Fernando Garcia Menendez

Bio

Fernando uses geospatial analytics to explore questions related to air pollution, climate change and environmental policy. He develops tools based on high-performance computing, uncertainty analysis and integrated assessment modeling to simulate interactions between environmental and human systems at varying spatial and temporal scales. Interests include wildland fires, public health, energy systems and air quality modeling in Latin America.

Publications

• Corrigendum: Regional disparities in health and employment outcomes of China’s transition to a low-carbon electricity system (2024 Environ. Res.: Energy 1 025001) , Environmental Research: Energy (2024)
• Health and equity implications of individual adaptation to air pollution in a changing climate , PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2024)
• Projecting Changes in the Frequency and Magnitude of Ozone Pollution Events Under Uncertain Climate Sensitivity , EARTHS FUTURE (2024)
• Regional disparities in health and employment outcomes of China’s transition to a low-carbon electricity system , Environmental Research: Energy (2024)
• A comparison of smoke modelling tools used to mitigate air quality impacts from prescribed burning , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE (2023)
• Accelerating China's power sector decarbonization can save lives: integrating public health goals into power sector planning decisions , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2023)
• Prescribed fires, smoke exposure, and hospital utilization among heart failure patients , ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (2023)
• The Health and Climate Benefits of Economic Dispatch in China's Power System , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2023)