Dr. Sergio Alejandro Ibarra-Espinosa

Atmospheric Scientist | Emissions Specialist | Data Scientist

Dr. Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa

About Me

I am an atmospheric scientist specializing in emissions inventories, climate modeling, and air pollution analysis. Currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at NOAA GML and CIRES/CU Boulder.

Education

  • PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, USP (2017)
  • MSc in Environmental Planning, U. Chile (2011)
  • BSc in Environmental Science, UTEM (2007)

Experience

  • Postdoc at NOAA/CIRES (2022-present)
  • Postdoc at Nuclear Energy Research Inst. (2021-2022)
  • Postdoc at Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)

Skills

  • R, Python, Fortran
  • WRF-Chem, VEIN, HYSPLIT
  • Machine Learning
  • Spatial Data Analysis

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)
  • Portuguese (Fluent)
  • English (Advanced)

Research Interests

Air Pollution Modeling

Developing high-resolution emissions inventories and atmospheric models for urban areas.

Vehicular Emissions

Bottom-up approaches for traffic emissions using the VEIN model.

Climate Change

Analyzing CH₄ and CO₂ fluxes and their climate impacts.

Data Science

Applying statistical and machine learning methods to environmental data.

Selected Publications

Multiscale CO budget estimates across South America

Lichtig P., Gaubert B., Ibarra-Espinosa S., et al.

JGR: Atmospheres (2024)

Vehicular Modeling

Changes in vehicular emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in São Paulo

Ibarra-Espinosa S., Rehbein A., Freitas E.D., et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (2022)

Vehicular COVID-19

Effects of Evaporative Emissions Control Measurements on Ozone

Ibarra-Espinosa S., Freitas E.D., Andrade M.D.F., et al.

Atmosphere (2022)

Climate Ozone

High resolution vehicular emissions in south-east Brazil

Ibarra-Espinosa S., Yuoue R.Y., Ropkins K., et al.

Atmospheric Environment (2020)

Vehicular Brazil

Software Development

VEIN

An R package for bottom-up vehicular emissions inventories with over 20,000 downloads.

150 GitHub stars 20K+ downloads
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EIXPORT

R package to export emissions to atmospheric models with 17,000+ downloads.

80 GitHub stars 17K+ downloads
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rtorf

Fast R package to read, process and plot NOAA/GML ObsPack data.

30 GitHub stars 5K+ downloads
View on GitHub

Latest Blog Posts

VEIN model
May 15, 2024

Advancements in the VEIN Model for Urban Emissions

Exploring the latest updates to the VEIN model and how it's being used in cities worldwide to improve air quality assessments.

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COVID-19 impact
March 28, 2024

COVID-19's Impact on Urban Air Quality

Analyzing how lockdown measures affected emissions patterns and what this tells us about sustainable urban mobility.

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Methane emissions
February 10, 2024

New Approaches to Methane Emission Quantification

Discussing innovative methods for measuring and modeling methane fluxes at regional scales.

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Research Locations

Research Locations

  • Current Location
  • Field Studies
  • Collaborations

Get In Touch

Email

sergio.ibarraespinosa@colorado.edu

Phone

+1 (720) 449-3424

Location

Boulder, Colorado, USA