Mario Herrero, PhD

Professor of Food Systems & Global Change; Nancy and Peter Meinig Investigator in the Life Sciences, Cornell University| Ithaca, NY

Mario Herrero, PhD is professor and director of the Food Systems and Global Change Programme at Cornell University. His research focuses on increasing the sustainability of food systems for the benefit of humans and ecosystems. He works in the areas of climate mitigation and adaptation, livestock systems, true cost of food, sustainability metrics, and healthy and sustainable diets. He has played senior roles in many global initiatives on food and the environment. He is currently a coordinating lead author of the forthcoming IPBES-Nexus Report and a commissioner and executive committee member of the EAT-Lancet 2.0 study. Mario is a highly cited researcher according to the Web of Science and is in the top ten of Reuters list of most influential climate change scientists. He obtained his postgraduate degrees from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. (Ithaca, NY)