MRI Governance
The MRI Board (Chair and co-Principal Investigators), together with the MRI Science Leadership Council and the MRI Executive Director, constitute the MRI Governing Body. Together, they oversee and provide strategic direction and advice to support the implementation and development of both flagship and community-led activities, with the support of the Coordination Office staff.
As a team, we focus on supporting the mountain research community in making meaningful and fulfilling connections for our changing mountains and safeguarding them as social-ecological treasures for ecosystems and people worldwide.
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Meet the team
Prof. Jörg Balsiger
Principal Investigator, since 2016
Chair, since 2019
Co-Chair, 2016 – 2019
Co-Chair, 2016 – 2019
Prof. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey
Principal Investigator, since 2013
Dr. Theresa Tribaldos
Principal Investigator, since 2021
Dr. Christian Rixen
Principal Investigator, since 2023
Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico
Aster Gebrekirstos
World Agroforestry Centre
Kenya
Ricardo Grau
National University of Tucumán
Argentina
Margreth Keiler
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austria
Joyce Kimutai
Kenya Meteorological Services
Kenya
Rob Marchant
University of York
UK