Science in action to fight climate change

Walter Sazo

Technician of the Sustainability of Productive Systems Program

The Private Institute for Climate Change Research, ICC, has a very qualified team of professionals, who commit their passion and dedication to perform research, activities and projects that our institution promotes in the Pacific Slope of Guatemala, from the volcanoes to the mangroves.

Our professionals are distributed in five programs where in attached to our vision and mission, fulfill the objectives of the ICC.

Vision

To be a leading private institution for research and project development to mitigate and adapt to climate change in communities, productive processes and region’s infrastructure.

Missión

To create and promote actions that facilitate climate change mitigation and adaptation in the region based on technical and scientific guidelines as well as economic feasibility.

 

Main areas of Work

  • Hydrometeorological Information
  • Flood Research and Management
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Environmental Management
  • Protection and Restoration of Forests and Soil
  • Integrated Water Management
  • Adaptation Practices
  • Capacity Building

Administrative Staff

Contadora General:

Asistentes de Contabilidad:

MBA. Silvia Castillo Orrego

P.C. Leonardo Cifuentes 
P.C. Esdras Miza
P.C. Edgar Rivas
P.C. Carlos Boror

Apoyo en campo y oficinas:

Silvia Margarita Coyán Chamo
Kimberly Dayana González
Conrado Gámez Rivera
Ricardo López Ciciliano
Miriam Ochoa Galindo
Dario Guarchaj
Victor Josué Vielman

Former Interns

Juan Francisco Low
2019 IHE Delft Water Institute (Holanda), Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal) y Technische Universität Dresden (Alemania)
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Pierre Matran
2019 Escuela ENSEGID del Instituto Nacional Politécnico, Francia
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Luciano Galone
2019 Universidad de Granada, España
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Moira Corcoran
2019 Universidad de Indiana, Estados Unidos de Norte América
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Linda Mazariegos
2019 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, CUNSUROC
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Pablo de la Roca
2019 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Walter Sazo
2019 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Julissa Zepeda Herrarte
2019 Universidad Mesoamericana, Quetzaltenango
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Sergio Gil Villalva
2018 IHE Delft Water Institute (Holanda), Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal) y Technische Universität Dresden (Alemania)
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Erick André Lara Ángel
2018 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
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Luis Enrique Gómez Román
2018 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, CUNSUROC
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Julio Alejandro Paniagua Estrada
2018 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Campus Sur
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Mónica Rosales Alconero
2018 Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
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Ricardo Alberto Chán Escobar
2018 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Aurora Castillo Baquera
2018 Universidad de Granada, España
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Carlos Humberto Rodríguez
2017 Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica
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Kevin Manolo Noriega
2017 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, CUNSUROC
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Ezequiel Riquiac Lopreto
2017 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Hernán Turcios Castro
2017 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Ana Cecilia Iuit Jiménez
2016 El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México
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Lucía Nineth Ramírez García
2016 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
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Amy Guisela Molina Estrada
2016 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Kevin Rigoberto Ávila Santos
2016 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, CUNSUROC
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Melany Ramírez Galindo
2015 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Andrea Madelyne Moreno Ortíz
2015 Universidad Rafael Landívar
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Alejandra Alfaro Pinto
2015 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Nereyda Trabanino Valenzuela
2015 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Francisco Pellecer Aguirre
2015 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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José Daniel Girón
2015 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
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Myriam Consuelo Escobar Molina
2015 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Héctor Francisco Espinoza García
2015 Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica
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Erick Alvarado Ortega
2015 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Elisa Choxom Chamorro
2014 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Cecilia María de León
2014 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Ronal Pérez González
2014 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Campus Sur
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Melvin Navarro González
2014 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Allan Caravantes Alvarado
2014 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Cindy Estrada Montiel
2013 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Alexandre Parizel
2013 AgroParisTech, Francia
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Alma Santos Pérez
2013 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Josué Mena Enamorado
2013 Universidad Rafael Landívar
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Susana Guerra González
2013 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Dora Salpec Palma
2013 Universidad Rafael Landívar
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Carlos Humberto Rodríguez
2013 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Julio Renato Alarcón Recinos
2013 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Elmer Adolfo Orrego León
2012 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, CUNSUROC
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Milton Chán Santisteban (PhD)
2012
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María Alejandra Rosales Mayorga
2011 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Marie Andrée Liere Quevedo
2011 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Sergio Gil Villalva
2011 Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona