Overview
Personal Profile
Andre Fernandes Tomon Avelino is a regional economist with an interdisciplinary focus on social-ecological systems, especially in the intersection of environmental sustainability and economic development. His primary research focuses on environmentally extended input-output models (EEIO), hybrid LCA-EEIO models, economic impacts analysis, and job/workforce analysis. At NLR, he leads the development of a novel environmentally extended input-output model for the U.S. encompassing socio-economic, resource use, occupations and environmental metrics; performs job and economic impact analysis for different renewable energy projects; and leads the update and expansion of the Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (JEDI) models.
Research Interests
Economic impact analysis
Workforce
Regional economics
Input-output analysis
Energy economics
Environmental economics
Professional Experience
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018-2019)
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor, Economics, University of Sao Paulo
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Hydrogen Infrastructure Analysis Frameworks for Aviation Applications
Bracci, J., Martens, L., Tran, S., Hartmann, K., Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A., Franco, A., Miller, E., Akhtar, S., Simpson, L., Collins, E., Solanki, B., Cary, S. & Nagasawa, K., 2026, 155 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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National Geothermal Workforce Assessment: Current Status and Future Trends
McDowell, B., Kanter, A., Datta, M., Gadzanku, S., Acero Allard, D., Oh, H., Mibei, G., Franco Solis, A., Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A. & Keyser, D., 2026. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Addressing Adoption Barriers and Accelerating Market Deployment of New Technologies
Avery, G., Bhatt, A., Upasani, S., Walzberg, J., Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A., DesVeaux, J., Pham, J. & Carpenter, A., 2025, In: RSC Sustainability. 3, 4, p. 1830-1847 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circularity Futures Workshop Series: Summary Report
Walzberg, J., Khalifa, S., Sharma, M., Dean, W., Wachs, L., Avelino, A., Upasani, S., Ghosh, T., Hanes, R., Eberle, A. & Carpenter, A., 2025, 42 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Is Clean Hydrogen Production a Good Fit for Questa?: Final Economic Impact Results
Franco-Solis, A., Avelino, A. F. T., Zhang, Y. M., Topolski, K., Hale, E. & Scarpitti, C., 2024, 57 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
Activities
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (External organization)
Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A. (Member)
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International Input-Output Association (External organization)
Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A. (Member)
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Regional Science Association International (External organization)
Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A. (Member)
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Awards and Honors
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Regional Economics Applications Philip R. Israilevich Distinguished Research Fellow
Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award