Janire Pascual Gonzalez

• 2026 Spring
  • PAI 600 Selected Topics - Sustain-Driven Enterprise
  • ESP/PAI 400 Selected Topics - Sustainability Driven Capstone
  • BUA/ECS 759 Sustainability-Driven Enterprise
  • EST 759 Sustainability-Driven Enterprs
• 2025 Spring
  • PAI 600 Selected Topics - Sustain-Driven Enterprise
  • ESP 400 Selected Topics - Sustainability Driven Capstone
  • BUA/ECS 759 Sustainability-Driven Enterprise
  • EST 759 Sustainability-Driven Enterprs

Janire Pascual-Gonzalez is a research assistant professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she is also the managing director of the Dynamic Sustainability Lab at Syracuse University. Prior to joining Syracuse University, she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Office of Research, Economic Development and Engagement and the Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering at East Carolina University.

Her research focuses on sustainable transitions and their unintended consequences, examining how new technologies, strategies and policies reshape the way sustainable goods are produced and consumed. Her research includes the study of the supply chains and stakeholders behind these transitions, from growers and buyers to the policy incentives, market conditions and economic forces that drive adoption. A central focus of her work is quantifying, analyzing and expanding the U.S. biobased economy across chemicals, energy, fuels and consumer products.

She leads research projects for government and industry clients, which had led to the publication of a series of reports for the U.S. government on the economic and employment impacts of emerging sustainable technologies as well as peer-reviewed journal articles.

Pascual-Gonzalez received a chemical engineering degree and a master's degree in chemical engineering and processes in 2011 from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona (Spain). In 2015, she received a Ph.D. in chemical, environmental and processes engineering at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona (Spain).

"Bioindicators of The U.S. Economy 2025 & Global Comparisons", Sponsored by Department of Agriculture.

"Integrated system for management of chemical processes and related: process intensification, improvement of energy efficiency and sustainability", Sponsored by MEYC – Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

• Journal Articles
  • Etheridge, J., Smith, R. L., D'Anna, L., Grace-McCaskey, C. A., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Sabin, J. E., "Evaluating Community-Engaged Capstone Projects for Increasing Coastal Resiliency." Journal of Ecological Engineering Design, 2025.
  • Etheridge, R., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Hochard, J., Peralta, A. L. and Voge, T. J., "Predicting nitrate exposure from groundwater wells using machine learning and meteorological conditions." JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2023.
  • Golden, J., Handfield, R., Tickner, J., Daystar, J., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Kronthal-Sacco, R., "The Convergence of Policies, Consumers and ESG: Five Examples Pulled from Recent Reports on the US Biobased Economy." Industrial Biotechnology, 2021.
  • Daystar, J., Handfield, R., Golden, J. S., McConnell, E. and Pascual Gonzalez, J., "An Economic Impact Analysis of the US Biobased Products Industry." Industrial Biotechnology, 2021.
  • Pascual-Gonzalez, J., Jiménez‐Esteller, L., Guillén‐Gosálbez, G., Siirola, J. J. and Grossmann, I. E., "Macro-economic multi-objective input-output model for minimizing CO2 emissions: Application to the US economy." AIChE Journal, 2016.
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Mateo-Sanz, J. M. and Jiménez-Esteller, L., "Statistical analysis of the ecoinvent database to uncover relationships between life cycle impact assessment metrics." Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016.
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Pozo, C., Guillén-Gosálbez, G. and Jiménez-Esteller, L., "Combined use of MILP and multi-linear regression to simplify LCA studies." Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2015.
• Book Chapter
  • Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G. and Jiménez, L., "Multi-objective optimization of US economy via multi-regional input-output analysis." In 24th European symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Elsevier, B.V, 2014.
• Technical Reports
  • Golden, J. S., Ha, H., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Aguilar-Mogas, A., Brown, T., Otis, A. and Radich, A., Indicators & Trends of the U.S. Biobased Economy: 2019 to 2021. Office of the Chief Economist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2023.
  • Golden, J. S., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Aguilar-Mogas, A., Paynter, S. R. and Radich , A. F., 2018 Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. Office of the Chief Economist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2021.
  • Parvathikar, S., Rao, V., Pratson, L., Vujic, T., Deshusses, M., Fay, ., Dupnock, T., Aguilar Mogas, A., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Paynter, S., Biogas Utilization in North Carolina: Opportunities and Impact Analysis. RTI International, 2021.
  • Golden, J. S., Handfield, R. B., Pascual Gonzalez, J. and Morrison , B., 2017 Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. Office of the Chief Economist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2020.
  • Daystar, J., Handfeld, R. B., Pascual Gonzalez, J., McConnell, E. and Golden, J. S., An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry. A Joint Publication of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative at North Carolina State University and the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University, 2019.
  • Golden, J. S., Handfield, R., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Agsten, B., Brennan , T., Khan, . and True , E., Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of the Chief Economist, 2018.

AFCC Symposium, "High Integrity/High Quality Carbon Credits Simplified: Drivers for their High Demand and High Value" (November, 2025)

AFCC Symposium, "A Preview of the National Climate Smart Commodities Database and Web Portal" (November, 2023)

Bryan, J. T., Carr, Z., Hilliard, T. E., Myers, C., Zahran, W., Morrison, B. C., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Golden, J. S., State Energy Conference of North Carolina, "Analyzing the Economic Impact of Biobased Ethanol Production in the United States" (April, 2018)

Carr, Z., Mullis, E., Myers, C., Zahran, W., Morrison, B. C., Pascual Gonzalez, J., Golden, J. S., State Energy Conference of North Carolina, "Biogas and Clean Energy Investment Potential in North Carolina" (April, 2018)

Pascual Gonzalez, J., Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Mateo-Sanz, J. M., Jiménez-Esteller, L., American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, "Statistical analysis of global environmental impact patterns using a world multi-regional input–output database" (November, 2014)

Centennial Award for Excellence in Spirit, East Carolina University (2019)

Doctor cum laude by unanimous decision, University Rovira i Virgili (2015)

Top student award in Chemical Engineering, University Rovira i Virgili (2011)

DOW Award for best project integrated 1st-4th, University Rovira i Virgili (2010)

Top student award in Industrial Technical Engineering Specializing in Industrial Chemistry, University Rovira i Virgili (2009)