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Group director and Programme 3 coordinator

Daniel David Otero Meza

PhD in Energy Engineering – Agro-industrial Engineer

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Programme 3

Modelling, data and artificial intelligence

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Daniel David Otero Meza is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at Universidad de Sucre and the director of INGEBIR. He holds a PhD in Energy Engineering from Universidad de la Costa, with a thesis on the energy recovery of municipal solid waste, and a degree in Agro-industrial Engineering from Universidad de Sucre. He completed his doctorate with the Bicentennial Doctoral Excellence Scholarship of Colombia's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

His research brings together techno-economic assessment, exergy analysis and life cycle assessment of waste-to-energy routes, biomass valorisation by pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion, and stochastic modelling, compositional data analysis and machine learning. He has published in Energy Conversion and Management, Clean Technologies, BioEnergy Research, Biomass and Urban Science.

From 2019 to 2021 he advised on the design and structuring of science, technology and innovation projects for Colombia's General Royalties System, and from 2021 to 2025 he was co-investigator and coordinator of a Universidad de Sucre project on biorefineries and waste-to-energy technologies. In 2024 he coordinated the university's Master of Engineering. He also develops software and web applications with artificial intelligence.

Areas of expertise

  • Techno-economic assessment
  • Exergy analysis
  • Life cycle assessment
  • Waste to energy
  • Pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion
  • Stochastic modelling
  • Compositional data analysis
  • Machine learning
  • Software development

Education

  1. PhD in Energy Engineering

    Universidad de la Costa

    2020 – 2025

  2. Agro-industrial Engineering

    Universidad de Sucre

    2012 – 2017

Further training

  1. Full Stack Empresarial con Spring Boot y Angular

    Dev Senior Code

    2025

  2. Mathematics for Machine Learning, Linear Algebra

    Imperial College London

    2019

  3. Data curation and big data visualisation

    Fundación Carlos Slim

    2018

Experience

  1. Full-time professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering

    Universidad de Sucre

    Since 2025

  2. R&D&I consultant on generative-AI software

    Engineering company

    2025

  3. Coordinator of the Master of Engineering

    Universidad de Sucre

    2024

  4. Co-investigator and coordinator of an R&D project on biorefineries and waste to energy

    Universidad de Sucre

    2021 – 2025

  5. Adviser on science, technology and innovation project design for the General Royalties System

    Universidad de Sucre

    2019 – 2021

Awards

  1. Bicentennial Doctoral Excellence Scholarship

    Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

    2019

Academic review

  • Reviewer of proposals in scholarship calls at Universidad Simón Bolívar (2026).
  • Examiner of master's and undergraduate theses at Universidad de Sucre.

Publications

Output listed on the group website.

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  1. 2026
    ArticleOpen access

    Persistent coupling and institutionally driven recovery in Colombian municipal solid waste management

    Otero Meza, D. D., Sagastume Gutiérrez, A., & Cabello Eras, J. J.

    Urban Science, 10(8), 472. doi:10.3390/urbansci10080472

  2. 2026
    Article

    Analysis of hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) for electricity supply in off-grid regions based on techno-economic analysis

    Solarte-Toro, J. C., Otero Meza, D. D., Salcedo Mendoza, J. G., & Cardona Alzate, C. A.

    BioEnergy Research, 19(1), 94. doi:10.1007/s12155-025-10933-w

  3. 2026
    ArticleOpen access

    A spatial multi-criteria framework for data-driven anaerobic co-digestion substrate selection in tropical regions

    Hernández Ruydíaz, J. E., Otero Meza, D. D., Cabello Eras, J. J., Salcedo Mendoza, J. G., Novoa Pérez, C. A., Meza Sanmartín, C. A., Lozano Polo, M. J., Salgado Angulo, K. J., Arroyo Dagobeth, E. D., & Tuirán Romero, L. C.

