Heriberto Cabezas

About Heriberto Cabezas

Heriberto Cabezas holds positions as Honorary Professor (2020 -) at the Research Institute of Applied Earth Sciences at the University of Miskolc in Hungary and Senior Advisor at the Vishwamitra Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is responsible for conducting research on sustainability science and Graph Theory (P-Graph specifically) and Information Theory for network design including manufacturing processes, supply chains, and global sustainability. He retired as Senior Science Advisor (20••••19) to the Land and Material Management Division at USEPA. At the U.S. EPA he was responsible for the scientific oversight of the research teams under the guidance of the division director. He is a former Professor (20••••20) at the Laudato Si Institute for Process Systems Engineering and Sustainability at the Pazmany Peter Catholic University in Hungary. Dr. Cabezas is a former Chair of the Environmental Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He was a recipient of the 1998 U.S. EPA Science Achievement Award in Engineering, the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the 2011 Research Excellence Award in Sustainable Engineering from the AIChE, the ORD Sustainability Award (team) at the U.S. EPA, and the 2013 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering from the AIChE. Dr. Cabezas holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida (1985) in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, a M.S. from the University of Florida (1981), and a B.S.(magna cum laude) from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (1980) all in chemical engineering. He served as an Embassy Science Fellow at the U.S. Embassy, Zagreb, Croatia for March 2014. His publications include over one hundred peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books. He is a Fellow of the AIChE, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Board Certified Member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Dr. Cabezas is a decorated U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam Conflict.

Experience

1. Honorary Professor

   University Of Miskolc

   Nov 2023 — Present · Miskolc, HU

Education

• New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering

  1976 — 1980

• University of Florida

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering, Chemical Physics

  1980 — 1985

Skills

• Environmental Management Systems
• Environmental Policy
• Science
• Environmental Awareness
• Water Resource Management
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Proposal Writing
• Research
• Soil
• Environmental Consulting
• Ecology
• Energy
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Environmental Science
• Air Quality
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Water
• Water Quality