JESÚS LUCERO EZQUERRO
Humanity, technology and passion to try to improve the planet
ABOUT ME
Dynamic Spanish candidate possessing a wealth of diverse experiences from volunteering to Earth Observation work. Having developed an impressive skillset from organizing multidisciplinary teams, empowering youth activities and remote sensing technologies. Managing a cross range of projects from concept to completion. Recognised as a team player working within multicultural environments. A wide technical knowledge; proficient in aerospace engineering understanding, GIS software, orbital mechanics, environmental phenomena and remote sensing. International exposure enhanced through experiences abroad. Strong communication skills (highlighted by linguistic adaptability), showcased further when working with others and through presentations in front of high profile and large audiences such as TEDx talks.
MY MISSION
What I am determined to do
EARTH OBSERVATION & DEEP SPACE MISSIONS
We shall apply the tools we have of satellites to understand the events that are happening around us. Having 3.5 years of experience in detecting oil spills in the ocean and managing forest services for firewall monitoring.
APPLYING CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Not the traditional Earth Observatoin engineer. Science and technology is fresh, it is fun and there are enough resources to make it accessible, comprehensible and enjoyable. It is not something to always do alone, working with others is always benefitial.
IMPROVING THE PLANET: LAND, AIR & OCEAN
The climate emergency is here and I am determined to dedicate all my efforts and knowledge to fight against it. By educating, studying and sharing together we can change our fate.
SKILLS
What I know how to do
FROM SPACE TO EARTH
Knowledge of remote sensing optical and SAR technology applied for structure monitoring, wildfire management and oil spills.
FIGHTING AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Experienced in social and environmental movements, having advocated for climate justice in United Nations environments.
SOLVING ENGINEERING CHALLENGES
Competent to work in a team concurrently and achieve success.
WORKING ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Individual with diverse experience in multicultural environments for the connection of people and the creation of synergies.
EXPERIENCE
Trajectory & involvement
EARTH OBSERVATION WRITER, AEDAE
- Earth Observation specialist content creator.
- Outreach and educaction on space and satellite subjects.
June 2025 - Present
EARTH OBSERVATION ENGINEER, INECO
January 2025 - Present
- Support to Spanish Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Española - AEE).
- Development of critical space infrastructure maps.
- Advice on the drafting of bidding documents for the construction and operation of satellites.
- Review of commercial technology proposals.
- Participation in the dissemination of the Copernicus program in Latin America, FPCUP.
- Management of documentation and meetings of European projects.
- Assistance in the design of the Spanish Collaborative Ground Segment.
- Preparation of databases of national space services and capabilities.
- Participation in Earth observation congresses applied to emergencies, science and geospatial analysis.
- Market studies for contracting satellite launching services.
- Meetings with potential clients and companies in the Spanish space sector.
- Analysis of experience data and interests of users of space technologies.
GEOSPATIAL ANALYST, COTESA
- Geospatial analysis of firewalls for wildifire management.
- Forest monitorization for wildfire prevention programs.
- Parametrization of fire variables for wildfire extinction procedures.
- Dataset creation for AI development.
- GIS software proficiency.
May 2024 - December 2024
EARTH OBSERVATION ANALYST, ORBITAL EOS
September 2020 - August 2023
Orbital EOS, based in Valencia, has a platform that, with its own artificial intelligence algorithm and images from ESA and NASA optical satellites and SAR, detecting marine pollution worldwide, also with work in infrastructure monitoring, algae blooms, sargassum, pollution events and variation of coastlines.
- Work in Earth Observation use for emergency management.
- GIS software & image processing.
- Emergency application of satellite products.
- Orbital mechanics software such as STK & Savoir.
MASTER THESIS IN EARTH OBSERVATION, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
- Master thesis research program under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Hobbs.
- Design of a geosynchronous orbit satellite mission.
- Focus on radar clutter effects and data analysis.
- Monitoring of soil moisture in Africa and the Mediterranean.
- MATLAB software implementation.
- SAR technology.
