Biography:
Maria del Socorro Gómez Pérez obtained the degrees of Electrical Engineer and Master in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (Colombia), and Specialist in Analytics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. In her master project she worked on "Expansion Planning using BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)". In January 2024 she joined the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) at Comillas Pontifical University, where she works as a Predoctoral Researcher.
Areas of interest:
Optimization and modeling, power system operation and planning, power system operation and maintenance, decision support methods.
Experience:
Worked at Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA-INTERCOLOMBIA) company dedicated to high voltage electric power transmission in Colombia and Latin America. He has operated the power transmission network in real time in the face of maintenance, disturbances and operational maneuvers in substation equipment and high voltage lines in Colombia. He has worked as an analyst of management equipment in transmission lines performing specialized analysis and continuous improvement for power transmission systems, as well as digitization projects called "Image Analytics in Transmission Lines" and MICI (Integral Management of Intelligent Corrosion).
JCR-JIF: 4,300 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 1,192 Q1 (2025) 
P. Mastropietro, L. Olmos, M.S. Gómez Pérez, S. Lumbreras, A. Ramos, M. R. Carvalho, A.D. Alarcón, "Electricity transmission planning in Latin America: Regulatory challenges and recommendations to speed up network expansion", Energy Policy, Vol. 219, pp. 115586, December 2026. [Online: August 2026] doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115586
JCR-JIF: 9,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,516 Q1 (2025) 
