Cindy G. Azuero Pedraza

I am a Junior Scientist at the RFF- CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment. I received my PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering, in the Economic Decision Analysis track, with a minor in Environmental Economics, at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

I hold both bachelor's and master's degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia in Industrial Engineering focused on Operations Research and Statistics.

My research interests are in applications of engineering and economic tools including optimization, game theory, simulation, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and economic models to environmental problems, which include biodiversity conservation, forests and climate change. 

Currently, I am focused on the questions: What are the trade-offs between economic outcomes and biodiversity in the context of climate change mitigation? How can we reduce these trade-offs? how can we identify solutions that are better for both climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation? and how to improve our current models to address these questions?