Carlos Quiroz-Arita

Carlos Quiroz-Arita, PhD, has over 20 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering and energy systems. He has managed and contributed to more than 30 projects involving wastewater and water resource systems, municipal solid waste management, and agricultural waste anaerobic digestion across Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Dr. Quiroz-Arita has served as Principal Investigator (PI) for numerous high-impact initiatives, including the DOE Energy I-Corps program, Sandia’s University Partnerships LDRD program, and DARPA/DoD system integration efforts. He currently leads process simulations, techno-economic analysis (TEA), and life cycle assessments (LCA) for several Department of Energy (DOE) and Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) projects focused on biorefinery systems and emerging biotechnologies. He was also recognized as Sandia’s PI for the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) project on waste analysis and transportation end-use strategies. An accompli