Dr Jenniffer Pedraza
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Biography
Jenniffer’s research focuses on Supporting the National Planning Actions to reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) emissions including methane mitigation roadmaps and co-benefits assessment in partnership with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. Her work has been implemented mainly in Latin American countries such as Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Dominican Republic, Argentina and Guatemala. She is also currently developing an integrated regional SLCP and greenhouse gas emissions inventory for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and health impacts assessments as part of the FOCI project.
Jenniffer has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and her specialism was carbon capture, storage, and utilization in industry. She has further research experience in energy transition and decarbonization, life cycle analysis and carbon footprints.
She joined SEI York from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development in Colombia, where she was engaged in work on formulating and implementing the Air Quality and SLPCs national strategies. Jenniffer is a member of the Latin America Early Career Earth System Scientist Network which supports the work of Earth system scientists in the region. Read more about LAECESS in this 2022 issue of Nature: Climate and Atmospheric Science.
