Claudia R. Binder
{{Short description|Swiss-Canadian-Colombian researcher}}
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Claudia R. Binder (born in Montreal) is a Swiss, Canadian and Colombian environmental scientist working in the field of human-environment systems and sustainability s. Since March 2016 she has been a full professor the La Mobilière Chair on Urban Ecology and Sustainable Living at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and founding director of the Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS){{Cite web|title=HERUS|url=https://www.epfl.ch/labs/herus/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.epfl.ch|language=en-GB}} at School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC){{Cite web|title=School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering|url=https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.epfl.ch|language=en-GB}} of EPFL. Since January 2020 she has been serving as dean of ENAC at EPFL.{{Cite journal|last=Perroud|first=Sandrine|date=2019-10-30|title=Claudia R. Binder appointed dean of ENAC|url=https://actu.epfl.ch/news/claudia-r-binder-appointed-dean-of-enac/|language=en}}
Early life and education
Binder was born in Montreal, Canada, and spent most of her childhood in Switzerland and Colombia.
From 1985 to 1996 Binder studied at ETH Zurich, first earning a degree in biochemistry and then a PhD in environmental sciences. She then joined University of Maryland, USA, for post-doctoral research.
Career
In 1998 she returned to ETH Zurich as a senior research scientist to study the interaction between human and environmental systems at the Institute for Natural and Social Science Interface. In 2006, she was nominated assistant professor in the Department of Geography at University of Zurich, and in 2009 moved to the University of Graz in Austria as was full professor of systems science. In 2011, she became full professor of human-environment relations at the Department of Geography at University of Munich.{{Cite web|title=New appointments to LMU in 2011 - LMU Munich|url=https://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/about_lmu/introducing-lmu/people/appointments/2011/index.html|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.en.uni-muenchen.de|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Binder joined École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in March 2016 and founded the Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS) at School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), where she also holds the La Mobilière Chair on Urban Ecology and Sustainable Living.{{Cite web|title=Chaire Mobilière an der EPFL|url=https://www.mobiliar.ch/die-mobiliar/engagement/wohnen-und-zusammenleben/chaire-mobiliere-stadtoekologie-an-der-epf-in-lausanne|access-date=2020-08-18|website=die Mobiliar|language=de|archive-date=2020-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808152241/https://www.mobiliar.ch/die-mobiliar/engagement/wohnen-und-zusammenleben/chaire-mobiliere-stadtoekologie-an-der-epf-in-lausanne|url-status=dead}}
At EPFL, Binder is the academic director of Design Together, a cross-disciplinary teaching initiative.{{Cite web|title=Design Together|url=https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/education/design-together-en/|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.epfl.ch|language=en-GB}} In 2018 she was appointed to the management team of the Energy Center and in 2019 as head of the working group on EPFL’s energy and sustainability strategy.{{Cite web|title=Claudia R. Binder|url=https://people.epfl.ch/claudia.binder|access-date=2020-08-18|website=people.epfl.ch}}
Research
Her research involves analyzing, modeling and assessing the transition of urban systems towards sustainability. She examines the dynamics of urban metabolism, what characterizes a sustainable city, and what drives and hinders transformation processes. She does so by combining knowledge from social, natural and data science. Her research focuses on food, energy, and sustainable living and transport in urban systems.
Distinction
Memberships:
- Member of the Research Council of the Programs Division at Swiss National Science Foundation's (SNSF) (2016){{Cite web|title=Members of the Research Council - SNF|url=http://www.snf.ch/en/theSNSF/organisation/research-council-and-evaluation-bodies/members-of-the-research-council/Pages/default.aspx#EvaluationBodyNumber=50&PersonNumber=57146|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.snf.ch}}
- Member of the Steering Committee SNSF’s National Research Program 71 (Managing Energy Consumption){{Cite web|title=Members of the evaluation bodies - SNF|url=http://www.snf.ch/en/theSNSF/organisation/research-council-and-evaluation-bodies/members-of-the-evaluation-bodies/Pages/default.aspx#EvaluationBodyNumber=400612|access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.snf.ch}}
- Member of the Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCER)
- Member of the Steering Board on Sustainability Research at Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences{{Cite web|title=Steering Committee {{!}} Sustainability Research Initiative|url=https://naturalsciences.ch/organisations/sustainability/portrait/steering_committee|access-date=2020-08-18|website=naturalsciences.ch}}
- Member of the University Council of the University of Munich (2019)
Publications
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References
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Category:Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Category:Academic staff of École Polytechnique
Category:Sustainability advocates
Category:21st-century Swiss women scientists
Category:21st-century Swiss scientists