the municipality of Pereira, Colombia. (in Spanish)". Revista AIDIS de Ingeniería y Ciencias Ambientales: Investigación, Desarrollo y Práctica 14 3 (2021): 1228-1243. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/iingen.0718378xe.2021.14.3.76443.
    Open access • Accepted
  9. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Financial protection for disaster risk management in Latin America. (in Spanish)". Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER, 4 2 (2020): 22-35. http://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/48.
    Open access • Published
  10. FERNÁNDEZ-LOPERA, CRISTIAN CAMILO. "Risk of Oil Pollution in Colombia. (in Spanish)". Ambiente y Sostenibilidad 6 1 (2016): 24-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.25100/ays.v0i0.4287.
    Open access • Published • 10.25100/ays.v0i0.4287
  11. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Determination of areas exposed to the occurrence of accidents due to dangerous goods transportation in Colombia. (in Spanish)". Gestión y Ambiente 18 1 (2015): 29-43. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/44923.
    Open access • Published
  12. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Characterization of strong winds of the 19th of January 2013 in mainland Portugal. (In Portugueses)". Multidimensão e territórios de risco 1 1 (2014): 411-416. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337227773_Caracterizacao_do_temporal_do_dia_19_de_janeiro_de_2013_Portugal_continental.
    Open access • Published • http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-96253-3-4_69
  13. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; CARLOS ANDRÉS SABAS RAMÍREZ. "Early Warning System Population Centered for the Middle Basin of Otún River". Journal Scientia et Technica 2 50 (2012): 211-217. http://revistas.utp.edu.co/index.php/revistaciencia/article/view/1583/3967.
    Open access • Published • http://dx.doi.org/10.22517/23447214.1583
Manual
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Vargas Hernández, Richard Alberto; Sáenz Pérez, Rafael; Guillermo Ávila Barragán; Claudia Rocío Cante; Alba Cristina Melo; Iván Caicedo. Guidelines for the incorporation of disaster risk management into municipal territorial planning. (In Spanish). Bogotá: Imprenta Nacional. 2015.
    Published
Newspaper article
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. "Limitations in disaster risk management in the municipality of Pereira: A coffee with experts. (in Spanish)", Traslacoladerata, 2019, Análisis, https://www.lacoladerata.co/cultura/analisis/limitantes-en-la-gestion-del-riesgo-de-desastres-del-municipio-de-pereira-un-cafe-con-expertos/.
Online resource
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. COVID-19: Revealing social vulnerability in Colombia. (in Spanish). 2020. https://www.ces.uc.pt/ficheiros2/sites/osiris/files/OSIRIS_Covid19_Colombia_02-10-2020_Camilo_Lopera.pdf.
Report
  1. Mendes, José Manuel; Valentim, António; Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. 2015. Estudo sobre os corpos de bombeiros da Região Autónoma dos Açores: Práticas e representações.
Working paper
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. 2019. "State of the art of disaster risk management studies and priorities of risk knowledge in the municipality of Pereira, Colombia. (In Spanish)". https://repositorio.gestiondelriesgo.gov.co/bitstream/handle/20.500.11762/28183/Prioridades_GRD-Pereira.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11762/27742
  2. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. 2019. "Priority research topics for the disaster risk management in the municipality of Pereira. (In Spanish)". https://repositorio.gestiondelriesgo.gov.co/handle/20.500.11762/28183.
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11762/28183
  3. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Peña Lopes, Diego Fernando; calvache, Martha Lucía; Comisión Nacional Técnica Asesora para el Conocimiento del Riesgo (CNTACR).. 2017. "Priority research topics for the disaster risk management of Colombia.". https://repositorio.gestiondelriesgo.gov.co/handle/20.500.11762/25022.
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11762/25022
  4. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Comité Nacional para el Conocimiento del Riesgo de Desastres de C. 2017. "Terminology on Disaster Risk Management and hazardous phenomena: The Colombian agreement. (in Spanish)". http://cedir.gestiondelriesgo.gov.co/index.php/novedades/audio/42-publicaciones/160-terminologia-sobre-gestion-del-riesgo-de-desastres-y-fenomenos-amenazantes.
    ISBN: 978-958-56017-4-
  5. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. 2012. "Disaster Risk Management in the Centro-Occidente Metropolitan Area: An assessment of the municipal plans of disaster risk management. (in Spanish)". https://www.utp.edu.co/vicerrectoria/investigaciones/investigaciones/DetallesProyecto/1227.
  6. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo. 2011. "Analysis of hydrometeorological events and its relation to the ENOS index (in Spanish)".

