Ser­gio Castel­lanos is a Berke­ley Ener­gy & Cli­mate Insti­tute – Tec­nológi­co de Mon­ter­rey (BECI–ITESM) Ener­gy Fel­low work­ing at the Renew­able and Appro­pri­ate Ener­gy Lab with Prof. Dan Kam­men. His research focus­es on expand­ing an opti­miza­tion mod­el –SWITCH– to Mex­i­co to deter­mine the opti­mal invest­ments in new gen­er­a­tion and trans­mis­sion assets. Through his research, he also ana­lyzes the man­u­fac­tur­ing capac­i­ty of pho­to­volta­ic solar tech­nolo­gies in Mex­i­co. Pre­vi­ous­ly, in his Ph.D. stud­ies (Mechan­i­cal Engi­neer­ing ’15, MIT) he char­ac­ter­ized the elec­tri­cal impact of struc­tur­al defects in sil­i­con-based solar cells. He enjoys read­ing, explor­ing new hob­bies, and learn­ing more about the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­o­gy, busi­ness, and pol­i­cy in renew­able energy.

Cur­rent posi­tion:

Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Civ­il, Archi­tec­tur­al and Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas, Austin