R&D Director, Vortex

Biography

Gil Lizcano, R&D head at VORTEX, has more that 15 years of experience working on climate modeling and wind meteorology projects. He gained experience through a professional path which combined academia and industry. He worked for six years at Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, participating in different international projects dealing with climate change impact assessments. Previously, he spent over five years at the Brazilian Wind Energy Center involved in different wind resource regional mapping initiatives. In 2008, he joined Vortex and he now lead the company's R&D efforts. He will provide a deep understanding of the latest wind & power modeling advances and challenges as he has been closely involved in all VORTEX modeling developments