EDUCATION

Ph.D in Geography. Department of Geography, Boston University (2005).
Dissertation: Decision making for reducing vulnerability given new climate predictions: Case studies from Metro Boston and Rural Zimbabwe.

Masters in Community Planning and Development. Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine (1999).

Civil and Hydraulic Engineering degrees (six-year program). Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina (1995).


WORK EXPERIENCE

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
Associate director of programs. July 2007 to present
Technical advisor. July 2005 to June 2007

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Consultant, Environment Finance Group. June 2009 to present
Project: Towards a climate risk finance facility for development

Oxfam America
Climate change advisor, Private Sector Team. July 2007 to June 2009
Project: Microinsurance for climate change adaptation in Ethiopia

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Consultant. November 2008 to January 2009
Project: Design of a game to support index-based microinsurance projects

World Food Programme (WFP)
Consultant, Policy, Planning and Strategy Division. June to July 2008
Project: A participatory learning approach to weather insurance for small-holder farmers

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Consultant, Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Policies Unit. February to March 2008
Project: Expert meeting on climate change and disaster risk management

ProVention Consortium
Consultant, December 2007 to March 2008
Project: Climate adaptation, development and disaster risk reduction in the Caribbean region

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Consultant, Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme. August to September 2007
Project: Nairobi Work Programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change

World Bank, Infrastructure and Environment Unit
Consultant, Development Economics Research Group. July 2005 to June 2007
Project: Institutions for Adaptation to Climate Change

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Video production consultant, Sub-Regional Office Trinidad & Tobago. January to May 2007
Project: DIPECHO VI videos on climate change

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Potsdam, Germany
Communications consultant. March to December 2006
Project: Use of Video Tools for Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Consultant, Environment and Water Department. August to October 2006
Project: Climate Risks of DGIS Portfolio in Bolivia

International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada)
Consultant, Rural Poverty and Environment program. August to September 2006
Project: Climate Change Adaptation in Africa - Research and Capacity Development (CCAA)

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Consultant. September to December 2005
Project: Development and Adaptation Days at COP-11

International Society for Environmental Protection (ISEP) / UNEP
Consultant, UNEP/GEF Coordination Office (ISEP contract). November 2002 to January 2003
Project: UNEP GEF-IW:LEARN Best Practices

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Consultant, Division of Early Warning and Assessment. July to September 2002
Project: Inter-American Water Resources Managers Forum

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Consultant, International Directorate. February to April 2002
Project: Ecosystem dynamics and essential human needs: Developing a multidisciplinary research agenda for the Plata River basin

GEF International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN)
Facilitator, Inter-American Water Resource Managers Forum. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, July to September 2001

Maine State Planning Office. Augusta, Maine
Planning and Research Associate, Floodplain Management Program. March to August 1999
Project: Integration of hazard management into the comprehensive planning process for Maine communities

INCOBYP Engineering Consultants. La Plata, Argentina
Project Manager. September 1996 to August 1997 and May to August 1998. Entry-level engineer February to August 1996
Projects included: Analysis of the stormwater system of San Isidro Municipality: Diagnosis and proposals; as well as design of several drainage systems


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Laxenburg, Austria
Research Scholar, Risk and Vunlerability program, February 2006 to present
Project: Risk financing mechanisms for climate adaptation

Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
Visiting Fellow, May 2008 to present
Project: Climate, knowledge, and the future of humanitarian organizations

Boston University, Department of Geography and Environment. Boston, MA
Visiting Scholar, June 2005 to present

Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)
Senior Research Associate, April 2005 to present
Project: Climate change adaptation and capacity building

Boston University, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Boston, MA
Research Assistant, September 2002 to April 2005
Project: Testing the ability of subsistence farmers to use seasonal climate forecasts: A participatory approach in Zimbabwe

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Laxenburg, Austria
Visitor, July-August 2002
Project: Risk, Modeling and Society

Boston University, Department of Geography. Boston, MA
Research Assistant, August 1999 to August 2002
Project: Climate's Long-term Impacts on Metro Boston

MIT, Center for Environmental Initiatives. Cambridge, MA
Research Affiliate, August 1998 to May 1999
Project: The Hidrovía Navigation Project as a tool for Sustainable Development

Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service. Portland, ME
Graduate Assistant, August 1997 to May 1999
Project: Economic impact of protecting Maine coastal islands

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, School of Medical Science. La Plata, Argentina
Research Associate, August 1995 to February 1996
Project: Creation of Formal and Non-Formal Educational Spaces for AIDS and Substance Abuse Prevention


PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Suarez, P., Victor, M. and Mechler, R. (2009). Drought insurance for subsistence farmers in Malawi. Natural Hazards Observer 33 (5): 1-8.