Artistic / Performance

Visual artwork
  1. Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Daniela Maya Marín; Laura Lilianan Bernal. SCRUBLAND MAP: Risk Map for floods, flash floods and landslides. https://www.artofresilience.art/gallery/scrubland-map/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/01 Opportunities for a Research Agenda on Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance in Uzbekistan Financial innovation
Tashkent State University of Economics (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
2023/10/27 Percepción sobre la protección financiera ante el riesgo de desastres en Colombia: prioridades, necesidades y contradicciones. I CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE RETOS Y DESAFÍOS AMBIENTALES LOCALES: EN EL CONTEXTO DEL CAMBIO GLOBAL
Universidad Distrital de Bogotá (Bogotá, Colombia)
2023/06/16 Challenging climate risk transfer for promoting socially inclusive disaster risk management: Colombia as a case study United Nations University: Brawn Bag on Disaster Risk Management
United Nations University, Institute for Environmental and Human Security (Bonn, Germany)
2023/06/12 Prioritization of Territorial Areas for Implementing Inclusive Climate Risk Transfer Mechanisms. Colombia as a Case Study. InsuResilience Technical Series
InsuResilience Global Partnership Secretariat (Bonn, Germany)
2023/05/25 Hegemonic approaches in the hydrometeorological-related disaster risk management: The study case of Latin American and the Caribbean VI International Congress on Risks
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/07/21 Gestión del riesgo para la equidad social. El rol de la transferencia del riesgo en la reducción de la vulnerabilidad a desastres IV Simpósio Ibero-Afro-Americano de Riscos
Facultad del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales da Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colômbia (Bogotá, Colombia)
2022/01/07 Risk transfer for disasters reduction: The Differential Risk Transfer as innovative approach. Innovative strategies for reducing inequality from the social vulnerability and disaster risk management.
Universidade de Coimbra Portugal (Coimbra)
2020/10/01 Disaster risk management in port cities: a global vision. V Congresso Internacional de Riscos Contributos da ciência para a redução do risco
Universidade de Coimbra Portugal (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/06/26 The differential approach in disaster risk transfer: a strategy for reducing vulnerability to climate risks. Research Summit 2020
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/10/01 - 2021/06/30 Analysis of the Mocoa's Early Warning System and Institutional articulation for Disaster Risk Management
Supervisor
Climate-related Disaster Risk Analysis (Specialization course)
Fundación Universitaria de Popayán, Colombia
2020/03/01 - 2021/06/30 Analysis of the build back process after the flash floods in the municipality of Mocoa, Colombia.
Supervisor of Viviana Noguera Bolaños
Disaster Risk Management applied to territorial planing (Specialization course)
Fundación Universitaria de Popayán, Colombia
2019/06/01 - 2020/12/10 Analysis of the social vulnerability to disasters in the municipality of Pereira, Colombia
Supervisor
Environmental management (Degree)
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia
2016/03/01 - 2016/11/30 Formulation and implementation of a project in the frame of a contest for funding development projects from the Netherlands Embassy in Colombia.
Co-supervisor
EWS for Floods and Droughts as a Risk Management Measure (Other)
Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, Colombia, Colombia

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2019/01/10 - 2019/04/30 Organizador e mentor do Hackathon: Hack The Risk: Smart Solutions on Water Issues and Floods. Evento para criação de tecnologia para ajudar em problemas relativos à agua, o risco e os desastres. (2019/04/10 - 2019/04/14)
Call (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/05/08 - 2022/06/13 Course on R Programming Fundamentals.
Workshop
R Programming Fundamentals.
Stanford University, United States
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/18 Participation in the event Encontro de Ciência Portugal 2022.
Congress
Encontro de Ciência, Ciência Viva 2022, Lisboa.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/05/07 - 2022/05/10 Course on Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting
Workshop
Course on Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting
Nature Masterclasses, Germany
2022/05/02 - 2022/05/04 Course on Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing.
Workshop
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing.
Nature Masterclasses, Germany
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/20 Course on Challenges and Opportunities in International Funding
Workshop
Challenges and Opportunities in International Funding
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2022/04/06 - 2022/04/07 Assistance to the Caribbean Regional Risk Conference – April 6 and 7, 2022.
Conference
Caribbean Regional Risk Conference
Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados

Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), Barbados
2022/03/31 - 2022/03/31 Assistant to the online training webinar on Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program fro the World Bank and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
Workshop
Disaster Risk Financing Analytics Training
The World Bank Group, United States
2022/02/11 - 2022/02/11 Curso das Escolas Doutorais: Art of living: Liderança e Gestão no dia 11 de fevereiro 2022 com a duração total de 4h.
Workshop
Art of living: Liderança e Gestão.
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2022/01/30 Participation in the virtual knowledge series “Strengthening Financial Resilience in Agriculture”.
Seminar
Strengthening Financial Resilience in Agriculture
The World Bank Group, United States
2022/01/26 - 2022/01/26 Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program
Seminar
Session 8: Deep Dive into Risk Finance Instruments - Risk Retention Mechanisms for Agriculture Confirmation
The World Bank Group, United States
2021/09/21 - 2021/09/21 Participation in the Sovereign Disaster Risk Insurance event
Conference
Sovereign Disaster Risk Insurance (WBG-SECO K/X Series)
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO of Switzerland, Switzerland
2021/08/12 - 2021/08/12 One-day course on Financing Climate Action
Conference
Finding the Money: Financing Climate Action
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, Switzerland
2021/07/27 - 2021/07/27 Conference on Managing Disaster Funds for Response and Recovery to Natural and Man-made Disasters. Cases study Morocco and Indonesia.
Conference
Managing Disaster Funds for Response and Recovery
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO of Switzerland, Switzerland

