His passion is to address and solve problems at the interface of climate change and sustainability that arise in many different fields, such as supply chain, energy efficiency, low carbon economy, carbon capture and storage, smart city, smart manufacturing, sustainable and resilience supply chain, and sustainable operations management. Current research of Dr. Santibanez-Gonzalez is characterized by integrating mathematical models, big-data, blockchain and internet technology to understand, model and provide practical solutions to companies and organizations that need to address climate change and sustainability problems. His experience in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management and Operations Research with a PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in a joint program with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) gives him a good understanding of how to integrate information technology with quantitative methods to solve real-life problems. He is serving as Associate Editor of Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (Springer), Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications (Emerald, new journal), International Journal of Big Data Mining for Global Warming, and Heliyon Business and Economics (Elsevier). He is also Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Operations and Computers, a new journal sponsored by Chinese Academy of Science and Elsevier. He has been the Managing Guest Editor of several special issues in top-tier journals including European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Production Research, Sustainability, and Guest Editor for special issues in journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Industrial Engineering, and Science of Total Environment. He has also served as regional editor for International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Emerald). During the last five years, he has published more than 50 papers in top-tier journals. He has had visiting appointments at several universities in Brazil, China and the United Kingdom, the last being, before the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, at the London Business School. Currently, he is supervising and co-supervising graduate students in Brazil, Chile and China. He leads the Circular Economy and Sustainability 4.0 Initiative (CES4.0), is a member of the Board of Directors (Counsellor) – National Forestry Society of Chile (SNF), and has developed more than 80 research, innovation and consulting projects providing solutions to real problems in different countries of the world in industrial sectors such as Energy, Retail, Mining, Agri-food, Forestry, Logistics and Oil and Gas.

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Sua paixão é abordar e resolver problemas na interface das mudanças climáticas e sustentabilidade que surgem em muitos campos diferentes, como cadeia de suprimentos, eficiência energética, economia de baixo carbono, captura e armazenamento de carbono, cidade inteligente, manufatura inteligente, cadeia de suprimentos sustentável e resilientes, e gestão de operações sustentáveis. A pesquisa atual do Dr. Santibanez-Gonzalez é caracterizada pela integração de modelos matemáticos, big-data, blockchain e tecnologia da Internet para entender, modelar e fornecer soluções práticas para empresas e organizações que precisam abordar as mudanças climáticas e os problemas de sustentabilidade. Sua experiência em Engenharia Industrial, Gestão de Operações e Pesquisa Operacional com doutorado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) em programa conjunto com a London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) lhe dá um bom conhecimento sobre como integrar a tecnologia da informação com métodos quantitativos para resolver problemas da vida real. Ele está atuando como Editor Associado do Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (Springer), Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications (Emerald, novo periódico), International Journal of Big Data Mining for Global Warming, e Heliyon Business e Economics (Elsevier). Ele também é editor-chefe de Sustainable Operations and Computers, um novo periódico patrocinado pela Academia Chinesa de Ciências e pela Elsevier. Ele tem sido o Editor Convidado de várias edições especiais em periódicos de primeira linha, incluindo European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Production Research, Sustainability e Editor Convidado para edições especiais em periódicos como International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Industrial Engineering, e Science of the Total Environment. Ele também atuou como editor regional do International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Emerald). Durante os últimos cinco anos, ele publicou mais de 50 artigos em periódicos de primeira linha. Já teve nomeações como professor visitante em várias universidades do Brasil, China e Reino Unido, sendo a última, antes da pandemia COVID-19, por exemplo, na London Business School (LBS). Atualmente, ele está supervisionando e co-orientando alunos de pós-graduação no Brasil, Chile e China. Lidera a Iniciativa Economia Circular e Sustentabilidade 4.0 (CES4.0), é membro do Conselho de Administração (Conselheiro) - Sociedade Florestal Nacional do Chile (SNF) e já desenvolveu mais de 80 projetos de pesquisa, inovação e consultoria em soluções a problemas reais em diferentes países do mundo em setores industriais como Energia, Varejo, Mineração, Agroalimentar, Florestal, Logística e Petróleo e Gás.