Suarez, P., Saunders, G., Mendler, S., Lemaire, I., Karol, J. and Curtis, L. (2008). Climate related disasters: Humanitarian challenges and design opportunities. Places 20 (2): 62-67.

Suarez, P., Ching, F., Ziervogel, G., Lemaire, I., Turnquest, D., Mendler de Suarez, J., and Wisner, B. (2008). Video-mediated approaches for community-level climate adaptation. IDS Bulletin 39 (4): 96-104.

Karol, J. and Suarez, P. (2007). Adaptación al cambio climático, estructuras fractales y trampas discursivas: De la construcción del objeto a la construcción de la acción. Medio Ambiente y Urbanización 67: 25-44.

Patt, A. G., Suarez, P. and Gwata, C. (2005). Effects of seasonal climate forecasts and participatory workshops among subsistence farmers in Zimbabwe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (35): 12623-12628.

Suarez, P., Anderson, W.A., Mahal, V. and Lakshmanan, T. R. (2005). Assessing the impacts of flooding and climate change on urban transportation: A systemwide approach for the Boston Metro Area. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 10 (3): 231-244.

Suarez, P. and Patt, A. G. (2004). Cognition, caution and credibility: The risks of climate forecast application. Risk, Decision and Policy 9 (1): 75-89.

Suarez, P. (2001). Climate change, flood risk and property values: an assessment of vulnerability and equity in the Boston Metro Area. Journal of Science and Faith Exchange 5 (1): 125-144.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Suarez, P., Ribot, J. and Patt, A.G. (2009). Climate information, equity and vulnerability reduction. In: Ruth, M. and Ibarraran, M. E. (eds).  Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters: Concepts and Cases. Edward Elger: Cheltenham, UK.

Patt, A.G., Daze, A. and Suarez, P. (2009). Gender and climate change vulnerability: what's the problem, what's the solution?  In: Ruth, M. and Ibarraran, M. E. (eds). Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters: Concepts and Cases. Edward Elger: Cheltenham, UK.

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Suarez, P. (in print). Climate, knowledge, and the future of humanitarian organizations. Boston University Frederick S. Pardee center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Boston, USA.

Hellmuth M.E., Osgood D.E., Hess U., Moorhead A. and Bhojwani H. (eds) (2009). Index insurance and climate risk: Prospects for development and disaster management. Climate and Society No. 2. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA. (contributing author).

Patt, A., Peterson, N., Carter, M., Velez, M., Hess, U., Pfaff, A. and Suarez, P. (2008). Making index insurance attractive to farmers. Paper presented at a workshop on “Technical Issues in Index Insurance“, held 7-8 October 2008 at IRI, Columbia University, New York.

Suarez, P., Givah, P., Storey, K. and Lotsch, A. (2008). HIV/AIDS, climate change and disaster management: Challenges for institutions in Malawi. Policy Research Working Paper 4634. World Bank: Washington DC.

Osgood, D. E., Suarez, P., Hansen, B., Carriquiry, M. and Mishra, A. (2008). Integrating Seasonal Forecasts and Insurance for Adaptation among Subsistence Farmers: The Case of Malawi. Policy Research Working Paper 4651. World Bank: Washington DC.

Tadross M., Suarez P., Lotsch A., Hachigonta S., Mdoka M., Unganai L., Lucio F., Kamdonyo D., and Muchinda M. (2007). Changes in growing-season rainfall characteristics and downscaled scenarios of change over southern Africa: implications for growing maize. IPCC Regional Expert Meeting on Regional Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability, and Mitigation, Nadi, Fiji, June 20-22, 2007. p 193-204.

