Academic title
Researcher
E-mail:
mttserrano@gmail.com
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Serrano-Medrano, Montserrat

Montserrat Serrano-Medrano is currently a Researcher at the Institute of Ecosystem and Sustainability Research (IIES for its acronym in Spanish) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She obtained a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Davis and a Ph.D. degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Research interests

Her current research interests are focused on the spatial and temporal modeling of energy -with an emphasis in bioenergy- demand in the residential energy sector of developing countries and its environmental and socio-economic implications.

Mentoring

Co-chair of two ongoing Ph.D. Thesis. Chair of 1 master´s and 2 undergraduate theses.

Participated in committees of 10+ theses, including a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography and a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science.

Grants and consultancy

Energy and Climate Change. CONACYT Research Grant (2022-2024)

Housing. CONACYT Research Grant (2022-2024).

Rural Energy Systems. PAPIIT-UNAM (2020-2021)

Awards

Member of the Mexican CONACYT National Research System Level 1 (2023-2027)

Publications
Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries
Spatial and temporal projection of fuelwood and charcoal consumption in Mexico
Promoting sustainable local development of rural communities and mitigating climate change: the case of Mexico’s Patsari improved cookstove project
Solid biofuels in Mexico, a sustainable alternative to satisfy the increasing demand for heat and power
Promoting LPG, clean woodburning cookstoves or both? Climate change mitigation implications of integrated household energy transition scenarios in rural Mexico
People | 14 August 2018