Thiago A. Rodrigues is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto (UofT). He holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, where his research focused on assessing the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of autonomous delivery robots. After completing his PhD, Thiago worked as a strategic consultant, helping utility companies across North America become more resilient to climate change.
At UofT, Thiago is part of the Sustainable Systems Research Group, led by Professors Daniel Posen, Shoshanna Saxe, and Heather MacLean. His current work contributes to the Canadian Open Energy Outlook (CANOE) under the direction of Dr. Daniel Posen, with a focus on integrating the petroleum refining and transportation sectors to assess their systemic impacts on deep decarbonization pathways. Thiago is also an instructor in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at UofT, where he teaches a course on Innovative Technologies and Global Energy Systems to senior undergraduate and master’s students from a variety of disciplines.
Outside academia, Thiago enjoys board games, racket sports, and cooking with friends. Having recently moved to Toronto, he shares his apartment with his two cats, Che and Diego, who are looking forward to exploring the new city this summer.