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Dr. Daniel Perez Astudillo
Scientist
Dr. Daniel Perez Astudillo
Scientist
Educational Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
Master of Science, Applied Physics
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Biography
Daniel received his doctoral degree in physics in 2006, in the field of High-Energy Experimental Particle Physics (HEP), working on the phenomenology of HEP within the H1 Collaboration, using experimental data from the H1 detector and HERA accelerator at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), in Hamburg, Germany, performing simulations and analyzing data, in addition to being involved in the operation, maintenance and control of the H1 Central Silicon Tracking detector. He also has postdoctoral experience working in the simulation of radiotherapy accelerators for medical physics applications and physics with the ALICE detector of the Large Hadron Collider. He joined QEERI in 2012 to work on Solar Resource Assessment, mainly working on ground measurements and data analysis of solar radiation.
Bachelor’s degree
Industrial Engineering; Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida; Merida, Mexico.
1997
Master of Science, Applied Physics
CINVESTAV-Merida; Merida, Mexico.
2001
Doctor of Science, Applied Physics
CINVESTAV-Merida. Merida, Mexico.
2006
Doctoral degree in Physics
CINVESTAV Merida; in the field of High-Energy Experimental Particle Physics (HEP), working on the phenomenology of HEP within the H1 Collaboration at DESY in Hamburg, Germany.
2001-2006
Postdoctoral stay
CINVESTAV-Mexico; two fields: Medical Physics and High Energy Physics.
2007-2008
Postdoctoral stay
CIEMAT-Madrid, Spain; in Supercomputation and Monte Carlo techniques for radiotherapy applications.
2008-2009
Research Scientist
QEERI Doha, Qatar; in Solar Resource Assessment.
2012-present
Ground measurements of Global Horizontal Irradiation in Doha, Qatar. Renewable Energy 71:32-36. Doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.005
Deriving solar direct normal irradiance using lidar-ceilometer. Solar Energy 110:316-324. Doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.09.022
Variability of measured Global Horizontal Irradiation throughout Qatar. Solar Energy 119:169-178. Doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.06.045
An adaptive multi-modeling approach to solar nowcasting. Solar Energy 125:77-85. Doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.041
Analysis of the long-term solar potential for electricity generation in Qatar. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 73:1231-1246. Doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.125