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D. Santiago Serna Zuluaga

Current position:
Research Assistant
Association date:
10/Jan/2022
Location:
RF4. P3.14
Phone extension number:
+34 91 542-2800 ext. 2789
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Biography:

Santiago obtained his Bachellor’s degree in Chemichal Engineering from the Rey Juan Carlos University in 2019, and his Master’s degree in Chemichal Engineering from the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Rey Juan Carlos University in 2021. During this time he did internships as a consultant in the innovation financing area at Ayming Consulting and as a research assistant at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemicals (CSIC), working in CO2 valorization techniques. Subsequently, he spent four months as a research assistant at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) where he worked on the study of formic acid as a liquid hydrogen carrier. In January 2022, he joined the IIT as Research Assistant in the department of hydrogen studies with the aim of studying the role of this energy vector from a technical, economic and regulatory point of view.


Areas of interest:

Role of hydrogen in decarbonization, integration of hydrogen and renewable energies, regulation of the energy sector.


Projects

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Invited Conferences and Seminars

  • Seminar "Understanding the alternative fuels: molecules, pathways and regulation". Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2024.
  • Seminar "SADSE seminar: Optimising the design and operation of an electrolysis plant to account for non-linear performance while meeting demand fluctuations". Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2024.
  • Conference "Divide and conquer: delaing with nonlinearities and demand fluctuactions in electrolyser performance under demand fluctuations" 18th Workshop on Industrial Systems and Energy Technologies - JOSITE'2023. Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2023.
  • Conference "Divide and conquer: dealing with nonlinearities in electrolyser performance under demand fluctuations. Session: The hydrogen economy" Climate finance and the hydrogen economy 2023. Universidad Pontificia Comillas; y AM Fresh Group. Madrid (Spain). May 2023.
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Media and research dissemination

  • "Demand and supply of clean hydrogen in Europe: two different perspectives, two possible futures for the industry". Interpresas.net. Energías. (Feb 2023)
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