Suarez, P., Linnerooth-Bayer, J. and Mechler, R. (2007). Feasibility of risk financing schemes for climate adaptation: The case of Malawi. Report prepared for the World Bank Development Economics Research Group. IIASA: Laxenburg (Austria).
 
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre (2007). Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide. Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (Contributing author).

Hellmuth, M. E., Moorhead, A., Thomson, M. C. and Williams, J. (eds.) (2007). Climate Risk Management in Africa: Learning from Practice. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). New York: Columbia University. (Contributing author).

Gonzales Iwanciw, J. and Suarez, P. (2007). DGIS Climate Risk Project: An analysis of the Dutch cooperation portfolio in Bolivia. Report prepared for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS).

Suarez, P. (2005). Mozambican Red Cross Climate Change Program. Mission report prepared for the Red Cross / Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness.

Suarez, P. (2004). Reducing vulnerability to climate variability and change: Cognitive and behavioral obstacles to rational use of information. In: Applied Research Grants for Disaster Reduction – A Compendium of Project Reports. Hazard Management Unit, The World Bank.

Suarez, P. (2003). International Waters Best Practices Database: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Future Interactive Sessions. Prepared for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP/GEF Coordination Office.

Kirshen, P., Wilson, C., Suarez, P., Knee, K., Ruth, M., Anderson, W. and Lakshmanan, T. R. (2003). Integrated Impacts of Climate Change-Induced Sea Level Rise in Metro Boston and Adaptation Strategies. In: Bizier, P. and DeBarry, P. (eds), Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 24-26, 2003.

Suarez, P. (2002). GEF-IW-LAC Electronic Forum and the Inter-American Water Resource Managers Forum: A Post-Activity Process Report. Prepared for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Division of Early Warning and Assessment.

Ratchford, M., Bromley, L. and Suarez, P. (2002). Science for sustainable development: Developing a multidisciplinary research agenda in the Plata basin. In: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management. Monterrey, Mexico, November 2002.

Suarez, P. and Sklarew, D. (2002). Transboundary Waters Management: Perspectives from Latin America and Caribbean Managers. In: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management. Monterrey, Mexico, November 2002.

Suarez, P. (2002). Urbanization, Climate Change and Flood Risk: Addressing the Fractal Nature of Differential Vulnerability. Proceedings of the Second Annual IIASA-DPRI Meeting - Integrated Risk Management: Megacity Vulnerability and Resilience. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Laxenburg, Austria, July 2002.

Anderson, W. P., Lakshmanan, T. R. and Suarez, P. (2001). Assessing the Economic Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Surface Transportation in the Boston Metropolitan Area. Interim report for Climate's Long Term Impacts in Metropolitan Boston (CLIMB) project.

Suarez, P. (2000). Hazard Mitigation. In "Comprehensive Planning: A Manual for Maine's Communities". State Planning Office. Augusta, Maine.

Suarez, P. (1996). La Conquista del Título Universitario. pp 247-254. Proceedings of the First Argentine Congress of Engineering Education. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Córdoba.

FILM

Directed, produced, edited and/or contributed to the script of short films and TV spots about climate risk in the following countries and regions:

Antigua and Barbuda
    Red Cross work in a changing climate (5 min) 
    TV spot on hurricanes (1 min)
    TV spot on local voices (1 min)

Argentina
    "El Zanjón": a visual haiku filmed during a climate change workshop at a shantytown (4 min)
    "Sudestada": the work of the Red Cross in the shantytown of Monte Matadero (20 min)
    TV spot: La Cruz Roja se prepara para un clima cambiante (1 min)   

Bahamas
    Red Cross work in a changing climate (5 min)   
    TV spot on hurricanes (1 min)

Cayman Islands
    The Red Cross gets ready for climate change (4 min)
    La Cruz Roja se prepara para el cambio climático (4 min)
    TV spot on hurricanes (1 min)
    TV spot on local voices (1 min)

Ethiopia
    Farmer to farmer learning in a changing climate (9 min)
    La Cruz Roja Etíope en un clima cambiante: Aprendiendo de Legambo (6 min)
    A participatory game for teaching weather insurance to illiterate Ethiopian farmers (1 min)

Indonesia
     Beyond response: Adapting to climate change in Indonesia (4 min)