The World Bank Group, United States
2021/03/11 - 2021/03/11 Participant: Live talk 3: How to implement gender-related Climate Disaster Risk Finance commitments and strategies on the ground?
Conference
Live Talk Series on Gender and Climate Risk Finance
Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development, Nicaragua
2021/03/10 - 2021/03/10 World Bank Group Virtual Workshop on Financial Protection of Critical Infrastructure Services
Workshop
The World Bank Group

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2015/09/01 - 2019/11/30 National advisor on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. Advisor for the National Commission of Science and Technology of Colombia. I advised the commission about the prioritization of research topics for the implementation of Science and Technology public policies in Colombia. Ministry of Science and Technology of Colombia, Colombia
2018/11/22 - 2019/10/31 Formulation and updating of components of the Municipal Plan of Disaster Risk Management of Pereira, Colombia. Carry out projects for risk knowledge in the urban area of the municipality of Pereira. Disaster Risk Management Direction of the Municipality of Pereira, Colombia
2018/02/10 - 2019/07/31 Manager of National Crisis Room of Colombia, National Unit for Disaster Risk Management. Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres: Sala de Crisis Nacional, Colombia
2015/08/22 - 2018/02/01 Risk characterization, risk analysis, monitoring and risk communication. Strategic planning in the Risk Knowledge sub direction.
2014/05/01 - 2014/12/15 Review and systematize the surveys collected in study "The Risk perception in the Azores island: The case of firefighters". Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2013/05/14 - 2013/07/14 To establish the State-of-the-art of the risk knowledge in the municipality of Pereira, Colombia. Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, Brazil

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - Colombia, Colombia
2013/02/10 - 2013/06/30 To design the early warning system of the Consota River, in the department of Risaralda, Colombia. Disaster Risk Management Direction of the Municipality of Pereira, Colombia
2013/02/01 - 2013/06/30 To manage the monitoring networking of the departmental of Caldas, Colombia for quality and quantity of superficial water. Optimize the mathematical model for the simulation of quality with the software qual2kw in the Chinchiná and Manizales River. PROAGUA Foundation, Colombia
2012/08/01 - 2012/12/31 Establish the state of the art of risk knowledge studies in the municipality of Pereira, Colombia as a contribution to the disaster risk management public policies. Disaster Risk Management Direction of the Municipality of Pereira, Colombia
2012/02/01 - 2012/05/30 Design and coordinate strategies for the reduction of disaster risk reduction and formulation of scientific proposal for calls of the ministry of Science and Technology of Colombia. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Colombia

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016/04/01 - 2021/06/30 Postgraduate course on disaster risk management applied to territorial planning. Especialização em gestão do risco de desastres integrada à planificação do território. (Postgraduate Certificate) Fundación Universitaria de Popayán, Colombia, Colombia
2020/10/20 - 2020/10/31 Risk knowledge for territorial planing Disaster Risk Management applied to territorial planing (Postgraduate Certificate) Fundación Universitaria de Popayán, Colombia
2019/08/01 - 2019/08/31 Speaker and organizer of the workshop "From models and global information to local decisions" De modelos e informação global a decisões locais (Diplôme d´études supérieures) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)., Peru
2018/02/01 - 2018/06/30 Data science for disaster risk management using the international databases DesInventar and Em-DAT and national databases as VISOR-UNGRD. Data Science for Disaster Risk Management: the national and international databases for risk characterization (Graduado) National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, Colombia
2017/07/27 - 2018/06/30 Professor in Risk knowledge and risk assessment. Gestión del Riesgo y Desarrollo (Magister) Escuela de Ingenieros Militares (ESING), Colombia., Colombia
2016/03/01 - 2016/05/31 Climate-related Disaster Risk Management for Climate Change Adaptation Climate-related Disaster Risk Management for Climate Change Adaptation (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/10/01 - 2033/10/20 Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER
2023/07/20 - 2033/07/20 Qeios (382887)
2020/08/01 - 2020/12/01 Journal of Latin American Geography (1548-5811) University of Texas Press

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/05/02 - 2024/08/25 Research for the identification of opportunities for a research agenda on Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance in Uzbekistan Tashkent State University of Economics, Uzbekistan
Distinctions

Award

2021 PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Erasmus+ Scholarship 2020-2021 (6 months research stay). University of Bonn, Germany.
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018 Sponsorship to participate in the Understanding Risk Forum 2018, carried out in Mexico City.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States
2016 Sponsorship to participate in the Early Warning system course in the Florida International University, USA.
USAID, United States

Florida International University, United States
2014 Scholarship to participate in the postgraduate course of civil protection and disaster response. Germany.
Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), Germany
2013 Scholarship for master's studies abroad
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación, Colombia