Fernando Garcia Menendez
Assistant Professor

- 919-513-7778
- f_garcia@ncsu.edu
- Fitts-Woolard Hall 3177
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Dr. Fernando Garcia Menendez uses computational modeling and data analysis to explore interdisciplinary questions related to air pollution, climate change, and environmental policy. His research group’s work focuses on developing tools based on numerical methods, uncertainty analysis, and integrated assessment modeling to simulate interactions between environmental and human systems. He is a member of the Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering and Computing and Systems research cores within the department.
Dr. Garcia Menendez received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed his M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Prior to joining NC State, he was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Global Change Science and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Garcia Menendez has also spent time working in industry and environmental advocacy.
Education
Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
Chemical Engineering
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Research Description
Dr. Garcia Menendez’s research interests include air quality, environmental policy, and high-performance computing. His research is focused on developing computational tools based on numerical methods, uncertainty analysis, and integrated assessment modeling to simulate interactions between environmental and human systems. Current research includes efforts to simulate the effect of forest fires on atmospheric chemistry, evaluate the impacts of climate change mitigation policies on air quality, and assess uncertainty in projections of health effects associated with air pollution.
Publications
- Climate Model Response Uncertainty in Projections of Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality
- , (2020). In Springer Proceedings in Complexity. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_69
- The Influence of Prescribed Fire on Fine Particulate Matter Pollution in the Southeastern United States
- Afrin, S., & Garcia‐Menendez, F. (2020), Geophysical Research Letters, 47(15). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088988
- Towards an improved understanding of greenhouse gas emissions and fluxes in tropical peatlands of Southeast Asia
- , (2020). Sustainable Cities and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101881
- Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States
- , (2020). Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 70(10), 961–970. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2020.1813217
- African American Exposure to Prescribed Fire Smoke in Georgia, USA
- Johnson Gaither, C., Afrin, S., Garcia-Menendez, F., Odman, M. T., Huang, R., Goodrick, S., & Ricardo da Silva, A. (2019), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(17), 3079. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173079
- Effect of Health-Related Uncertainty and Natural Variability on Health Impacts and Cobenefits of Climate Policy
- Saari, R. K., Mei, Y., Monier, E., & Garcia-Menendez, F. (2019), Environmental Science & Technology, 53(3), 1098–1108. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05094
- Natural Variability in Projections of Climate Change Impacts on Fine Particulate Matter Pollution
- Pienkosz, B. D., Saari, R. K., Monier, E., & Garcia‐Menendez, F. (2019), Earth's Future, 7(7), 762–770. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001195
- Maximizing ozone signals among chemical, meteorological, and climatological variability
- Brown-Steiner, B., Selin, N. E., Prinn, R. G., Monier, E., Tilmes, S., Emmons, L., & Garcia-Menendez, F. (2018), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(11), 8373–8388. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8373-2018
- Maximizing Ozone Signals Among Chemical, Meteorological, and Climatological Variability
- Brown-Steiner, B., Selin, N. E., Prinn, R. G., Monier, E., Tilmes, S., Emmons, L., & Garcia-Menendez, F. (2017, November 28), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, Vol. 11, pp. 1–38. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017-954
- Supplementary material to "Maximizing Ozone Signals Among Chemical, Meteorological, and Climatological Variability"
- Brown-Steiner, B., Selin, N. E., Prinn, R. G., Monier, E., Tilmes, S., Emmons, L., & Garcia-Menendez, F. (2017, November 28). , (Vol. 11). Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017-954-supplement
Grants
- Comparing the Costs of an Operational Prescribed Burning Program to those of Unplanned Wildfires
- US Dept. of Interior (DOI)(1/01/20 - 2/28/21)
- Optimal Use of Grid-Connected Energy Storage to Reduce Human Health Impacts
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(11/15/19 - 10/31/22)
- CAREER: A Modeling and Educational Framework to Support Air Quality Management in a Smoky Atmosphere
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(8/15/18 - 1/31/24)
- Quantifying Adverse Impacts of Smoke Exposure from the Fall of 2016 Southeast Wildfires on North Carolina Public Health
- NCSU Center for Human Health and the Environment(7/01/17 - 6/30/18)
- Southern Integrated Prescribed Fire Information System for Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Joint Fire Science Program(10/01/16 - 6/30/19)