Dr. Gisela Montero

Gisela Montero-Alpirez is a chemical engineer, and graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), specializing in heat transfer engineering projects at the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP). She has a Master's in Thermodynamic Engineering from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), obtaining the highest honors, and a Doctorate in Chemical Sciences (chemical engineering) from UNAM. She worked as a specialist in the Combustion Engineering Division in IMP; after that, she worked as a researcher in the Exergy group at the same institute. She was the coordinator of the Geothermal Energy program at UABC. She was also the Director of the Engineering Institute of UABC and Vice Chancellor of the UABC. Currently, she is a full-time researcher at the Engineering Institute of UABC, working on energy-saving projects, simulation, and adaptation of processes to obtain biofuels, bioenergy, and products with high added value, such as essential oils. She has written several technical papers and chapters on energy, biofuels, essential oils, and bioenergy obtained from vegetal wastes.