Diego A. Moya-Pinta, PhD

Summary

Diego is an academic visitor in the Energy Systems Modelling Group at Imperial College’s Sustainable Gas Institute (SGI), and is an alumnus of the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP at the Grantham Institute. He is a scholar of the Faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Ambato, UTA-Ecuador. At UTA, Diego teaches Non-Conventional Energy Resources and Thermal Machines. He has recently completed the 4-year PhD program at the SGI and the two-year Master of Engineering with Advanced Studies, Specialisation in Energy Systems, Griffith University, Australia and his previous studies are a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, National Polytechnic School, Ecuador.

At Imperial, his current area of research is based on Geographical Information Systems, GIS-based and Agent-based modelling (ABM) approaches to assess global decarbonisation pathways of the residential sector. This sector is a classic case of all of the challenges of modelling technology deployment. Decarbonising space heating and cooling, water heating, lighting and appliances requires the adoption of clean and low carbon technologies to meet demands for energy services. However, modelling the residential sector still requires a robust understanding of the spatio-temporal variabilities of the end-use energy demand and how agents behave when investing in new technologies to meet their energy demands. Integrated Assessment considering GIS & ABM in the global energy system can help stakeholders such as academia, government, industry and users with understanding and long-term planning the use of cost-effective low carbon and renewable energy technologies.

Diego is part of a team of energy systems modellers associated with the SGI working in the implementation of MUSE, the Modular Universal energy system Simulation Environment to enable transparent and flexible analysis of energy system transitions. Diego also has a very keen interest in further researching areas related to energy conversion from solar and geothermal energy, waste to energy technologies and the use of natural gas.

Personal website and portfolio: https://diegomoya.me/ 

LinkedIn: https://ec.linkedin.com/in/moyaconsultores

Twitter: @dmoyaec

biography

Date	Degree/Award/Position
2017-present	PhD researcher at ICL
2016-present	Scholar at UTA-FICM (in leave for PhD studies)
2016	Awarding a fully Scholarship for PhD studies from the Ecuadorian Government – SENESCYT.
2015-2016	Honorary Visiting Research Scholar at Griffith School of Engineering   Senior Leader at Student Success Division at Griffith University
2014 - 2015	Master of Engineering with Advanced Studies, Griffith University, Australia Awarding the 2015 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence, top 5% of students, GPA: 6.13/7, Distinction  Specialisation: Energy Systems   Leader at Student Success Division at Griffith University
2013	Awarding a fully Scholarship for Master studies from the Ecuadorian Government – SENESCYT.
2010-2013	Engineer Researcher at  National Polytechnic School (EPN), Quito, Ecuador
2003-2010	Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, EPN, Accumulative GPA: 27.2 (with 30 the highest)
2007	Advanced Certificate in Energy Efficiency Ministry of Energy, Ecuador
2007-2008	Assistant of laboratory, EPN, Experimental Physics laboratory of The Faculty of Science.
2004-2008	Assistant of laboratory with scholarship, EPN, Renewable Energy and Efficiency Energy laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

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