Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría is a Senior Research Scholar, Professor, Award-winning Author, Mentor and International Advisor in New York. He has taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Skidmore College and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, where he was Founding Director and Senior Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Innovation, and Research Professor of Planning and Megaprojects for twenty-three years. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, London School of Economics, University College London and the Centre for Policy Research (India). He is a former Program Evaluation Director (Gateway Engineering) at the U.S. National Science Foundation, a European Union Expert in Regional Policy (Regio Program) and recipient of two U.S. Fulbright Fellowships (China and Colombia). He currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at Future Earth Urban Knowledge-Action Network, Earth System Governance Project and Global Land Program, and a Mentor and Senior Research Scholar at the New York Academy of Sciences. Gerardo has authored a large number of scientific publications on various aspects of urbanism and global capitalist development, megaprojects, iconic architecture, technology, innovation, complex sustainability, neoliberalism in higher education, robotics and the mathematics of music. His current interests include earth system, global land and production systems complex governance. He has received several professional recognitions and his work has been featured in the media, in both the United States and Europe. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Network for Engineering Studies, the Academy of International Business, the New York Chapter of the U.S. Fulbright Association and the Centre Internationale pour la Recherche Transdisciplinaire (CIRET) in Paris. Del Cerro’s background is in Science, Mathematical Logic & Philosophy of Science, Political Economy and Music, and has pursued studies in Physics and Architecture in New York. He holds a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, where he received a full-tuition scholarship and graduated with Honors.
A music lover and classical piano player, Gerardo holds the degree of Professor of Piano from the Joaquín Turina Conservatory, and actively participates in New York’s musical life.
