Stefanie Maria Falconi was born in São Paulo, Brazil, before her family returned to Ecuador shortly after her second birthday. Of her Stefanie Maria FALCONI childhood, she particularly remembers how her parents stimulated her creativity with books, games, and puzzles. Yet, her most memorable times growing up were the visits to her grandfather’s farm in the Valley Home Country Ecuador of Uravia, a rural area with no electricity or potable water. She is grateful to her parents and family for nourishing her insatiable Degree curiosity, and to her teachers and mentors for encouraging her growth PhD in Environmental as an investigator and as a person. Engineering After finishing school in 2000, Stefanie won an international student Expertise scholarship to study chemistry at the College of Saint Scholastica, a Human-Environmental Systems small private university in Minnesota. After graduating with a B.A. in Interactions, Systems Analysis, 2004, she took up a summer position at the Earth Institute at Decision- and Policy-making Columbia University, New York, before returning to Ecuador for a year. In 2007, she began graduate studies in environmental Research engineering, specializing in systems analysis and economics, at John Hopkins University. She was awarded an MS in 2009 and is currently Resource Management pursuing her PhD there. Host University John Hopkins University, The focus of Stefanie’s doctoral research is the theories and models United States that inform water resource management, and the ways in which public participation is incorporated in the modeling process in a Fellowship Awarded decentralized and integrated decision-making context. Water 2011 management involves both technical and political processes, and the goal of her research, which is based on a two-part study of water river basin management in Brazil, is to provide more effective water resource models in which the different stakeholders are involved in the decision-making process. She also wants to broaden the range of criteria defining how people participate in resource management and does not want to solely focus on economic terms. Since the issues involved are not unique to the field of water resources, Stefanie’s studies could be relevant to the management of other natural resources as well. On completing her PhD, Stefanie like to explore environmental engineering and its implications for human and natural systems as a researcher and university professor in Ecuador. As an educator and mentor, she hopes to guide students to realize their professional goals as well.
Stefanie Maria FALCONI Home Country Ecuador Degree PhD in Environmental Engineering Expertise Human-Environmental Systems Interactions, Systems Analysis, Decision- and Policy-making Research Resource Management Host University John Hopkins University, United States Fellowship Awarded 2011 Stefanie Maria Falconi was born in São Paulo, Brazil, before her family returned to Ecuador shortly after her second birthday. Of her childhood, she particularly remembers how her parents stimulated her creativity with books, games, and puzzles. Yet, her most memorable times growing up were the visits to her grandfather’s farm in the Valley of Uravia, a rural area with no electricity or potable water. She is grateful to her parents and family for nourishing her insatiable curiosity, and to her teachers and mentors for encouraging her growth as an investigator and as a person. After finishing school in 2000, Stefanie won an international student scholarship to study chemistry at the College of Saint Scholastica, a small private university in Minnesota. After graduating with a B.A. in 2004, she took up a summer position at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York, before returning to Ecuador for a year. In 2007, she began graduate studies in environmental engineering, specializing in systems analysis and economics, at John Hopkins University. She was awarded an MS in 2009 and is currently pursuing her PhD there. The focus of Stefanie’s doctoral research is the theories and models that inform water resource management, and the ways in which public participation is incorporated in the modeling process in a decentralized and integrated decision-making context. Water management involves both technical and political processes, and the goal of her research, which is based on a two-part study of water river basin management in Brazil, is to provide more effective water resource models in which the different stakeholders are involved in the decision-making process. She also wants to broaden the range of criteria defining how people participate in resource management and does not want to solely focus on economic terms. Since the issues involved are not unique to the field of water resources, Stefanie’s studies could be relevant to the management of other natural resources as well. On completing her PhD, Stefanie like to explore environmental engineering and its implications for human and natural systems as a researcher and university professor in Ecuador. As an educator and mentor, she hopes to guide students to realize their professional goals as well.
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