Dr. Benjamin Quesada

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Quesada is a climate scientist and Dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia, where he leads the Interactions Climate-Ecosystems (ICE) research group and has directed the Earth System Science programme since its launch in 2021. Trained as a mechanical engineer at Arts et Métiers (France) with a double degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain), he completed his PhD in Paris and a postdoctoral position in interactions vegetation-atmosphere in Germany, before joining Universidad del Rosario in 2018. His research spans hydroclimatology and extreme wetather events, climate impacts of deforestation and climate change education. He contributed as co-author to the Global Assessment Report of the IPBES and the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL); he is involved in the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (Working Group I). He chairs the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the Office for Climate Education (OCE) for 2026–2028 and works across international collaborations in Europe and Latin America.