Edna Rodriguez Calzado
Research Interests
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Carbon Capture and Storage
Energy Transition
Education
M.Sc., Energy and Earth Resources, The University of Texas at Austin, 2023
B.Sc., Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Professional History
Research Scientist Associate III, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2024-present
Research Scientist Associate II, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2023-2024
Graduate Research Assistant, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2021-2023
Staff and Field Geologist, RRC Companies, Round Rock, TX, 2018-2021
Research Scientists Associate I, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2017-2018
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Arzumanyan, M., Rodriguez Calzado, E., Lin, N., Bahadur, V., Das, J., Ko, T. L., and Koesterke, L., 2025, Geospatial suitability analysis for data center placement: a case study in Texas, USA: Sustainable Cities and Society, v. 131, no. 106687, 20 p., http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106687.
Lin, N., Arzumanyan, M., Rodriguez Calzado, E., and Nicot, J.-P., 2025, Water requirements for hydrogen production: assessing future demand and impacts on Texas water resources: Sustainability, v. 17, no. 2, article no. 385, 25 p., http://doi.org/10.3390/su17020385.
Rodriguez Calzado, E., Razm, S., and Lin, N., 2025, Assessing spatial feasibility for hydrogen hub development in South-Central U.S.: challenges, infrastructure synergy, and strategic planning: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, v. 111, p. 171-182, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.01.464.
Conference proceedings
Rodriguez Calzado, E., Hovorka, S. D., and Bump, A., 2022, Mapping CO2 Injectivity Potential Within Available CO2 Underground Storage Window in Sedimentary Rocks Across the United States, AGU Fall Meeting.
Rodriguez, E., Dickerson, P. W., and Stockli, D. F., 2017, New Zircon U-Pb Age Constrain of the Origin of Devil's River Uplift (SW Texas) and Insights into the Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic Evolution of the Southern Margin of Laurentia, AGU Fall Meeting.
Rodriguez, E., Hart, D. M., and Cardenas, M. B., 2016, Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions in a Semi-Arid Floodplain: Integrating Flow Path, Chemical, and Thermal Measurements, AGU Fall Meeting.