April 2020 - November 2020
MEMBER, SONET
July 2020 - September 2021
The Sustainable Offworld Network is a community of professionals in the academic and private sectors dedicated to the development of sustainable human settlements on other worlds, especially on the Moon and Mars.
We believe in the benefits space exploration has to society. Expanding the human experience to space has great potential for enhancing international cooperation, boosting research and innovation, and finding creative solutions to Earth problems.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ASSOCIATION POLAR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS
September 2020 - September 2021
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early career faculty members, early career professionals, educators and others with interests in Polar and Alpine regions and the wider cryosphere.
ASTRONOMY TRAINEE, CRANFIELD ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
October 2019 - August 2020
Member of the comitee and manager of Linkedin outreach
Also learning about:
-The Moon, features and history of observation.
-Mercury, transit.
-Star distance using parallax, mechanical and Earth based limitations.
-Introduction to Astrophotography.
-The Solar system: Sun, planets, meteors and comets.
-Geology of the Rocky Planets.
-Phases of Venus.
-Stellar Brightness.
-Cepheid variable stars and the Discovery of Galaxies.
-Nuclear synthesis in stars.
-The Cosmic Distance Scale.
-The Sun.
GROUP DESIGN PROJECT IN MARS SETTLEMENT
October 2019 - March 2020
- Design of hydroponic systems and extraterrestrial agricultural production for interplanetary missions.
- Waste management and recycling.
- ISRU for space missions.
- Experience in working in concurrent engineering organization.
Participant at European Mars Conference 2019. Held by Mars Society UK.
- High level lectures and talks attendee.
- Synergic interaction with Mars experts from all around the world.
- Representative of Cranfield University.
- Data collection for Group Design Project about Mars settlement.
POLAR SCIENCE TRAINEE, BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
March 2020 - November 2020
-Member of the Inclusion Program of BAS (British Antarctic Survey).
-Introduction to polar geopolitics.
-Introduction to Antarctic Sciences.
-Meeting with professionals of Earth observation and polar ice monitoring.
ESA CONCURRENT CHALLENGE, ESA
November 2019
-Part of the team of Communications and Data Handling.
-One week intense research of past space missions and technologies to design a computer and a communication system to satisfy the mission requirements.
-The mission was supposed so study one of Saturn moons, Enceladus.
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS IN REMOTE SENSING, T.U. MADRID
October 2018 - July 2019
- Final degree project in preliminary design of an Earth observation satellite for glacier monitoring in Sierra Nevada (Spain).
- Preliminary design of an Earth observation satellite.
- Monitoring of the glacial ice of Sierra Nevada.
- Design of a telescope for the payload.
- Design of the satellite orbit and its maintenance.
PAYLOAD ENGINEER, LEEM
September 2016 - January 2019
- Organization of Spanish Space Student event.
- Participation in the development of a stratospheric spacecraft.
- Initiation in Arduino.
- Collaboration in the post-flight braking system.
- Candidate to vicepresident during the year 2017-2018.
- Experience in the development of micro-rockets.
- Management of working teams up to 10 people in micro-rocket workshops.
JUNIOR ENGINEER, AEROMETALLIC - AERNOVA GROUP
July 2018 - August 2018
Support in review and analysis of client's special process standards:
- Painting
- Shot peening
- Machining
- Assembly
- Chemical processes
- NDT
Preparation of cross tables of customer requirements.
Support and performance of chemical laboratory tests.
Support to Engineering departments.
«One of the test of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.»
ARNOLD H. GLASOW
EDUCATION
Learning & living
MSC. IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
October 2023 - June 2025
- The objective of masterFUEGO is to contribute to the training of highly qualified personnel to meet the social demand for managing forest fire emergencies.
- Master Thesis in sate of the art anaylsis of remote sensing applications to fire management.
MSC. IN ASTRONAUTICS CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
October 2019 - October 2020
- Residence and Service Officer
- Student representative of 6,000 students.
- In charge of services like transport, libraries, facilities.
- Cooperation with the other student representatives.
- Meetings with academic authorities of the university and local community authorities.
- Decision making in determining porjects for the future of the university.
- Liason between students and university.
