Rate My Professor Perez Lopez

Prior to the University of Newcastle, Perez Lopez was Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning at Universidad del Bio Bio, Chile (2014-2016); Director and Head of Research, Centre for Urban Studies, Universidad Mayor, Chile (2013-2014); Guest Lecturer, Master of Architecture and Interior Design, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2012); and Research Assistant, School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (2006-2008). Professionally, she served as Senior Landscape Architect at Grant Associates, UK (2017-2018), Director of the Pan-American Observatory of Landscape, Territory and Architecture (OPPTA), Spain (2011-2013; President and co-founder), and Director of Local Landscape architecture practice since 2005, leading projects including the EU-funded Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cordoba (€9.3M). Through OPPTA and TerritorioMayor, she worked with Latin American communities and intergovernmental bodies such as UNESCO Chair for Intermediate Cities, UN-Habitat, ECLAC, UNDP, CAF, and UN-FAO on environmental protection and restoration amid climate impacts. Key publications include 'Inhabiting Liminal Zones: Design in Urbanised Estuaries in the Climate Emergency' (2024), 'Water Imprints: Experiments unfolding history and landscapes' (2024), 'Raise Your Voice: A Community Forum on Talking Back to Monuments' (2023, co-author), 'WaterLines. Speculative design in the threshold between land and water' (2022), and 'Proyecto ARA: Plan estratégico municipal integral para la incorporación de medidas de adaptación al Cambio Climático en Chimalhuacán (Mexico)' (2016).