Dr Mario Herrero Acosta

Chief Research Scientist

BIOSCIENCE PREC 306 CARMODY RD
ST. LUCIA QLD 4067 AUSTRALIA

https://people.csiro.au/H/M/Mario-Herrero

Biography

Professor Mario Herrero CorrFRSE is Chief Research Scientist of Agriculture and Food. His research focuses on increasing the sustainability of food systems for the benefit of humans and ecosystems. He works in the areas of sustainable intensification of agriculture, climate mitigation and adaptation, livestock systems, and healthy and sustainable diets.

Professor Herrero is a regular contributor to important global initiatives at the heart of the sustainability of global food systems, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Lancet Commission on Obesity and the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. He has worked extensively in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Mario has published more than 170 peer reviewed publications and over 300 publications in his areas of expertise. He is currently on the editorial boards of The Lancet Planetary Health, Agricultural Systems, Global Food Security, Agriculture and Food Security, Tropical Grasslands, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, and has been a guest editor for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal (PNAS).

Professor Herrero is a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an Associate Fellow of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and an Honorary Professor of Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Professional Areas

Fields of Research

Current

Current Roles

Chief Research Scientist
Global Food and Nutrition Security Group Leader

Academic Qualifications

1997

PhD in Agricultural Systems
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
1992

MSc. Tropical Animal Production and Health
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
1988

BSc. Tropical Animal Production
Central American School of Animal Husbandry, Atenas, Costa Rica

Professional Experiences

2013-2018

Office of the Chief Executive Science Leader
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2009-2013

Programme Leader, Sustainable Livestock Futures Programme
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
2003-2009

Global Programme Leader
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
1999-2003

Scientist and Project Leader (Joint Appointment)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
1999-2003

Senior Research Fellow (Joint Appointment)
The University of Edinburgh
1996-1998

Research Fellow
The University of Edinburgh

Achievements and Awards

2019-present

Corresponding Fellow
Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), UK
2019-present

Chair of Review Panel
Global Nutrition Report
2018-present

Associate Fellow
Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK
2018-present

Lead Author
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 Mitigation Working Group
2018-2018

Member of the External Review Panel
Wageningen Agricultural University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
2018-present

Advisory Group Member
Meat and Livestock Australia Greenhouse Gas Science in the Red Meat Industry working group
2017-present

Scientific Commissioner
EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
2017-2019

Lead Author
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Land, Climate Change and Food Security
2016-present

Scientific Commissioner
Lancet Commission on Obesity
2015-present

Adjunct Professor
The University of New England
2014-present

Scientific Advisor
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2015-2016

Scientific Advisor
US National Academy of Sciences high level panel on the Future of Agriculture and Food
2014-present

Honorary Professor of Agriculture and Food
The University of Queensland
2012-2012

Sustainability Science Award
Ecological Society of America / Colorado State University
2011-2012

Award for Best CGIAR - Earth Systems Science Partnership on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
2011-2014

Contributing Author
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report Working Group III (Mitigation)
2011-2011

Lead Author
State of the World 2010: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, Worldwatch Institute
2010-2013

Advisory Board Member
Vulnerability, Livestock Collaborative Research Support Programme, US National Science Foundation
2010-2012

Scientific Steering Committee Member
CGIAR CCAFS Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture Theme
2009-2010

Contributing Author to World Development Report 2010: Climate Change and Development
World Bank
2009-2009

Contributor to Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Emission Guidelines (livestock)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
2009-2009

Guest Scholar
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
2007-2010

Coordinating Lead Author
Drivers of change in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems and their Impacts on Ecosystems Services and Human Well-Being to 2030 - CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme
2007-2010

Science Leader
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Climate Change Task Force

Community and Corporate Citizenship

2017-present

Editorial Board - The Lancet Planetary Health
2017-present

Editorial Board - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
2012-present

Editorial Board - Agriculture and Food Security
2012-present

Editorial Board - Global Food Security
2012-present

Editorial Board - Tropical Grasslands
2011-2013

Guest Editor - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002-present

Editorial Board - Agricultural Systems

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