Carlos Quiroz Arita
About Carlos Quiroz Arita
Carlos Quiroz Arita is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, specializing in sustainability trade-offs and advanced process simulations.
Title
Carlos Quiroz Arita serves as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories.
Company
Carlos Quiroz Arita currently works at Sandia National Laboratories in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been at the institution since 2021.
Professional Experience
Carlos Quiroz Arita has an extensive career spanning various roles. He has worked at Sandia National Laboratories in different capacities, including as an Advanced Biotechnology Systems Postdoctoral Appointee (2019-2021), and Graduate Intern focused on Biofuels R&D (2016-2018). Prior to his current role, he served at Idaho National Laboratory as a Bioenergy Logistics Modeling Postdoctoral Research Associate (2018-2019) and held positions such as a Senior Water & Wastewater Engineer at BIOTEC INTERNATIONAL in 2013, and an Associate Professor and Environmental Coordinator at EAP Zamorano from 2004 to 2013. Additionally, he has experience working as a private consulting engineer for over a decade.
Education and Expertise
Carlos Quiroz Arita holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. He also earned a Master's degree in Geo Environmental Technology from Central America Technologic University and a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from Catholic University of Honduras. His expertise includes system dynamics modeling, optimization, machine learning, fluid mechanics modeling, advanced process simulations, Techno-Economics Analysis, and the Life Cycle Assessment framework.
Focus Areas in Research
Carlos Quiroz Arita's research focuses on sustainability trade-offs involving water and wastewater, bioresources and bioproducts, and industrial decarbonization and energy conversion systems. He develops experimental data analysis, new models, and approaches to link laboratory-scale experiments with industrial-scale simulations.