Fernando Aguilar Lopez

About

I am a PhD candidate in the Industrial Ecology Programme in Prof. Daniel B. Müller's group. I have a background in Physics (BSc.) which I completed at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) in 2017 and in Energy Management and Sustainability (MSc.) from EPFL with an emphasis on energy storage and dynamic modelling completed in 2019.

Aside from my academic projects, I conducted an internship at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) where I performed a case study on policies and regultions for private sector mini-grids and conducted an impact assessment of electrification in rural areas in developing countries.

My research now focuses on the material availability for lithium-ion batteries in the electric mobility sector, particularly, in how their supply could be ensured through recycling. To this end, I use modelling techniques such as material flow analysis to investigate the different options to solve this problem, model intended and unintended consequences of these options, and support decision making for politicians and industry stakeholders.

I greatly enjoy collaborating with researchers and students from multiple disciplines so don't hesitate to get in touch!

Publications

Media

2022

Academic lecture

Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Müller, Daniel B.. (2022) Evaluating strategies for managing resource use in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles using the global MATILDA model. Society and Materials Conference ; 2022-11-08 - 2022-11-09.
Poster

Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Müller, Daniel B.. (2022) Evaluating the strategies for managing resource use in lithium-ion batteries using the global MATILDA model. Gordon Research Conference ; 2022-06-13 - 2022-06-17.
Academic lecture

Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Müller, Daniel B.. (2022) Modelling approaches to product-component systems: A case study of electric vehicles and their batteries. International Society for Industrial Ecology - Socioeconomic Metabolism ; 2022-09-19 - 2022-09-21.
Academic lecture

Billy, Romain Guillaume; Young, Eric Edward Cameron S Dun; Cormery, Marceau; Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Mueller, Daniel Beat. (2022) Aluminium and Nickel uses in electric vehicles pose challenges for recycling and GHG emissions. 16th Society And Materials Conference . SAM; Virtual. 2022-11-08 - 2022-11-09.
Academic lecture

Billy, Romain Guillaume; Young, Eric Edward Cameron S Dun; Cormery, Marceau; McNeil, Brent; Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Mueller, Daniel Beat. (2022) Carbon footprint & circularity challenges for electric vehicles - Main outcomes from the BATMAN project. SALEMA Workshop - Driving sustainable aluminium: recycling and critical raw materials for aluminium alloys in e-mobility . European Aluminium; Virtual. 2022-11-08 - 2022-11-09.
Lecture

Billy, Romain Guillaume; Mueller, Daniel Beat; Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Young, Eric Edward Cameron S Dun; McNeil, Brent; Cormery, Marceau Jean-Paul Christian. (2022) Introduction to Material Flow Analysis and applications to battery materials. HyProS Geminisenter Seminar . HyProS Geminisenter (Hydrokjemisk prosessteknologi i den sirkulære økonomien); NTNU Trondheim. 2022-11-09 - 2022-11-09.

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