Jacobo Porteiro

Jacobo Porteiro was born in Vigo, Spain, in 1976. He received the M.Sc. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain, in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree from the same institution in 2005. After a brief experience in the industry, he started his academic career as a Visiting Lecturer. In 2009, he became an Associate Professor. In 2015, he obtained the positive accreditation for Full Professor from the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain, ANECA, Madrid, Spain. He has been the Head of Department from 2012 to June 2018, and since he is the Director of Sustainability with the University of Vigo (Deputy Vice-rector). He is delegate for Spain at the Combustion Committee of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2014, and during the years 2016 and 2017, he was the Chair of this Committee.