Research Interests:

Camilo Zamora is a biologist with postgraduate studies in conservation biology, spatial ecology, and geoinformatics. Currently he is a PhD candidate at GFZ, where he leads a research initiative focused on quantifying agriculture-driven deforestation and land-use change in tropical regions. His work aims to identify viable pathways for addressing pressing global challenges such as food security, climate change, and biodiversity loss. By integrating field studies, long-term ecological monitoring, satellite remote sensing, and spatial modeling, his research seeks to unravel the spatiotemporal dynamics of land-use change and its impacts on ecosystem functioning. His overarching goal is to generate robust scientific evidence to inform land-use decisions that balance biodiversity conservation with sustainable agricultural development. His prior work includes collaborations with leading academic and research institutions such as the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), where he contributed to studies assessing human impacts on biodiversity and evaluating the effectiveness of conservation strategies and policies across diverse spatial and temporal scales.

Education:

2018 - 2022 Master of Science in Applied Earth Observation and Geoanalysis of the Living Environment. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

2015 - 2018 Master of Science in Sustainable Resource Management. Technische Universität München (TUM). Munich, Germany.

2005 - 2011 Bachelor of Science in Biology. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia.

Projects:

CGIAR Allianze Biodiversity - MITIGATE+: Low Emission Food Systems Initiative (https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/low-emission-food-systems/?section=about)

ESA - World AgroCommodities (https://agrocommodities.info/) 

Open Earth Monitor OEM - Open Earth Monitor Cyberinfrastructure WP-Large-area estimation of forest carbon emissions (https://earthmonitor.org/)