Biography:

I am a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) at Comillas Pontifical University, currently on leave of absence while serving as Senior Scientific Advisor at the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain. I am also a Research Affiliate at MIT CEEPR. My previous experience includes work with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, as well as roles in the private sector in economic research and energy planning.

I have held visiting research positions at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) —a partnership between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the University of Maryland—, at Tufts University, and at the University Carlos III of Madrid. I serve on the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association for Energy Economics (AEEE) and am also actively involved in the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), including through the organization of annual conferences and participation in scientific committees.

My research focuses on the design of long-term decarbonization strategies at the intersection of energy systems modeling and climate policy. I study how energy systems can be transformed under conditions of deep uncertainty, with particular interests in robust decision-support methods, industrial and transport decarbonization, clean energy technologies and fuels, and the distributional dimensions of the transition, including energy and transport poverty. I am the developer of openMASTER, an open-source model for long-term energy planning, and I have advised public and private institutions across Spain and Europe.