Karina Del Punta, PhD, is an award-winning molecular biologist, an artist, and a certified Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT) guide. Karina has always been fascinated by the natural world. As a scientist, she is driven by the curiosity to understand the underlying principles of biological processes and has performed research on the molecular mechanisms of sensory perception and behavior. As an artist, her goal is to capture and share that which words cannot convey. And as a Forest Bathing/Therapy guide, her passion is to facilitate and hold space for others to experience by themselves the power, beauty and true healing that arises from being present and becoming intimate with nature.

Karina obtuvo su B.S./M.S. en Biología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y su doctorado en Neurociencia Molecular de The Rockefeller University. Durante su periodo en Rockefeller, ejerció como Profesora Investigadora y recibió reconocimientos prestigiosos por su labor investigativa. Sus contribuciones han sido publicadas en revistas científicas de alto impacto, como Nature. Además, Karina es guía certificada en Terapia de Bosque y Naturaleza por la Asociación de Terapia de Bosque y Naturaleza (ANFT) y ha completado estudios avanzados en ecopsicología, así como en psicología profunda y arquetípica.

Karina Del Punta is currently the Miami Beach Botanical Garden Nature Therapy guide-in-residence.