Tell us about yourself.

My name is Georgina Izquierdo Montalvo, graduated with a PhD degree in solid satate chemistry from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Now I am working at the National Institute of Electricity and Clean Energies (INEEL) in Mexico. Since 1981 I have been working as a researcher at the geothermal department at INEEL. I am an analytical geochemist, working mainly in water rock interaction in geothermal systems. I also do administrative work and responsible for research. I am very happy to work with the generation of young researchers.

I consider myself very lucky because I had the opportunity to work with the geoogical materia from the main geothermal fields in Mexico. In my early years I had the chance to work in such research centers as Kyushu University in Japan, CREGU in France and USGS in the United States. In 1981 at the University of Riverside I was lucky to meet Dr. Wilfred Elders with whom we are working until the present day! In the past I was president and vice-president of the Mexican Geothermal Association (AGM).