    Biomass, 6(2), 25. doi:10.3390/biomass6020025

  4. 2026
    PreprintOpen access

    Thermochemical valorization of cassava residues for bioenergy. Integrated kinetic analysis and reactor modeling

    Lozano, M., Arrubla-Vélez, J. P., Arias Teherán, J. D., Solarte-Toro, J. C., Cardona Alzate, C. A., Bustamante, Y. B., Otero Meza, D. D., & Salcedo Mendoza, J. G.

    SSRN (preprint). doi:10.2139/ssrn.6263854

  5. 2025
    ArticleOpen access

    The energy transition in Colombia. Government projections and realistic scenarios

    Sagastume Gutiérrez, A., Cabello Eras, J. J., & Otero Meza, D. D.

    Clean Technologies, 7(4), 96. doi:10.3390/cleantechnol7040096

  6. 2025
    ArticleOpen access

    Co-pelletization of rice husk and corncob residues. Evaluation of physicochemical properties and combustion performance

    Arroyo Dagobeth, E. D., Otero Meza, D. D., Cabello Eras, J. J., Moya Rodríguez, J. L., & Salcedo Mendoza, J. G.

    Recycling, 10(5), 173. doi:10.3390/recycling10050173

Theses supervised

  1. PhDCompleted (2026)Laureate distinction

    Valorización energética mediante cogasificación a pequeña escala de cascarilla de arroz y tusa de maíz peletizadas

    Eduardo David Arroyo Dagobeth – PhD in Energy Engineering, Universidad de la Costa

    Co-supervised by Daniel Otero Meza

  2. PhDIn progress

    Marco metodológico multidimensional de evaluación de escenarios para el aprovechamiento energético de residuos agropecuarios mediante codigestión anaerobia

    Jorge Hernández Ruydíaz – PhD in Energy Engineering, Universidad de la Costa

    Co-supervised by Daniel Otero Meza

  3. Master'sCompleted (2025)

    Evaluación de la sostenibilidad tecnoeconómica de la producción de biometano mediante codigestión anaerobia de residuos agrícolas y pecuarios en el departamento de Sucre

    Camilo Andrés Meza San Martín – Master of Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Supervised by Daniel Otero Meza

  4. Master'sIn progress

    Evaluación del proceso de carbonización hidrotérmica con residuos sólidos agroindustriales generados en el departamento de Sucre

    Diego Francisco Narváez Guerrero – Master of Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Co-supervised by Daniel Otero Meza

  5. UndergraduateCompleted (2026)Laureate distinction

    Evaluación de la producción de biocarbón tipo pélet a partir de tusa de maíz mediante pirólisis lenta

    Dusan Gavit Vergara Alemán – Agro-industrial Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Supervised by Daniel Otero Meza and Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth

  6. UndergraduateCompleted (2026)Laureate distinction

    Análisis termogravimétrico de la descomposición de la fracción lignocelulósica de los residuos sólidos municipales de Sincelejo, Sucre

    Dael Antonio Cuello Almario – Agro-industrial Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Supervised by Daniel Otero Meza, co-supervised by Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth

  7. UndergraduateIn progress

    Análisis de viabilidad técnica, económica y ambiental de la implementación de proyectos de residuos a energía en el relleno sanitario El Oasis ubicado en Sincelejo

    Camila Sofía Gómez Medina – Agro-industrial Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Supervised by Daniel Otero Meza, co-supervised by Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth

  8. UndergraduateIn progress

    Evaluación termocinética y exergética de la copirólisis de tocón de yuca y fibra de palma de aceite mediante análisis termogravimétrico en el departamento de Sucre

    Mariana Sofía Villadiego Castillo – Agro-industrial Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Supervised by Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth, co-supervised by Daniel Otero Meza

  9. UndergraduateIn progress

    Evaluación técnico-económica y ambiental de la valorización energética de residuos sólidos municipales mediante machine learning y simulación de Monte Carlo en Sincelejo

    Samuel David Pizarro Orozco – Agro-industrial Engineering, Universidad de Sucre

    Supervised by Daniel Otero Meza, co-supervised by Eduardo Arroyo Dagobeth

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