Albert Martin Baena Regel, M.A.U.I.
Research Associate
NameMr Albert Martin Baena Regel
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Academic Background
- Since 2023: PhD studies at TU Dresden / IHI Zittau: dissertation on "Capability of Social (SLCA) and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Analysis of the Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector – Case Study in the Amazonian Rainforest in Nangaritza, Ecuador" (since September 2023). Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
- December 2019 - July 2022: ITPE, Merida, Yucatan: Master's in Business Administration and Innovation, supported by CONACYT.
- August 2005 - September 2011: Marist University, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: Bachelor's in Natural Resource Management.
Professional Experience
- Since 2023: Lecturer in a diploma course on Real Estate Development focusing on sustainability and environmental regulation. Marist University of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- Since 2023: Member of the National Agricultural Council – Yucatan.
- Since 2022: Teacher for "Sustainable Water Use" at Anahuac Mayab University, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- Since 2022: Signing cooperation agreements with COMAGA (Consortium of Municipalities Amazonas and Galapagos) and Red Andina from Colombia through Óox – Beh, to establish payment for environmental services (PES) and implement projects with a sustainable approach.
- Since 2020: Ambassador Activist of "Misión Resistencia" on Human Rights Day A.C.
- Since 2020: Director of the "Environmental Commercial Promotion Unit" (UFCA) / Oox – Beh, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- 2017 - 2019: Director of the Decentralized Municipal Public Institution of the Natural Protected Area "Cuxtal," Merida, Yucatan.
- 2016 - 2017: Research Associate in the Department of Bioenergy and Biorefinery at the German Biomass Research Centre in Leipzig.
- 2014: Research Associate at the Chair of Infrastructure and Resource Management, University of Leipzig.
- 2010 - 2012: Assistant in the Ecology/Biotechnology Department of the salt industry in Yucatan.
- 2011 - 2012: Environmental Consultant at INSISA.
- 2007 - 2010: Assistant at the environmental consulting firm "Vidal y Asociados," Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Research Interests
- Sustainability assessment
- Environmental impact assessment
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA)
- Hydroponics and sustainable agriculture
Publications
- Contribution to the publication "Sustainability assessment through eco-efficiency analysis for decentralized wastewater treatment plants in Germany" (2016 - 2017).
- Newspaper columnist for the " Daily newspaper Yucatan " (since 2022).