Paulina Lopez has an international academic background and professional experience in the field of water, glaciers and climate change. After qualifying as a cartographer (Santiago, Chile), Lopez obtained a MSc in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (Toulouse, France), a MSc and a Ph.D. in Water Sciences (Montpellier, France) and a MA in International Relations (New Delhi, India). Currently, Lopez works at TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute, is a consultant in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – India and associate researcher in CSH. Her research focuses on water scarcity and the various political, socio-economic and environmental issues that emerge from it. Paulina addresses these problems from a multidisciplinary approach at the intersection of natural sciences and social sciences.