Miquel Sierra-Montoya
I am a PhD candidate at ICTA-UAB assessing the social and environmental impacts of the energy transition, with a particular focus on wind energy technologies.
In the LIVEN Lab, I develop parameterized life-cycle inventory models for wind energy, aiming to create more flexible and up-to-date datasets. My research also examines the geographical distribution of environmental impacts, using disaggregated inventories to distinguish on-site and off-site burdens across energy technologies and territories. Additionally, I assess energy transition pathways by combining life-cycle assessment with social metabolism, examining how changes in energy supply reshape the energy and resource requirements of the wider system and its environmental pressures.
Before joining the group, I conducted research in biosensors and in-vitro diagnostics and completed an MSc in Industrial Ecology. In my free time, I enjoy sports, chess, and hiking.