The CDH is a hub of collaboration between engineering and natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences at the heart of EPFL.
Over 75 employees, 11 faculty members, 130 teachers, 150 courses on a wide range of themes, two research institutes (Digital Humanities & Area and Global Studies), one art exhibition center (Artlab) and one unit dedicated to promoting art and culture on campus. CDH’s mission in education, research, and public engagement fosters a poly-perspective vision based on four axes: interdisciplinarity, global awareness, citizenship and creativity. 

Member of CDH Direction and coordination of its operations. Support to the Dean in strategic programs, management and liaison with EPFL offices and UNIL. Strategic backing to SHS education program and member of the teaching commission. Coordination of EPFL-UNIL interdisciplinary research program.
Member of the Library Commission (COB).

Gabriela has extensive expertise in international cooperation in education, research and innovation. She joined EPFL as scientist at the Cooperation and Development Center (CODEV) where she led the EPFL Leading House Program (2014-2017) of the Swiss government, which upheld Swiss bilateral research cooperation with Brazil, India, Vietnam and Latin America. Her research focused on scientific diasporas and skilled migration with diverse international collaborations under her leadership. She worked at the University of Zurich, and the UNDP in Moldova and Geneva, and taught at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM). She was visiting researcher at the CES at Harvard University and the CIS at ETH Zurich. Gabriela obtained a BA in International Relations from the UIA (Ibero) in Mexico, and a PhD in Political Sciences from the UAB in Barcelona (1998). She obtained a CAS IPA - International Policy and Advocacy of the D-MTEC, ETH Zurich (2019). Since 2020 Gabriela is Vice-President of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO (member since 2016), where she promotes science-society linkages and advocates for an inclusive development and dialogue through education, science and culture.

Since May 2019, Gabriela is Academic Deputy at the Direction of the College of Humanities (CDH). She serves the Scholars at Risk program (SAR) at EPFL in an advisory capacity.