Modules: astrodynamics, advanced astrodynamics, space communications, space systems, space sensors, Earth observation and environment.
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
T.U. MADRID
September 2014 - July 2019
- Experience in Matlab, STK, Autocad, Catia and Fortran.
- Final degree project in preliminary design of an Earth observation satellite for glacier monitoring in Sierra Nevada (Spain).
- Preliminary design of an Earth observation satellite.
- Monitoring of the glacial ice of Sierra Nevada.
- Design of a telescope for the payload.
- Design of the satellite orbit and its maintenance.
HIGH SCHOOL STAY
LA SALLE SECONDARY SCHOOL CANADA
September 2012
- Navarre Government Scholarship for academic excellence.
- Stay for a month at a Canadian institute in Kingston, Ontario.
- American football team.
EVENTS
UNITED NATIONS COP26
Glasgow 2021
Participation representing Youth 4 Ocean.
UNITED NATIONS OCEAN CONFERENCE
Lisboa 2022
Participation representing Surfrider Foundation Europe.
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CLIMATE TRAINING
Brussels 2022
Learning about climate justice, intersectionality and activism.
1 PLANET 4 ALL - AYUDA EN ACCIÓN
Madrid 2022
Learning about climate change, natural space and nature recovery.
ERASMUS GENERATION MEETING
Porto 2022
Convention about international mobility, multiculturality and environment.
UNITED NATIONS SB58
Bonn, Germany 2023
Political incidence in the mid-year UNFCCC technical international gathering.
LCOY SPAIN 2023
Guadarrama 2023
Intersectional youth meet up for the creation of climate change proposals before COP28.
VOLUNTEERING
The more you give, the more you receive.
October 2022 - February 2023
June 2021 - November 2021
September 2022 - October 2023
- Climate change outreach talks
- Secondary education experience
- Public representation of the organization and network creation
January 2023 - July 2024
VALÈNCIA YOUTH COUNCIL,
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP MEMBER
- Environmental counceling
- Policy advising
- Youth empowering.
- Climate change outreach talks
- Secondary education experience
- Public representation of the organization and network creation
June 2021 - June 2024
YOUTH FOR OCEAN,
NETWORK MEMBER
- United Nations representative
- Meetings with high level EU and Spain representatives
- Advocacy for Global South rights and human rights
- Proposals for marine protection policies
- Climate change outreach talks
- Secondary education experience
- Public representation of the organization and network creation
September 2020 - September 2022
CLIMATE REALITY PROYECT,
VOLUNTEER
- Climate change outreach talks
- Secondary education experience
- Public representation of the organization and network creation
September 2020 - September 2021
ECOLOGISTS IN ACTION, VOLUNTEER
Ecologistas en Acción is aligned with the philosophy of social ecology, which regards all environmental problems (and many other social ones) as proceeding from the same source: an increasingly globalised sustainability.
September 2020 - August 2022
ESN SPAIN, CHAIR OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Head of Sustainability and Environment Committee.
- Creation resources for the 36 sections of the network.
- Creation of a carbon footprint calculator.
- Organized multiple beach clean ups with multiple associations and up to 30 volunteers.
- Managed sustainable activities with international students.
April 2020 - December 2021
CIRKEL UP, INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTION
CIRKEL is an intergenerational platform to close that loop through events in different cities, as well as a membership called CIRKEL Up, which curates monthly 1:1 introductions across generations.
May 2020 - December 2020
BAMMSAT ON BEXUS, COMMUNITY MANAGER
BAMMsat is the first CubeSat design to incorporate multicellular organisms. Nematode worms (C. Elegans) will be flown in the sample chambers, where experiments will be performing using multiple different reagents. The biological payload mechanism is cutting-edge technology, designed by PhD students from Cranfield University.
August 2010 - September 2020
CARITAS SPAIN, VOLUNTEER
- Administration tasks with databases at national and local level.
- Daily administration of the users of the services.
- Direct attention to seasonal workers and families.
- Experience in the municipal wardrobe.
- Lockers management.
- Collaboration in the distribution of monthly food to local families.
