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Germán Vergara is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Sociology at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology. He specializes in environmental and Latin American history, focusing on energy regimes, industrialization, and ecological impacts of capitalism. His research examines Mexico’s transition to fossil fuels and the biodiversity crisis in the Americas.
Education: Ph.D. in History, University of California, Berkeley. Previously held postdoctoral fellowships at Brown University and Harvard University (Cisneros Visiting Scholar).
Research Interests: Environmental history, energy systems, animal history, Latin America, Mexico, industrialization, and biodiversity loss. His book Fueling Mexico: Energy and Environment, 1850-1950 (2021) won the Elinor Melville Prize and LASA Honorable Mention. Current projects explore the extinction crisis in the Americas over millennia.
Awards & Fellowships:
- 2021-2023 Elinor Melville Prize (CLAH)
- 2022 LASA Best Book Honorable Mention
- UC MEXUS, Charles A. Hale, and USMEX Fellowships
Grants & Advising: Advises on energy and environmental history topics. Active in interdisciplinary collaborations, including the Environmental History journal forum on extinction. No formal student advisees listed in available texts.
Labs/Teams: Engaged with environmental and Latin American studies networks but no specific lab affiliations mentioned.
