Dr. Fabián Scholz

Fabián Gustavo Scholz holds a degree in Physical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Biology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (University of Buenos Aires). He is a Principal Researcher at CONICET, Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council; director of the Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP, the Patagonia Institute of Biosciences); associate professor at the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco); and director of the Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF, the Biophysical and Ecophysiological Studies Group). He also has a distinguished record in the training of researchers and in management, having served on the governing boards of CIEFAP (the Andean Patagonian Forest Research and Extension Center), INTA (the National Institute of Agricultural Technology), and the Agencia Comodoro Conocimiento y Desarrollo.

His work focuses mainly on the functional ecology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems in Patagonia, studying carbon and water fluxes, the functioning of vegetation, and the impact of land management on those processes. His research provides a very solid scientific basis for understanding the potential of these environments as carbon sinks and the effects of climate change.