Rafael Dias Loyola

A professional with a broad background that combines scientific excellence with management, holding a PhD in Ecology from Unicamp and an MBA in Management, with an emphasis on Leadership and Innovation from FGV. In academia, he is a professor at the Federal University of Goiás, has published more than 200 articles in scientific journals, and accumulated over 15,000 citations, having been elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He was a visiting researcher at the National Institute for Space Research and the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, as well as a visiting professor at Unicamp. In 2019, he made a career transition to the third sector, where he works as an executive in organizations dedicated to sustainability, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation/adaptation. He is currently Chief Development Officer at the Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development. He has extensive experience in fundraising, including implementing projects with multilateral agencies (GEF, IKI, IDB, NORAD, and DEFRA), establishing strategic partnerships between governments, the private sector, and academia. He coordinated a chapter in the Business and Biodiversity report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). He serves as a board member of different organizations, contributing to governance, strategic planning, and the measurement of socio-environmental impact. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)