Dr. Ronald Roopnarine 

· Senior Lecturer: Agri-Environmental Disaster Risk Management

· Network Manager: Caribbean WaterNet/CapNet UNDP (https://www.caribbeanwaternet.com/ )

· Member: Global Water Partnership- Caribbean Technical Scientific Committee 

· Member: International Water Resources Association (IWRA), International Scientific Committee for the 2024 Islands Water Congress

· Member: Scientific Committee of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme. (May 1, 2024, to April 30, 2027)

· Fellowship in Higher Education (Advanced HE, UK) 

Dr. Ronald Roopnarine is a researcher and academic with a thorough background in Disaster Risk Resilience and Sustainable Land and Water Resource Management. Presently, Dr. Roopnarine is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus (FFA, UWI) responsible for teaching and development of courses related to Agri-environmental Disaster Risk and Climate Resilience. He is also the Network Manager of Caribbean WaterNet, (Caribbean arm of CapNet UNDP), a Member for the Global Water Partnership- Caribbean, Technical Scientific Committee, and a member of two international scientific committees. He has also worked as a consultant for various international and regional and state agencies. He has also served on numerous projects implemented by various UN agencies such as UN-water, UN- FAO, UN Environment and UNDP. Thus far he has amassed significant experience in Integrated Water Resources Management, Land management and Climate Change Adaptations, with specific focus on Caribbean Small Island Developing States. He was also instrumental in the national reporting of SDG 6 indicators and the development of a WWRU standard for Trinidad and Tobago. 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i2KvymEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-roopnarine-bsc-ph-d-05a420195/