Santiago Saura

Santiago Saura is Professor at Technical University of Madrid (UPM). He is Vice Dean of Research at the School of Forestry and Environmental Engineering of UPM and member of the Research Centre on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development (CBDS) of UPM. He has coauthored about 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, with more than 12,000 citations and H=52 according to Google Scholar, and has coordinated multiple national and international research projects on landscape ecology, forest planning, biodiversity conservation and sustainability. He is Vice President of the Spanish Network for Sustainable Development (REDS), the Spanish chapter of the global Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). From 2019 to 2023 he was Councillor for International Affairs and Cooperation of Madrid City Council, where he led, among others, the adhesion of the city of Madrid to the European climate innovation agency and community EIT Climate-KIC. He was Spokesperson for Environment of the Ciudadanos party in the Madrid City Council in the same period. From 2016 to 2019 he worked in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.