Prof Holm Tiessen
Director, The Inter American Institute for Global Change Research
Former Director, the Inter American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor on leave from Georg-August Universitat of Gottingen, Germany. Alexander von Humboldt Science Awardee (1998). Prof Tiessen is an agriculture science expert with deep knowledge of land use impacts on climate change; he received the IPPC's recognition for contributions to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He has held visiting professorships in University of Bonn, Germany; Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, México; Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas and Unversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. During 2005-2016 he led the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research concentrating on science governance and management.