Geosciences and governance for better resource management
Academic experience and interdisciplinary leadership connecting natural resources, the energy transition and sustainable territories.
Undergraduate and graduate education and interdisciplinary initiatives.
Earth and Environmental Sciences at Okayama and Shimane.
Scientific diplomacy and environmental governance, Berlin / Colombia.
Governance, biodiversity and climate adaptation.
A geological engineer with a PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences and two master’s degrees, Maria Isabel Marín Cerón brings experience in teaching, academic coordination and applied research. Her work connects geosciences with sustainable resource management, the energy transition and environmental governance.
From January 2008 to December 2025 she served as Full Professor and Earth Sciences Programme Coordinator at Universidad EAFIT. Her responsibilities included undergraduate and graduate teaching, supervision of applied research and advanced academic activities, and coordination of interdisciplinary educational initiatives.
She contributed to outcomes-based curricula and applied learning, as well as engagement between academia, industry, government and local communities. Her teaching experience covers sustainable resource management, the energy transition, non-conventional renewable energy, geosciences and territorial sustainability.
Within EAFIT programmes she led and advised initiatives on bio-geo-cultural landscapes, natural resource management and environmental governance. These brought together agroforestry, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation and renewable energy, supported by technical teams and capacity-building activities.
From August 2023 to August 2024 she conducted postdoctoral research through the Minciencias Scientific Diplomacy and Environmental Governance programme, working in Berlin and Colombia. She studied sustainability transitions, climate governance, geodiversity and territorial innovation, and supported cooperation between institutions in Latin America and Europe.
January 2008 – December 2025
Undergraduate and graduate teaching, supervision of applied research and advanced academic activities. Coordination of programmes, interdisciplinary curricula and engagement between academia, industry, government and communities.
August 2024 – December 2025
Directed interdisciplinary initiatives on natural resources and sustainable territorial development. Coordinated projects on renewable energy, agroforestry, biodiversity and climate adaptation, and supported watershed-governance initiatives.
August 2023 – August 2024
Research on sustainability transitions, climate governance, geodiversity and territorial innovation. International cooperation analysis, policy-oriented technical briefs and collaboration between Latin American and European institutions.
January 2022 – June 2024
Coordinated technical teams and applied research, connecting renewable energy, conservation and climate adaptation with capacity building for public institutions and communities.
January 2022 – June 2024
Implemented environmental-governance and sustainable-landscape initiatives, including forestry, biodiversity, climate resilience and territorial sustainability. Policy analysis, programme monitoring and technical reports for multi-institutional cooperation.
Interdisciplinary initiatives on natural resources and territorial development.
Teaching and projects related to non-conventional renewable energy systems.
Policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and multi-institutional coordination.
Programmes integrating conservation, agroforestry and territorial resilience.
Education and research in Earth and environmental sciences.
Curriculum coordination, outcomes-based learning and project supervision.
Okayama University · Japan · October 2004 – September 2007
Shimane University · Matsue, Japan · October 2002 – September 2004
Universidad del Valle · Cali, Colombia · January 2001 – January 2005
Universidad Nacional de Colombia · Medellín · January 1993 – April 2000
Resource management and the energy transition require connecting technical evidence, environmental conditions and people’s participation.
How can alternatives be compared across energy, biodiversity and land use?
Which stakeholders need to participate and how can their perspectives be included?
How can a territorial need become a useful research question?
How can institutions and disciplines work together on a shared environmental challenge?
Sustainable resource management and the energy transition through an integrated engineering, environmental and territorial perspective.
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