Albert Martin Baena Regel, M.A.U.I.
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Research Associate
NameMr Albert Martin Baena Regel
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Academic Background
- Since 2023: PhD studies at TU Dresden / IHI Zittau: dissertation on "Capability of Social (SLCA) and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Analysis of the Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector – Case Study in the Amazonian Rainforest in Nangaritza, Ecuador" (since September 2023). Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
- December 2019 - July 2022: ITPE, Merida, Yucatan: Master's in Business Administration and Innovation, supported by CONACYT.
- August 2005 - September 2011: Marist University, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: Bachelor's in Natural Resource Management.
Professional Experience
- Since 2023: Lecturer in a diploma course on Real Estate Development focusing on sustainability and environmental regulation. Marist University of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- Since 2023: Member of the National Agricultural Council – Yucatan.
- Since 2022: Teacher for "Sustainable Water Use" at Anahuac Mayab University, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- Since 2022: Signing cooperation agreements with COMAGA (Consortium of Municipalities Amazonas and Galapagos) and Red Andina from Colombia through Óox – Beh, to establish payment for environmental services (PES) and implement projects with a sustainable approach.
- Since 2020: Ambassador Activist of "Misión Resistencia" on Human Rights Day A.C.
- Since 2020: Director of the "Environmental Commercial Promotion Unit" (UFCA) / Oox – Beh, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- 2017 - 2019: Director of the Decentralized Municipal Public Institution of the Natural Protected Area "Cuxtal," Merida, Yucatan.
- 2016 - 2017: Research Associate in the Department of Bioenergy and Biorefinery at the German Biomass Research Centre in Leipzig.
- 2014: Research Associate at the Chair of Infrastructure and Resource Management, University of Leipzig.
- 2010 - 2012: Assistant in the Ecology/Biotechnology Department of the salt industry in Yucatan.
- 2011 - 2012: Environmental Consultant at INSISA.
- 2007 - 2010: Assistant at the environmental consulting firm "Vidal y Asociados," Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Projects, teaching and activities
- Co-teaching the course at IHI / TUD “Resource Management and Sustainability” with Prof. Dr. Remmer Sassen during the winter semester.
- Participation in the international MAYA-CO₂ research initiative, including the preparation of a third-party funding proposal under the DFG programme “Cooperation with Developing Countries” together with Mexican partner institutions. Attendance at the signing of the cooperation agreement between TU Dresden and CICY Mérida on 11 March 2026.
- Member of the winning “SaxonLi” team at the International TUD|excite Summer School 2025.
Research Interests
- Sustainability assessment
- Environmental impact assessment
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA)
- Hydroponics and sustainable agriculture
Conference contributions
- S-LCA 2026, Bogor, Indonesia: Oral presentation “Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment for Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nangaritza, Ecuador: Integrating Organized Crime into Impact Assessment”, with Kulsith Bimsara Dodampe Gamage, 19 June 2026 (Abstract ID 116).
- WK NAMA/PROD 2025, TU Chemnitz: Two accepted contributions: “Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) for Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Nangaritza, Ecuador” (ID 139) and “Political Ecology for Regeneration - Rethinking Business Values inspired by the Latin American Perspective”, with Stefanie Kast and Remmer Sassen (ID 125). Programme
- Dresden Nexus Conference 2025: Oral presentation “Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) for Sustainable Artisanal Gold Mining: Addressing Organized Crime and Ecosystem Impact in Nangaritza, Ecuador”, 9 April 2025.
- Participation in the IOER conference “Space & Transformation: Living in Harmony with Nature”, Dresden, 26-27 September 2024.
Higher education teaching and academic training
- “Starterkit Teaching and Learning”, TU Dresden, 17 September 2024.
- “Intercultural Aspects of Teaching and Learning at University”, Hochschuldidaktik Sachsen, 6 December 2024.
- “A Space to Learn - Space as a Learning and Teaching Tool”, Hochschuldidaktik Sachsen, 27 March 2025.
- “Learning in Community: Interaction, Collaboration and Cooperation in Higher Education”, Hochschuldidaktik Sachsen, 15 April 2025.
- Ph.D. seminar “Publishing in Leading Journals” with Prof. Ajay Kohli, Leipzig University and the Saxon Doctoral Program in Management Research, 12-13 July 2024.
Publications
- Contribution to the publication "Sustainability assessment through eco-efficiency analysis for decentralized wastewater treatment plants in Germany" (2016 - 2017).
- Newspaper columnist for the " Daily newspaper Yucatan " (since 2022).
- Baena Regel, A. M., & Dodampe Gamage, K. B. (2025). Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) for Sustainable Artisanal Gold Mining: Addressing Organized Crime and Ecosystem Impact in Nangaritza, Ecuador. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management: Global to Local (pp. 202-203). ISBN 978-3-00-084166-8. Proceedings
- Kast, S., Baena Regel, A. M., (forthcoming). Political Ecology for Regeneration - Rethinking Business Values inspired by the Latin American Perspective. In Edward Elgar Companion on Sustainable Business Models. Edward Elgar Publishing. Accepted for publication and currently under editorial preparation.