Sergio García Mejía

Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Fellowship Institution:

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Start Year:

2022

Sergio García Mejía is an Ocean Energy Environmental Science & Policy Fellow at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Environmental Programs. Sergio is also a PhD student of the Civil & Environmental Engineering department in the Center for Disaster Resilience at the University of Maryland (UMD). His research explores the intersections between infrastructure resilience, household recovery, disaster aid, and disaster management, explicitly concerning their manifestations in multi-hazard-prone locations and vulnerable populations. Sergio graduated from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala with a BA in Civil Engineering. He then came to the US with the Fulbright Foreign Student Program to obtain an MSc in Civil & Environmental Engineering at UMD. Sergio has significant experience working in municipal and non-profit organizations in rural and semi-rural environments in Guatemala. In his free time, Sergio enjoys rock climbing and playing the saxophone.

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