Dr Jimena Alvarez is based at the Environmental Change Institute where she leads the Resilience & Development Group's work on scenarios as part of the Oxford Martin School Programme on Systemic Resilience, as well as the Group's research programmes on greening finance for nature.

Alvarez brings 17 years' experience spanning from engineering, climate change, nature-based solutions, modelling, economics and finance across academia, industry and nonprofit in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Her research skills comprise quantitative risk analysis, systems analysis and economic/financial analysis.

She holds a degree in Industrial Engineering (BEng and MEng equivalent) from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Management from Lancaster University.