Assistant professor, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University

Biography

Luis is Assistant Professor in the Energy & Resources group of the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable development of Utrecht University. His research areas include integrated spatial and energy planning, energy meteorology, renewable energies, spatiotemporal modelling, and geographic information systems. He is interested in Wind Power integration, energy communities, positive energy districts, and the global scalability of high-resolution spatiotemporal models for renewable energies and renewable fuels development. Before joining the Copernicus institute, he was conducting transdisciplinary work and leading international research projects in the energy field at research institutions in Austria, Belgium, and Germany. His collaboration network spans through most part of Europe and the Americas and a considerable part of his career has been devoted to projects addressing the energy transition of the global south