Malawi
    Video tools for community-based adaptation: bridging Red Cross and Met services (4 min)
    Short video by Mphunga farmers to help subsistence farmers adapt to climate change (7 min)
    Climate change in Mphunga, Malawi - filmed by farmers (3 min)
    Malawi and climate change: student voices (5 min)

Mexico
    Más que sobreviviendo (5 min)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
    The global climate is changing St Kitts & Nevis (5 min)

Regional
    Africa: Groundwater and Climate (5 min)
    Caribbean: Strengthening Community Resilience (6 min)
    Latin America: Voces de la Cruz Roja sobre cambio climático (5 min)
    Mediterranean Region: Youth voices on climate change (3 min)
    North Africa: Red Crescent voices on climate change (5 min)

Other
    Globall: Common goals in a changing climate (Argentina, Bangladesh and Mozambique 5 min)
    Humanitarian work in a changing climate - a presentation for IFRC personnel (34 min)
    Trabajo humanitario en un clima cambiante: -  presentación para personal de la FICR (30 min)
    Young scholars: Linking climate science with humanitarian work (5 min)


PEER REVIEWS

Journal manuscripts (ad hoc):
    Climate and Development
    Disasters
    Journal of Environmental Management
    Reliability Engineering & System Safety

Other manuscripts:
    Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC)
    UN HABITAT Global Report on Human Settlements 2010: Cities and Climate Change
    World Resources Institute (WRI)

Grant proposals:
    International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
    National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCYT), Argentina.
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA
    National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT), Panama

Member of the board of directors of Climate and Development (Earthscan)


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and partners.
2006 Advancing Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA).
Audiovisual tools for climate change adaptation: Bridging the Malawi Red Cross and Meteorological Service.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - Program on Applied Economics.
2004 Risk and Development Field Research Grant.
Reducing Climate Vulnerability for Development: Modeling Present Bias in rural Zimbabwe and periurban Argentina.

ProVention Consortium (World Bank and Partners)
2003 Applied Research Grant for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - Program on Applied Economics.
2003 Risk and Development Field Research Grant.
Reducing Climate Vulnerability for Development: Cognitive and behavioral obstacles to rational use of information.

Global Environment Facility - International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network.
2003 International Waters Fellow for Latin America and the Caribbean.

University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
1998 Board of Trustees Scholarship.

Cooperative of Educators for Democratic Initiatives (CIID)
1992 Scolarship "Valorizzazione Linguistica e Culturale Italiana".


SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

"Humanitarian work in a changing climate: Challenges and opportunities". Series of seminars offered at the Red Cross / Red Crescent National Societies of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, United States and Zimbabwe, as well as meetings of IFRC offices for the Caribbean (Port of Spain), Central America (Panama), East Africa (Nairobi), and West and Central Africa (Dakar).

"Towards a risk finance facility for development". Parallel session on Adaptation and Climate Risk Insurance. Congress on Climate Change – Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions. March 12, 2009. Copenhagen, Denmark.

“Risk transfer to unlock access to development”. Side event on climate risk insurance at UNFCCC COP 14. December 8, 2008. Poznan, Poland.

"Addressing new risks in a changing climate”. Briefing to the United States Congress Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming. July 22, 2008. Washington DC, USA.

“How can insurance help adaptation?”. MCII side event at UNFCCC COP 13. December 10, 2007. Bali, Indonesia.

"Audiovisual tools for climate policy: Focus on community adaptation". Seminar at the Stockholm Environment Institute. October 13, 2006. Stockholm, Sweden.

"Climate change, Disaster preparedness and the future of the Cayman Islands". Presentation to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Cayman Islands. July 25, 2006. George Town, Grand Cayman.

"Can a design from La Plata save lives in Africa? Climate change and early warning systems". Seminar at the Department of Industrial Design, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. July 1, 2006. La Plata, Argentina.

"Why exclude risk reduction from weather insurance? Integrating ENSO forecasts in the Malawi pilot scheme". Seminar at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Earth Institute. June 14, 2006. Palisades NY, USA.

"Audiovisual Tools for Community-Level Adaptation: Towards a decision research agenda". Seminar at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), University of Columbia. June 13, 2006. New York, USA.