June 2017 - September 2017
RUTA SIETE ULPGC, EXPEDITIONER
- 2017 edition expeditioner through the 7 Canary Islands.
- Participant in the activities with children.
- Participant in the activities with elders.
- Participant in the activities with handicapped people.
- Experienced on developing coreographies as well as designing games for children.
October 2016 - January 2019
AEROEMPLEO, CONTENT CREATOR
- Recording the content of the job fair.
- Editing of the recorded content.
- Rendering of edited content.
- Publication of the content created on the school website.
- Publication of the content created at the graduation ceremony.
September 2015 - June 2019
IES ABROAD, AUXILIAR STAFF
- Auxiliary staff member in cultural and international events.
- Participant in exchange programs proposing activities and easing its development.
- Knowledge of American culture and use for a better interaction.
September 2017 - January 2019
C.M.U. GUADALUPE, HEAD OF RECYCLING TEAM
- Creator and manager of the recycling team of C.M.U. Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- Management of plastic, paper and glass waste.
- Management of the volunteer team, 20 people.
- Talks and marketing to raise awareness among students and building staff.
- Recruitment of volunteers.
September 2015 - July 2019
C.M.U. GUADALUPE, RESIDENT ADVISOR
- Presentation of the C.M.U Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe to foreign and national students.
- Assistance in the adaptation period of the students.
- Creator and leader of the Alternative Committee.
- Organizer of activities and games for groups of 40 people.
- Organizer of cultural visits for groups of 40 people.
- Scientific dissemination on Aeronautics and Space in non-talk format.
November 2018
EDUCATION USA, EVENT ORGANIZER
Esta es una breve descripción de tu experiencia de voluntariado. Utiliza este espacio para describir la actividad filantrópica, la población a la que apoya, así como tu papel específico en ella, su impacto y su contribución.
September 2015
AIRBUS, CAREER FAIR VOLUNTEER
- Participation in the Airbus stand at the Second UPM Engineering Fair.
- Management of group activities of 30 high school students.
- Didactic explanation of aerodynamics and flight mechanics.
- Explanation of Airbus' work in the Aeronautical Industry.
- Presentation of the stand to the authorities who attended the event.
- Participation in basic propulsion activities.
July 2015
XUNTA DE GALICIA, ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEER
- Participation in environmental volunteering in Illa de Cortegada, Vilagarcia de Arousa.
- Interaction with international and national youth.
- Carrying out water activities.
- Carrying out pruning, waste collection and beach cleaning.
- Participation in local cultural activities.
June 2013 - September 2015
SPANISH RED CROSS, YOUTH STAFF
- Volunteer at the Youth Red Cross in Alfaro.
- Carrying out stimulation activities for local youth.
- Management of groups of 20 children.
- Blood donor.
September 2015 - July 2016
T.U. MADRID, STUDENT REP
- Member of the student council, attending to lectures and being the communication key between teachers and students.
- Participation as a volunteer in the open house days.
- Presentation of the school.
- Advice to parents and future students about the center.
- Management of a group of 60 people.
CLIMATE FRESK SPAIN, TRAINER
MAR MENOR POPULAR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE, VOLUNTEER
SPANISH YOUTH COUNCIL, YOUTH ENVOY
TEDx TALK
Against climate change: love, technology and union.
Find out about my experience of learning about climate change, inspiring examples that have shaped me become who I am and participate in this fight.
MARS TALK IN SPANISH
At Alfaro (La Rioja, Spain) City Hall
Discover Mars, its morphology, its climate, its secrets and the science to get there from the hand of Jesús Lucero. Diplômé in Aeronautical and Space Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and student of the Master's Degree in Astronautics and Space at the University of Cranfield (United Kingdom).
SPACE MISSIONS
Everything you need to know
This webinar covers the different systems that are necessary for a space mission to succeed. The knowledge and technology that are necessary to build and operate a satellite are also reviewed . You'll learn all about exciting space systems with some fun anecdotes of history to help make you an expert in space engineering.
CONTACT ME
If you want to leave a message for me, hire me or invite me to a coffee this is the place.
Currently around Valencia.
