Tania Gonzalez

IRD

Postdoctoral Researcher.

Biography

Dr. Tania Ivanova González Rivadeneira is an ethnobiologist and transdisciplinary postdoctoral researcher specializing in agroecology, traditional ecological knowledge, and biocultural diversity across the Andes, Amazon, and Mesoamerica. Holding a Ph.D. in Sustainability Sciences and a Master’s in Mesoamerican Studies from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), alongside undergraduate degrees in Biological Sciences and Applied Anthropology, her work bridges local indigenous ecological knowledge with academic science to foster socio-ecological resilience. She currently conducts research at WasiLab (PUCE, Ecuador) and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, France), co-leading collaborative initiatives on high-altitude human-glacier relationships at Chimborazo volcano, pesticide-free Andean food systems, and Amazonian community enterprise development with indigenous women's associations.