Currículum – Ricardo Rozzi

EDUCACIÓN

CARGOS ACADÉMICOS

2021 – present Director (PI) of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC)

2014 – present Visiting Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY

2011 – present Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2005 – present Founder and Director, Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2010 – present Part-time Full Professor (Professor Titular), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile

2024 – 2024 Visiting Professor, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) (School of

Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, France

2021 – 2021 Visiting Researcher, Carson Fellow, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and

Society Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

2018 – 2021 President of the Board of Directors and Associate Researcher (co-PI) of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile

2009 – 2018 Associate Researcher (co-PI) and one of the five directors of the Millennium Science Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile

2013 – 2013 Visiting Researcher, Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI), San José, Costa

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2012 – 2012 Visiting Professor, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

2008 – 2011 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2005 – 2009 Associate Researcher, Millennium Science Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile

2003 – 2005 Adjunct Researcher, Millennium Science Nucleus of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile

2004 – 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2004 – 2009 Associate Professor (Part-time), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile

2002 – 2003 Associate Professor (Full time), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile

2000 – 2001 Visiting Professor, Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams, Chile

1994 – 2003 Associate Researcher, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Chile

INTERESES/EXPERIENCIA

PREMIOS Y HONORES

2023 “Reconocimiento a la Gestión de Áreas Protegidas”, categoría “Ciencia para áreas Protegidas”, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente; la Corporación Nacional Forestal, CONAF, y la Fundación Áreas Protegidas, Santiago, Chile: https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/ciencia-cultura/2023/10/16/premian-a-ecologo-que-propicia-reencuentro-de-ciencia-y-filosofia/
2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, finalist for exceptional conviction to take on major challenges of initiating extraordinary projects that make the world a better place. CHF $ 25,000. Rolex, Geneve, Switzerland
2022 Premio Luis Oyarzún, for outstanding contribution to the arts, sciences, and humanities fostering harmonic relationships between humans and nature, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. http://vinculacion.uach.cl/index.php/comunicaciones/15-noticias/vinculacion/2980-uach-entrego-premio-luis-oyarzun-2021-al-ecologista-y-filosofo-ricardo-rozzi
2021 Carson Fellow, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_events/2020-news/may-2021-cohort/index.html
2020 Premio Estrecho de Magallanes a La Innovación y Exploración con Impacto Global. Imagen de Chile, Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Santiago, Chile
2019 Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education. Ecological Society of America (ESA), USA https://www.esa.org/esa/ecological-society-of-america-announces-2019-award-recipients/
2019 Ocean Awards. For the Diego Ramirez-Drake Passage Marine Park. Special Award to R. Rozzi and the team of Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program. BOAT International and Blue Marine Foundation’s Ocean Awards, London, England https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/ocean-awards/the-ocean-awards-2019--40373/frame-8
2018 CLASS Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity College of Liberal Arts & Social Scienes (CLASS), University of North Texas (UNT). Denton, Texas, USA. https://class.unt.edu/faculty-resources/class-advisory-board-faculty-awards/class-advisory-board-award-excellence-research
2017 Enrique Beltran Prize for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Mexico. Wildlife Society of Mexico in conjunction with the International Council on Natural Resources and Wildlife, September 6-8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZrKLyAKzeY
2014 College of Arts and Sciences Award for Research Excellence, United States. University of North Texas. Denton, Texas, USA
2013 National Prize in Science Education Innovation, Chile. Awarded to researchers of the Outreach Program at the Millennium Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB - Chile) by Fundación Ciencia Joven (with El Mercurio and Fundación Telefónica).
2010 Raanan Weitz Projects' Competition, 2^nd Place for the project, The Omora Ethnobotanical Park: Conceptual and Methodological Advances for Linking Ecological Sustainability and Social Well Being in Southern South America, Weitz Center for Developmental Studies, Rehovot, Israel.
2009 Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education. University of North Texas. Denton, Texas, USA. http://facultysuccess.unt.edu/citation-distinguished-service-international-education
2008 Science and the Practice of Ecology and Society Award. Given by the journal Ecology and Society and the Ressilence Alliance, Stockholm, Sweden http://rs.resalliance.org/tag/ricardo-rozzi/
2008 Premio Convivencia Sustentable. Fundación Casa de la Paz, Santiago, Chile. http://www.mch.cl/2008/12/04/fundacion-casa-de-la-paz-distingue-a-los-impulsores-de-una-sociedad-sostenible/
2008 Recognition by UNT Honor Students, United States. UNT Honors Day, Murchinson Performing Arts Center, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
2006 Medaglia d’Oro (Gold Medal) Padovani nel Mondo. Camera di Commercio di Padova, Italia, for outstanding work on biocultural conservation in southern Chile and Latin America. Padova, Italy
2004 BBVA Foundation Prize for Research in Conservation Biology. Awarded to scientists of the Millennium Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Research on Biodiversity (CMEB - Chile). Fundación BBVA, MNadrid, España
2004 National Prize for excellence in outreach and teaching of science. The Educational Program (EXPLORA) of the National Science Foundation of Chile (CONICYT). The prize was shared with archaeologist, Dr. Lautaro Navarro. Santiago, Chile.
2004 Oveja Blanca Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Magallanes Region. Radio Polar-Teatro Municipal, Punta Arenas, Chile
2001 Conservation and Biodiversity Award, University of Connecticut. Storrs, Connecticut, USA
2001 Extraordinary Expense Award, University of Connecticut. Storrs, Connecticut, USA