STPP Alumni Webinar with Cesar Barraza-Botet

Dr. Cesar Barraza-Botet (UM PhD in Mechanical Engineering/STPP 2018), Science and Technology Policy Analyst for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will engage with current STPP students in an informal conversation. Students will gain insight into bridging the science-policy interface to inform governments, industry, and multilateral organizations on international Energy & Climate policymaking, especially in Latin America and The Caribbean.

From the Speaker's Bio:

Dr. Cesar Barraza-Botet is a Policy Analyst at the OECD's Science and Technology Policy Division in Paris, working on Bioeconomy and Biotechnology policies. Originally from Colombia, Dr. Barraza-Botet is a UM alumni of the Mechanical Engineering PhD and the STPP programs, both earned during his Fulbright Fellowship in the U.S. For his dissertation, in collaboration with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, he investigated the combustion of ethanol blends to determine bioethanol’s potential to decarbonize the transportation sector by bridging scientific knowledge to the U.S. biofuel policy—the Renewable Fuel Standards. 

In 2018, he was awarded a Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellowship by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, D.C., where he developed stakeholder engagement strategies for a consensus study on technologies for improving the fuel economy of light-duty vehicles. Until recently, Dr. Barraza-Botet was an Associate Professor of Engineering at Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia, where he has led several projects that pursue low-carbon energy goals in Colombia, including an Energy Systems Model-informed National Hydrogen Strategy (MEC-H2) for the Colombian Government; the Clean Transport Technology Initiative (CTTI) using Machine Learning to develop local driving cycles, emission factors and emission standards for light-duty vehicles in Bogotá; and a Science Diplomacy stay in Germany on Just Energy Transition and Climate Change.

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