Rosario Uribe

Rosario Uribe is a Senior Consultant at Climate Focus. Her current areas of focus are on land use, ecosystem restoration, climate change mitigation, and carbon crediting.

Prior to joining Climate Focus, Rosario was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University and before that at the University of California at Irvine. Her research primarily focused on the impact of global change on terrestrial tropical ecosystems. She also has experience working directly with small-scale farmers and is a strong proponent of rural development.

Rosario earned her BA in Ecology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá, Colombia. Subsequently she earned her Ph.D. in Forestry and Natural Resources and an M.Sc. in Computer and Information Technology from Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

In her free time, Rosario likes to read, practice yoga, and spend time outdoors.