Cesar CARMONA-MORENO obtained a PhD in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics in 1991 from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (France) and was awarded the Leopold Scande prize for the best research thesis. In 1993, he received the Nature Prize for the best publication of the year for his publication on SAR satellite interferometry. Since 1997, he has been a researcher and leader of research projects for the European Commission (EC) at the Joint Research Centre (JRC). Since 2007, he has managed numerous research programmes in developing countries and is the coordinator of EC support to Networks of Centres of Excellence in Water Sciences in Latin America (RALCEA) and Africa (AUDA-NEPAD Centres of Excellence). He coordinated the scientific activities of the EUROCLIMA project for the assessment of the impact of climate change on natural resources in Latin America. He currently leads the JRC's water resources management activities in developing countries and manages the EC's WEFE-AFRICA project. His team is currently involved in research on the NEXUS Water-Energy-Food Security-Ecosystems programme in developing countries (Senegal, Niger, Zambezi, Nile) and coordinates the scientific component of the European WEFE NEXUS-Dialogues programme.
