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SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Edwar Hernando
HERRERA OTERO

Profesor sin foto

Director
of the GMPH Research Group

Position 2

CONTACT

Information

edherote@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3213

GENERAL

Biography

PhD candidate in Geology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. He has 19 years of experience in the modeling and integrated characterization of oil fields, geostatistical modeling, numerical reservoir simulation, and sedimentary basin modeling. His background includes extensive experience in geological modeling and the validation of potential and prospectivity of renewable energy resources.

He serves as a project manager focused on the energy transition, including geothermal energy, natural hydrogen, and CO2 capture. Currently, he works as a full-time professor at the Universidad Industrial de Santander and is the director of projects associated with the energy transition in collaboration with the ANH and Universidad Industrial de Santander.

EDUCATION AND

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Geology


    Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 2024

  • Master in Geology


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2016

  • Geologist


    Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2005

Position 1

Director
of the GMPH Research Group

CONTACT

Information

edherote@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3213

AREAS OF

Expertise

  • Modelling and integrated characterisation of oilfields

  • Numerical simulation of reservoirs

  • Sedimentary Basin Modeling

  • Characterization of oil potential

OFFICE

Hours

Monday to friday

7:00 a.m. – 12 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Campus Central UIS, Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga, piso 1, oficina 141

Research

Group

Outstanding

Works

AWARDS AND

Recognitions

  • Leadership in the Presidency


    Red Colombiana de Posgrados, 2023

  • Elsevier sponsored Poster Presentation Award from the South America region


    at the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress, 2019

  • Associate Laureate Professor


    Universidad Industrial de Santander

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