Alejandra Tovar Gaviria

Geologist

Geological Survey of Belgium

Earth and History of life

Alejandra Tovar Gaviria

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Function

Alejandra has been working as a Hydrogeologist at the RBINS - Geological Survey of Belgium since 2021. Alejandra is part of the GeoEnergy research team, where she contributes to the development and application of techno-economic methods for the assessment of sustainable subsurface solutions for the energy transition. Her projects also involve the integration of geological solutions in full-chain assessments for providing decision support under uncertainty.

Research team: Geological Survey of Belgium
Research theme: Geosciences for a sustainable Society

 

Current Project(s)

Project LEILAC-2
GSEU

 

Area of Expertise

Alejandra has expertise in geo-techno-economic assessments of Carbon Capture transport and Storage (CCS) value chains, the application of the United Nations Framework for resource Classification (UNFC) to critical raw materials and injection projects, and GIS mapping.

 

External activities

Expert representative for Belgium on the United Nations Framework for resource Classification (UNFC) and its role in the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)

 

Publication highlights

Tovar, Alejandra, Piessens, Kris, & Welkenhuysen, Kris. (2023). Earth sciences at the centre of the energy transition. European Geologist, 55.