Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald is an Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology. She is a Full Research Professor in Ecology and Global Environmental Change and Complex Environmental Systems; she served as Department Head of the Division of Environmental Sciences at Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICYT) in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Education In 1990, she completed her master's degree in Biology and Botany at the University of Innsbruck, in Innsbruck, Austria, where she studied the effects of land-use change on biodiversity. In 2001, she joined IPICYT; she is currently Titular C research professor, member of the National System of Researchers" System (SNII) Level III, in the area of Global Environmental Change and Complex Environmental Systems.

Huber-Sannwald holds the position of Full Research Professor. Her research is based on the ecology of ecosystems, focusing on the role of plants and soil microorganisms in the biogeochemical and eco-hydrological processes of the arid zones of northern Mexico. She has focused on studying the effects of social and global aspects, such as cattle grazing, land use change and soil degradation in the integrity of socio-ecological systems for a sustainable development of rural livelihoods. and the coordinator of the Inter-American Network for Atmospheric and Biospheric Studies (IANABIS). Huber-Sannwald is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Ecological Society of America (ESA); the executive committee of the International Network to Combat Desertification (ARIDnet). She is a member of the Academic Technical Committee, and is responsible for Axis 2/Internationalization of the CONAHCYT Socio-Ecosystems and Sustainability Network. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Consultative Group on Ecosystem Services of the Sociedad de Toxicología y Química Ambiental.

Recognition SNII III. CONAHCYT 2022 SNII II. CONAHCYT. 2007. SNII I. CONAHCYT. 2002. Heritage Chair Level II. CONACYT. 2001. Don Dwyer, Rangeland Resources Department Scientific Excellence, Utah State University. Utah State University. 1997. Fulbright Research. Fulbright. 1991. Endowment Scholarship. University of Innsbruck. 1987.

Selected works Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Maestre, F., Gallardo, A. et al. (2013) "Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands". Nature 502 (7473), 672–676. Huber-Sannwald, E., Martínez-Tagüeña, N., Espejel, I., Lucatello, S., Coppock, D. L., Reyes Gómez, V. M. (2019) "Introduction: International Network for the Sustainability of Drylands—Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research for Dryland Stewardship and Sustainable Development", Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate Change in the Global South, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 1–24. , Switzerland. Stuart Chapin III F., E. Sala O., Huber-Sannwald E. (2001) "Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st century", Springer Verlag, p. 376. Concostrina-Zubiri, L., Martinez, I., Huber-Sannwald, E., Escudero, A. (2013) "Biological Soil Crusts effects and responses in arid ecosystems: recent advances at the species l". Ecosistemas 22, (3). 95–100.