Is a Doc­tor of Judi­cial Sci­ence Can­di­date at Berke­ley Law, con­duct­ing research on the diver­si­fi­ca­tion of ener­gy sources through law and pol­i­cy, for which he has received a Nation­al Ener­gy Fel­low­ship from the CONACYT-SENER Hydro­car­bons Fund of Mexico.

Dur­ing his path through grad­u­ate school he has worked as a Grad­u­ate Stu­dent Researcher in the Renew­able and Appro­pri­ate Ener­gy Lab­o­ra­to­ry, and has found­ed “Entwick­lung von Energiepro­jek­ten, S.A. de C.V.” a Mex­i­can con­sul­tan­cy firm spe­cial­ized in eval­u­at­ing the fea­si­bil­i­ty of ener­gy projects and devel­op­ing ener­gy research.

Before com­ing to Berke­ley Fer­nan­do worked in pub­lic ser­vice, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the Mex­i­can Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment, where he served as Deputy Legal Direc­tor of Judi­cial Career Analy­sis in the Fed­er­al Judi­cia­ry Coun­cil, and as Deputy Legal Direc­tor of Pub­lic Debt for the Mex­i­can Min­istry of Finance and Pub­lic Credit.

Fer­nan­do holds a Bach­e­lors of Laws from ITAM (Insti­tu­to Tec­no­logi­co Autonomo de Mex­i­co), and a Mas­ter of Laws with a cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Ener­gy and Clean Tech­nol­o­gy from Berke­ley Law.