Biography:
I hold a bachelor's plus master's degree in industrial engineering from the Comillas Pontifical University (2012) and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the Complutense University of Madrid (2014). I hold a master's degree in engineering systems modeling research from the Comillas Pontifical University (2016) and a Ph.D. in electrical energy from the Comillas Pontifical University (2021). I have won several national and international mathematics olympiad awards, including the International Mathematics Competition (IMC). I currently work as a professor at the Comillas Pontifical University. My research focuses on rural electrification and distribution networks.
I have worked for over ten years on projects related to electricity access, including projects in Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Haiti, El Salvador, Ecuador, Colombia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Gambia, the Sahel region, India, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
I have developed software tools such as the Reference Electrification Model (REM) and worked on data collection, preprocessing, validation, and analysis.
Areas of interest:
Rural electrification. Distribution networks.
M. Torres-Pérez, J. Domínguez, L. Arribas, J. Amador, P. Ciller, A. González-García, "A geospatial clustering algorithm and its integration into a techno-economic rural electrification planning model", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 137, nº. Part B, pp. 109249, November 2024. [Online: September 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2024.109249
JCR-JIF: 8,000 Q1 (2024); 9,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,652 Q1 (2024); 1,782 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 14,982 Q1 (2020); 18,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 3,522 Q1 (2020); 3,995 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 10,252 Q1 (2019); 30,900 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,329 Q1 (2019); 5,561 Q1 (2025) A. González-García, P. Ciller, S.J. Lee, R. Palacios, F. de Cuadra, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, "A rising role for decentralized solar minigrids in integrated rural electrification planning? Large-scale, least-cost customer-wise design of grid and off-grid supply systems in Uganda", Energies, Vol. 15, nº. 13, pp. 4517, July 2022. [Online: June 2022] doi: 10.3390/en15134517
JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q3 (2022); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,632 Q1 (2022); 0,748 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 1,800 Q2 (2024) - SJR: 0,720 Q1 (2025) P. Ciller, S. Lumbreras, A. González-García, "Which customers belong together? An enhanced off-grid clustering algorithm for cost-effective rural electrification", Energy Strategy Reviews, Vol. 65, pp. 102213, May 2026. [Online: May 2026] doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2026.102213
JCR-JIF: 12,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,380 Q1 (2025) M. Torres-Pérez, J. Domínguez, L. Arribas, J. Amador, P. Ciller, A. González-García, "A geospatial clustering algorithm and its integration into a techno-economic rural electrification planning model", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 137, nº. Part B, pp. 109249, November 2024. [Online: September 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2024.109249
JCR-JIF: 8,000 Q1 (2024); 9,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,652 Q1 (2024); 1,782 Q1 (2025) A. González-García, P. Ciller, S.J. Lee, R. Palacios, F. de Cuadra, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, "A rising role for decentralized solar minigrids in integrated rural electrification planning? Large-scale, least-cost customer-wise design of grid and off-grid supply systems in Uganda", Energies, Vol. 15, nº. 13, pp. 4517, July 2022. [Online: June 2022] doi: 10.3390/en15134517
JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q3 (2022); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,632 Q1 (2022); 0,748 Q1 (2025) P. Ciller, S. Lumbreras, A. González-García, "Network cost estimation for mini-grids in large-scale rural electrification planning", Energies, Vol. 14, nº. 21, pp. 7382, November 2021. [Online: November 2021] doi: 10.3390/en14217382
JCR-JIF: 3,252 Q3 (2021); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,653 Q1 (2021); 0,748 Q1 (2025) E. Sánchez-Jacob, A. González-García, J. Mazorra, P. Ciller, J. Lumbreras, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, "Joint optimal planning of electricity and modern energy cooking services access in Nyagatare", Energies, Vol. 14, nº. 14, pp. 4093, July 2021. [Online: July 2021] doi: 10.3390/en14144093
JCR-JIF: 3,252 Q3 (2021); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,653 Q1 (2021); 0,748 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 14,982 Q1 (2020); 18,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 3,522 Q1 (2020); 3,995 Q1 (2025) P. Ciller, F. de Cuadra, S. Lumbreras, "Optimizing off-grid generation in large-scale electrification-planning problems: a direct-search approach", Energies, Vol. 12, nº. 24, pp. 4634, December 2019. [Online: December 2019] doi: 10.3390/en12244634
JCR-JIF: 2,702 Q3 (2019); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,635 Q2 (2019); 0,748 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 10,252 Q1 (2019); 30,900 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,329 Q1 (2019); 5,561 Q1 (2025) 
