About me
Brigitte Baptiste is a Colombian biologist graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, with a Master's Degree in Conservation and Tropical Development from the University of Florida. She is Honoris Causa Phd in Environmental Management of Unipaz. She was director for 10 years of the Alexander Von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute and currently serves as Chancellor of Universidad Ean, a higher education institution focused in sustainable entrepreneurship.
She is considered an expert in environmental issues and biodiversity and she is an important leader in gender diversity, being recognized for her participation as a transgender woman in international conferences related to these issues. She has also been a reference in achieving important bridges between politics, academia and science.
She was chosen as one of the 25 global experts of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) between 2015-2018. She currently chairs the IAI (Inter-American Environmental Initiative for Global Change) Science Policy Advisory Committe and is an active member of the Scientific Committee of the Global PECS Program (Ecosystem Change and Society). In 2018, she received the Prince Claus Award (2017), the Fulbright for Excellence Award in Colombia and in 2019 the Exemplary Colombian Environment category Award.
Since September 2019, she is leading a significant education model transformation at Universidad Ean. This transformation is focused in embedding sustainability in the curricular structure and in boosting cooperation to develop research and innovation projects that prioritize Agenda2030
