Profile
Catalina González Arango is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, and currently leads the research group in Tropical Paleoecology and Palynology (PALEO). With over 15 years of experience, her research seeks to understand the long-term paleoecological and paleoclimatic history of tropical ecosystems from Northern South America as a result to the interaction among human societies, climate changes and biogeographic and geologic processes.
Within the EHMS, Catalina explores the biological aspects of the volcanic territories at different time-space scales. She is interested in studying the complex interactions among geological, ecological and human processes occurring in such territories, particularly to track the natural trajectories after disturbance, to address the resilience of Andean forests, and to establish relationships between geodiversity, biodiversity and cultural diversity.