Poster #20 - Fernando Garcia Menendez

North Carolina State University, United States

Biography

Dr. Fernando Garcia Menendez is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his PhD in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed his MSc in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University and BSc in chemical engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM). Prior to joining NC State, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Center for Global Change Science and Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also spent time working in industry and environmental advocacy. Dr. Garcia Menendez uses computer models to explore interdisciplinary questions related to air pollution, climate change, and environmental policy. His research is focused on developing tools based on numerical methods, uncertainty analysis, and integrated assessment modeling to simulate interactions between environmental and human systems. At NC State University, he leads a modeling group that aims to bridge the vast range of spatial and temporal scales at which these interactions occur. Current research includes efforts to simulate the effects of wildland fires on air pollution, evaluate uncertainty in projections of climate change impacts on air quality and health, and develop new computational methods for environmental modeling.