Mentorship and Research

Mentors

Mentors participating in this program include twelve faculty from Penn State, Peru’s Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Instituto de la Naturaleza, Tierra y Energía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and the Geophysical Institute of Perú:

• Julio Urbina: Remote sensing
• Margarita López-Uribe: Pollinator health
• Alfonso Mejía: Ecohydrology, network science
• José D. Fuentes: Atmospheric sciences
• Rachel Brennan: Drawdown solutions, water-energy-food nexus
• Chris E. Forest: Climate dynamics
• Luis Duque: Storage Root Physiology
• Julio Kuroiwa: Hydrology, El Niño
• Jose Oliden: Sensors and signals
• Yamina Silva: Climate dynamics
• Eric Cosio, Hydrological balance
• Norma Salinas, Ecosystems

Research

Program research topics include:

• Characterizing extreme events of climate change (heat, rainfall, drought, floods, air quality, wildfires, etc.)
• Studies of thermal ecology and foraging behavior of pollinators
• Regional distribution and budget of air pollutants (ozone)
• Mitigation of El Niño phenomena (rainfall, floods by region, etc.)
• Drawdown solutions for climate change
• Social adaptation to extreme weather events
• Development and integration of technologies