Janire Pascual Gonzalez

Janire Pascual-Gonzalez (she/her/hers) joins the Public Administration and International Affairs Department in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in fall 2024 as a research assistant professor.

Prior to joining Syracuse University, Pascual-Gonzalez was a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Department of Engineering at the East Carolina University-constituent institution of the University of North Carolina. Prior to that, she served as a post-doctoral researcher at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.

Pascual-Gonzalez’s research focuses on net-zero transitions and quantifying and evaluating the U.S. biobased economy with specific focus on chemicals, energy, fuels and consumer products, and the environmental and economic implications spanning from agriculture, climate and water to economics and job growth as well as trade.

She is a published author on reports for agencies of the U.S. government as well as peer-reviewed journal articles. Pascual-Gonzalez is currently senior project manager on a recent 5-year USDA Climate Smart Commodities grant of $60 million. Additionally, Pascual-Gonzalez has been called upon to give presentations on her work, most recently in Washington, D.C., in November 2023 serving on a panel with the governor of Nebraska and the highest ranked political appointee for USDA-ORD.

Pascual-Gonzalez received the 2019 Centennial Award for Excellence in Spirit from East Carolina University. She earned a Ph.D. in 2015 in chemical, environmental and process engineering, a master's in chemical engineering and processes in 2011, and a bachelor’s in chemical engineering in 2009 from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.  

"Integrated system for management of chemical processes and related: process intensification, improvement of energy efficiency and sustainability", Sponsored by MEYC – Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

• Journal Articles
  • Etheridge, R., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Hochard, J., Peralta, A. L. and Voge, T. J., "Predicting nitrate exposure from groundwater wells using machine learning and meteorological conditions." JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2023.
  • Golden, J. S., Handfield, R., Tickner, ., Daystar, J., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Kronthal-Sacco, R., "The Convergence of Policies, Consumers and ESG: Five Examples Pulled from Recent Reports on the US Biobased Economy." Industrial Biotechnology, 2021.
  • Daystar, J., Handfield, R., Golden, J. S., McConnell, E. and Pascual Gonzalez, J., "An Economic Impact Analysis of the US Biobased Products Industry." Industrial Biotechnology, 2021.
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Jiménez-Esteller, L., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Siirola, J. and Grossmann, I., "Macro-economic multi-objective input-output model for minimizing CO2 emissions: Application to the US economy." AIChE Journal, 2016.
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Mateo-Sanz, J. M. and Jiménez-Esteller, L., "Statistical analysis of the ecoinvent database to uncover relationships between life cycle impact assessment metrics." Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016.
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Pozo, C., Guillén-Gosálbez, G. and Jiménez-Esteller, L., "Combined use of MILP and multi-linear regression to simplify LCA studies." Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2015.
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Mateo-Sanz, J. and Jiménez-Esteller, L., "Statistical analysis of global environmental impact patterns using a world multi-regional input–output database." Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015.
• Book Chapter
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G. and Jiménez, L., "Multi-objective optimization of US economy via multi-regional input-output analysis." In 24th European symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Elsevier, B.V, 2014.
• Technical Reports
  • Golden, J. S., Ha, H., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Aguilar-Mogas, A., Brown, T., Otis, A. and Radich, A., Indicators & Trends of the U.S. Biobased Economy: 2019 to 2021. Office of the Chief Economist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2023.
  • Golden, J. S., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Aguilar-Mogas, A., Paynter, S. R. and Radich , A. F., 2018 Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. Office of the Chief Economist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2021.
  • Parvathikar, S., Rao, V., Pratson, L., Vujic, T., Deshusses, M., Fay, ., Dupnock, T., Aguilar Mogas, A., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Paynter, S., Biogas Utilization in North Carolina: Opportunities and Impact Analysis. RTI International, 2021.
  • Golden, J. S., Handfield, R. B., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Morrison , B., 2017 Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. Office of the Chief Economist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2020.
  • Daystar, J., Handfeld, R. B., Pascual Gonzalez, J., McConnell, E. and Golden, J. S., An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry. A Joint Publication of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative at North Carolina State University and the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University, 2019.
  • Golden, J. S., Handfield, R., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Agsten, B., Brennan , T., Khan, . and True , E., Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of the Chief Economist, 2018.

AFCC Symposium, "A Preview of the National Climate Smart Commodities Database and Web Portal" (November, 2023)

Bryan, J. T., Carr, Z., Hilliard, T. E., Myers, C., Zahran, W., Morrison, B. C., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Golden, J. S., State Energy Conference of North Carolina, "Analyzing the Economic Impact of Biobased Ethanol Production in the United States" (April, 2018)

Carr, Z., Mullis, E., Myers, C., Zahran, W., Morrison, B. C., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Golden, J. S., State Energy Conference of North Carolina, "Biogas and Clean Energy Investment Potential in North Carolina" (April, 2018)

Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Mateo-Sanz, J. M., Jiménez-Esteller, L., American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, "Statistical analysis of global environmental impact patterns using a world multi-regional input–output database" (November, 2014)

Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Jimenez, L., 13th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering (13MCCE), "Multi-objective optimization of international economies via multi-regional input-output analysis: Application to the US economy" (October, 2014)

Centennial Award for Excellence in Spirit, East Carolina University (2019)

Doctor cum laude by unanimous decision, University Rovira i Virgili (2015)

Top student award in Chemical Engineering, University Rovira i Virgili (2011)

DOW Award for best project integrated 1st-4th, University Rovira i Virgili (2010)

Top student award in Industrial Technical Engineering Specializing in Industrial Chemistry, University Rovira i Virgili (2009)