Dr. Pedro Manuel Rodrigo Cruz studied industrial engineering at the University of Navarra and holds a Ph.D. in Renewable Energy from the University of Jaén, Spain. He was awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize at the University of Jaén. For 13 years, he has worked as a professor and researcher in the School of Engineering at the Aguascalientes campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( Universidad Panamericana ), where he currently holds the position of Tenured Researcher C. He previously served as Secretary of Research for that school and is currently the campus’s Director of Research.
A researcher in the field of solar photovoltaics, he is the author of 86 scientific publications indexed in Scopus (h-index: 25, number of citations: 1,905). He is also the author of four book chapters and two patents. He is a Level 1 member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of Mexico’s Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation (SECIHTI). He serves as a reviewer for high-impact journals such as *Applied Energy*, *Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells*, *Energy Conversion and Management*, etc.
He collaborates with several solar energy research networks both in Mexico and internationally. He has participated in various research projects in Spain and Mexico. He received the European Union’s Seal of Excellence for a project submitted under the Marie Skłodowska Curie calls for proposals. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Jaén with funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science. He teaches courses on Energy and Research Methodology at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( Universidad Panamericana ).
Research Areas
- Photovoltaic solar energy