"Oxfam's work in a changing climate: Challenges and opportunities". Seminar at Oxfam Great Britain. May 17, 2006. Oxford, UK.

"Oxfam's work in a changing climate: Challenges and opportunities". Seminar at Oxfam America's Board meeting. February 10, 2006. Washington DC, USA.

"Reversed mainstreaming? Climate change and time preference in community disaster management". Development & Adaptation Days at COP 11. December 3, 2005. Montreal, Canada.

"Video Tools for Community-Level Disaster Risk Reduction: Developing Awareness and Training Through Audiovisual Media". Fifth Annual IIASA-DPRI Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management: Innovations in Science and Policy. September 14-18, 2005. Beijing, China.

"Using audiovisual media for awareness, advocacy and action in climate adaptation: Case studies from Argentina, Mozambique and Zimbabwe". Second International Work Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction. June 21-24, 2005. The Hague, The Netherlands.

"Reducing vulnerability with new climate predictions: A development agenda". Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. April 26, 2005. Brighton, England.

"Community-level adaptation in developing countries: Lessons from Argentina, Mozambique and Zimbabwe". International Workshop on Community-Level Adaptation to Climate Change. January 16-18, 2005. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

“El Zanjón: The use of film and audiovisual media for climate adaptation in the South". Development and Adaptation Days at COP 10. December 11-12, 2004. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"Expanding the role of climate predictions in disaster preparedness". Cranfield Mine Action and Disaster Management Centre, Cranfield University. October 20, 2004. Cranfield, England.

"Bridging scientific research and community dynamics through information: Lessons from the South". Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Aug 31, 2004. Pretoria, South Africa.

"From the climate model to the Argentine shantytown: Rethinking the role of forecasts among marginalized communities". Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). June 15, 2004. Potsdam, Germany.

"Community-based vulnerability reduction: Using climate information to trigger participatory adaptive processes". International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), Columbia University. April 29, 2004. Palisades NY.

"The GEF International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network". Second Water Fair of Central America and the Caribbean. November 26, 2003. Panama City, Panama.

"IW:LEARN y las herramientas de información y comunicación del GEF". Taller sobre Sistemas de Información y Gestión, Proyecto DELTAMÉRICA. July 22-23, 2003. Brasilia, Brasil.

"Getting our climate news on the News: Lessons from the media". Seventh Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF 7). September 1-4, 2003. Lusaka, Zambia.

"How can our science address their exclusion problems? Climate information, economics and vulnerability". 53rd Pugwash Conference: Advancing Human Security - The Role of Technology and Politics. July 15-17, 2003. Halifax, Canada.

"Climate information as a neoclassical approach to risk? Addressing the root causes of vulnerability" (with J. Ribot). Third Annual DPRI-IIASA Meeting: Integrated Disaster Risk Management - Coping with Regional Vulnerability. July 3-5, 2003. Kyoto, Japan.

"Global discourses and local environmental change: Rethinking infrastructure projects". Latin American Studies Association 2003 International Congress: The Global and The Local - Rethinking Area Studies. March 27-29, 2003. Dallas TX.

"Spaces of domination, places of control: An exploration of power in Abelardo Castillo's "Patrón" and its adaptation to film" (with C. Schulze). Cine-Lit V: International Conference on Hispanic Film and Fiction. February 28, 2003, Portland OR.

"Synergies between mitigation and adaptation to climate change in cities" (with M. Ruth, P. Kirshen, W. Anderson, T. R. Lakshmanan, A. Amato, K. Knee, D. Gute, and J. Horowitz). Special Symposium on Cities in Transition: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. February 13-18, 2003. Denver, CO.

"Errors of omission and commission: The risks of climate forecast application" (with Tony Patt). 45th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association: Africa in the Information and Technology Age. December 5-8, 2002. Washington DC.

"Transboundary waters management: Perspectives from Latin America and Caribbean managers" (with Dann Sklarew). First International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management. November 2002. Monterrey, Mexico.

"Seasonal forecasts, agriculture and food security: A users' perspective". Sixth Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF 6). September 4-6, 2002. Harare, Zimbabwe.

"Climate change as a security issue? Poverty, vulnerability and the unrecognized manifestations of conflict". 52nd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs - Science, Security, Sustainability. August 9-14, 2002. University of California San Diego.

