Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría is a Senior Research Scholar, Professor, Award-winning Author and International Advisor in New York. For 23 years he was Research Professor of Planning and Megaprojects and Senior Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Innovation at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan. He has served as Visiting Professor at MIT, a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, and a Program Director (Gateway Engineering) at the U.S. National Science Foundation. Gerardo is the recipient of two U.S. Fulbright Fellowships (China and Colombia) and is a member of the European Union Expert Group in Regional Policy (Regio Program). In 2023 he served as Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and as Visiting Academic at University College London. He has been designated Senior Research Fellow at Future Earth Urban Knowledge-Action Network, Earth System Governance Project and Global Land Program. He is the author of over one hundred academic publications. One of his current lines of work deals with the application of Earth System Boundaries frameworks to development in global cities and regions. Del Cerro Santamaría is a member of the Centre Internationale pour la Recherche Transdisciplinaire (CIRET) in Paris, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences. Gerardo holds high school and undergraduate degrees in Science and Mathematical Logic & Philosophy of Science. He has pursued post-graduate studies in Physics and Architecture in New York. He holds a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan with Honors (full-tuition scholarship). A music lover and classical piano player, he holds the degree of “Professor of Piano” from the Joaquín Turina Conservatory, and actively participates in New York’s musical life.
