Natalia A. Cano-Londoño

Dr. Natalia A. Cano-Londoño

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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Biography

Natalia A. Cano-Londoño is a sustainability researcher at Amsterdam UMC, where her work focuses on integrating life cycle sustainability information into healthcare decision-making. Her expertise includes Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), circular economy, critical raw materials, and sustainability decision-making. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering – Sustainability and an M.Sc. in Environment and Development, both with distinction, and a B.Sc. in Biological Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her international research experience includes the University of Twente, Ghent University, TU Delft, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, and The University of Queensland. Natalia is President of the Ibero-American Life Cycle Network (RICV) and the Colombian Life Cycle Assessment Network (RCAV). She contributes to ISO standardization activities in life cycle assessment and circular economy and is an approved individual Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) verifier. Her recognitions include the Outstanding Alumni Award from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2024), Exceptional Women in Sustainability recognition (2024), an Endeavour Research Fellowship, and a DAAD research fellowship.

Affiliations

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

Amsterdam UMC

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Sustainable healt care

Honors and Awards

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Mention of outstanding alumni, Mining Faculty- Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

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Exceptional women in sustainability. IBF International Institute for Better Futures – Australia

IBF International Institute for Better Futures

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Doctoral's thesis, meritorious distinction (Marking like cum laude)

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Master's thesis, meritorious distinction (Marking like cum laude)

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Endeavour Research Fellowship Australia - University of Queensland.

University of Queensland

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São Paulo Research Foundation. Attendance at São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Renewable Energ

FAPESP

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Global Minds Fund – Explore and/or Valorise 2023. UGent _Colombia Cooperation: Explorative phase.

Ghent University

Experience

Institute, Department or Faculty Head

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia

01 May 2025 - present

Post Doctoral Researcher

University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

01 Jan 2024 - present

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

01 Jun 2022 - 01 Nov 2023

Post Doctoral Researcher

University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

01 Aug 2018 - 01 Apr 2019