Edgar Berrezueta is a Geological Engineer (ESPOL, 1998), MSc in Geological Technologies (UPM, Ulloa Grant, 2000) and PhD in Geological Engineering (UPM, EU Grant, 2004). He completed a postdoc funded by the MEC (2008) at UNIOVI (Spain), GSC (Canada) and UH (Finland). Since 2009, he has been a Senior Research Scientist at the IGME-CSIC.
His work focuses on the quantification of petrographic parameters through Image Analysis for the characterization of geological H₂/CO₂ storage reservoirs, metallic ores and material strength. He also collaborates on geodiversity studies. He coordinated the CYTED Network Mining XXI (2009–2013) and currently leads the FormatGeo Network (LINCGLOBAL 2025–2027). Since 2006, he has participated in EU, National and technology-transfer projects, and has supervised MSc/ BSc theses, student internships and technical contracts.
Since Sept 2025, he is Head of the GeoEnergy Group (CN IGME-CSIC). Co-author of 100+ scientific papers (ORCID: 0000-0002-2667-7461
) and numerous conference and technical contributions.