Sandra Díaz

Sandra Díaz is a Senior Principal Investigator at the Argentine National Research Council and Professor of Ecology at Córdoba National University. She is also an Oxford Martin School Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Oxford University.

• Research Focus: Plant functional traits, ecosystem properties, and their interactions with global change drivers.
• Contributions: Developed the first global quantitative picture of vascular plant functional diversity and co-founded the Global Communal Plant Trait Initiative (TRY).
• Policy Impact: Co-chaired the IPBES Global Assessment and contributed to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
• Honors: Foreign Fellow of the British Royal Society, member of multiple national and international academies, and recipient of seven major scientific awards between 2017-2023.