"Urbanization, climate change and flood risk: Addressing the fractal nature of differential vulnerability". Second Annual IIASA-DPRI Meeting - Integrated Risk Management: Megacity Vulnerability and Resilience. July 30, 2002. Laxenburg, Austria.

"Regional development projects, human needs and the capitalization of nature". American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2002 Annual Meeting - Symposium on Wildlife and Wild Land Conservation in the Americas. February 17, 2002. Boston MA.

"Climate change, regional development and equity: A look at the Hidrovía Navigation Project in South America". ISODARCO Summer Course - Global Climate Change and Impact on Natural Resources. June 20 to 29, 2001. Candriai (Trento), Italy.

"Climate change, flood risk and property value: Assessment of vulnerability and equity in Boston". Boston Theological Institute - Second Annual Science and Religion Colloquium. April 26, 2001. Boston MA.

"Water, climate variability and environmental justice". Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Student Pugwash Regional Conference on Resources and Multinational Corporations. March 30 to April 1, 2001. Worcester MA.

"Global Forces and Water management in Argentina". 'The Other Side of Globalization' Symposium. November 19, 1997. University of Southern Maine, Portland ME.

"La conquista del título universitario". First Argentine Congress of Engineering Education. October 7 to 11, 1996. Rio Cuarto, Argentina.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

School of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, March 1990 to February 1996.
Teaching Assistant for the following courses:

Calculus IV and V
Analytic Geometry
Structures I and II
Hydraulic Projects
Legal Engineering


LANGUAGES

Fluent written and oral communication:
    Spanish (first language)
    Italian (mother tongue)
    English

Working knowledge:
    French
    Portuguese


ADDITIONAL COURSES AND SEMINARS

Participatory Video. Insight. Oxford (UK), October - November 2006.

Regional Science. School of Architecture and Urbanism, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Completed three semesters of the Carrera de Especialización de Postgrado en Ciencias del Territorio. February 1996 to July 1997.

Environmental Effects of Public and Private Assignment of Resources. Centro de Estudios Bonaerense. La Plata, September 1995.

Environmental Pathology and Science. Universitá dei Studi di Siena, Italy, and Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. August and September 1995.

Environmental Education for Sustainable Development. UNESCO School for Sustainable Development. La Plata, November 1994.

Introduction to University Teaching. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, August 1994.

Environmental Impact Assessment. UNESCO and the Latin American School of Environmental Sciences. La Plata, September 1994.

Environmental Hydrology. School of Natural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1993.

Waves, Particles, and the Structure of Matter. Harvard University, 1988.


EXTRA-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Pro bono advisor on climate change, Oxfam America (private sector team). July 2006 to June 2007.

Member of the organizing committee of the United Nations Association Film Festival – Boston. April 2005 to March 2007.

Member of the Board of Directors of International Student / Young Pugwash, student affiliate of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (recipients of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize). April 2003 to September 2004.

Member of the Board of Directors of Student Pugwash USA. October 2001 to October 2003.

President, Boston University Student Pugwash, September 1999 to January 2003.

Vice-President, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service Student Organization. 1998-1999.

Co-Editor of the literary publication "La Roca". La Plata, January 1995 to March 1996. Director of the cultural publication "Moebius". La Plata, April 1993 to March 1994.

Member of the Department of Mathematics Advisory Council, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. June 1994 to October 1995.

Secretary of Culture of the School of Engineering Student Organization, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. November 1993 to October 1994.

Tenor Sax in The Al Capone Blues Band (1994). Studies of flute at Conservatorio Provincial Gilardo Gilardi, 1984-1988, and member of the choirs Saengerfest (2004 to present), Agrupación Coral Antares (1989-1995) and Coro Juvenil de la Universidad de La Plata (1985-1989). Performed at the Carnegie Hall (New York) and the Royal Albert Hall (London).

COUNTRIES VISITED:
Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Senegal, St. Kitts & Nevis, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


CONTACT INFORMATION

Pablo Suarez
Department of Geography and Environment
Boston University
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston MA 02215
tel: +1 (508) 358-5204
cel: +1 (617) 783-3046
e-mail: suarez@bu.edu