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Barcelona, Ct, Es

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Barcelona, Cataluña, España

Full-time scholarship for a PhD on the creation of new tools for sustainability quantification and management. Research topics include:- Design and development of a methodology to quantify climate change impact and climate neutrality through GHG emissions accounting and radiative forcing. Building of a model in Python.- Case study of climate impact and neutrality of N-fertilizer production, import, export and agricultural use in Spain (1960-2100). Scenarios considering the application of the EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy as well as existing EU de-carbonization goals for 2030. Published paper in Science of the Total Environment, Q1 indexed journal.- Case study of climate impact and neutrality forecasts of dairy cows in California (1950-2100), based on LCA and scenarios considering existing policies for 2030, technology evolution for 2050 and theoretical forecasts for 2100.- Theoretical analysis on the environmental sustainability of the European Green Deal, based on literature review. Published paper in Sustainable Development, Q1 indexed journal.- Conceptualization of sustainability, philosophical reflection of its role on society and relationship with actual economics. Published paper in Sustainability, Q2 indexed journal.Also assistant professor in the subject of Sustainability and Circular Economy, within the M.Sc. in Interdisciplinary and Innovative Engineering. Providing lectures based on own research publications in sustainability and EU public policies, as well as on waste-to-energy and waste-to-products. Additionally mentoring LCA projects through PBL methodologies.

Gerona, Cataluña, España

Coaching the U15 waterpolo team at GEiEG, Girona. Part of the learning and personal growth process of youth players in the sport and waterpolo values such as discipline, team working and healthy competitiveness.

Davis, California, Estados Unidos

Research on environmental and climate impact of livestock on a 2-month research stay in Davis, California. Joining a global reference lab on environmental impact of livestock, complementing LCA with climate impact assessment through a radiative-forcing based methodology. Research topics included:- LCA of a dairy cow in California, from craddle to farm gate, basing on UN-FAOSTAT and IPCC guidelines and using OpenLCA software with multiple data bases.- Review of 2030 objectives in methane emissions reductions set by public policies already being implemented in California.- Review of current GHG emission reduction technologies within the dairy industry on a global level, and assessement of development and implementation of such technologies in California on a mid-term horizon (2050).- Assessment of GHG emission reductions on the long-term (2100), on a theoretical basis supported by the shorter-term assessments.- Quantification of climate impact of the sector's GHG emissions (CO2, CH4 and N2O) from 1950 until 2100 through a radiative-forcing based computational model. Design of different scenarios for 2030, 2050 and 2100 based on the above. - Assessment of actual net-zero and climate neutrality potential for the Californian dairy sector.UC Davis is ranked first in the US and second in the world in the fields of agriculture and forestry (source: UC Davis web site, citing 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject). Dr. Ermias Kebreab (PI) is among the top 30 global leaders for tackling the climate crisis (source: Business Insider 2023).

Managing the R&D of the business project. Re-thinking consumption patterns and designing required tools and methods to enhance consumer behavior change. Personal decision to leave the project at the end of this stage to focus fully on PhD research.

Creator of a startup project that aimed to change consumption patterns to enhance sustainable behavior. Project leader during its incubation by EIT Innoenergy through the SideWalk program from October 2019 to December 2020, including a pitch at The Business Booster (TBB) and a personal nomination for the EIT CHANGE Award 2020 by the European Insitute of Innovation and Technology.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Post-sales services engineer and key account manager for the monitoring of renewable energy assets, focused on solar PV plants. Managing a worldwide customer portfolio. GreenPowerMonitor is part of the DNV-GL Group.

Lisbon

Master thesis related internship in innovation, R&D and entrepreneurship. Project manager in the development of an innovative solution for integrating UAV (drone) technology into O&M of solar PV plants. Leading a team of 3 engineers with the scope of providing a reliable business plan to implement this solution to expand the business markets of Pro-Drone (now BladeInsight). Main tasks included:- Market analysis and forecast.- Solution design thinking through validated learning incl. direct contact with potential customers.- Building business relationships with both potential customers and suppliers/partners.- Report directly to the CEO and the board members.- Technical design and development of the solution, including design, development and on-site testing of the MVP.- Development of a business plan and financial analysis for the implementation and expansion of the solution, in a 4 years horizon.- Software development in Python for data analysis oriented to fault detection and damage estimation (main part of the master thesis).Pro-Drone had previously developed and implemented technology to perform autonomous blade inspections in wind turbines with UAVs (drones).

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Internship in Business Development at Smartive, a startup in wind power that monitors wind turbines and farms to reduce O&M costs in a disruptive and innovative way. Smartive was awarded as Most Innovative SME in Europe by the Enterprise Europe Network in November 2016.Main tasks:- Assessment in Smartive's expansion abroad (to Europe and the US) through market analysis and networking.- Design of the products' sales brochures and business presentations. - Sales CRM implementation and management.- Web site, news and social media management.- Application to startup contests.

Barcelona

In charge of optimizing sales management processes with a new CRM implementation and administration, and account managing for some key accounts like UPC and Cellnex Telecom.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Plan, manage and execute the swimming activity in the swimming pool of the school for kids of 6 to 13 years old. Also, control the personnel access to the school.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

As part of the rescue team of different beachs at Lloret de Mar, responsible of human lifes at actual and potential risks in a very proactive and teamworking environment. Main tasks included controling the activity inside and outside the water and successfully managing high-tension situations with human lifes in danger.

Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Manage the sport activities for kids from 8 to 10 years old in a summer camp.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Sustainability (Civil Engineering)

PhD student and granted researcher in sustainability and climate impact. Thesis title: "A narrow contributions to quantification.

M. Sc. In Renewable Energy, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Double degree master program, with full scholarship granted by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Studying.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Energy, 6,795

ERASMUS experiences in Germany, at the Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBw) and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). - UniBw.

Master Of Science - Ms, Energy Engineering And Management

2nd year of the European Double Degree M. Sc. in Renewable Energy by Innoenergy, the European Sustainable Energy Network by EIT (European.

Master Of Science - Ms, Energy Engineering

1st year of the European Double Degree M. Sc. in Renewable Energy by Innoenergy, the European Sustainable Energy Network by EIT (European.

Management & Entrepreneurship

Business course divided in two modules at ESADE inside the program of the M. Sc. in Renewable Energy by Innoenergy. Module 1 is a 1-week.

Entrepreneur In A Week: From Dawn To Pitch

Crash business course in innovation and entrepreneurship inside the M.Sc. in Renewable Energy by Innoenergy.

Bachillerato, Tecnológico

Research project based on technology innovations by Leonardo da Vinci