From subsurface knowledge to territorial decisions
Geoscience applied to exploration, mining and energy resources, and environmental management, connecting field evidence with professional decisions.
Exploration, geological consulting and professional education.
Technical assistance and participation in geoscientific projects.
Coauthor of the study on the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary in Terra Nova.
Technical evaluation, environmental management and territorial planning.
Jenny Aleida García González holds an EdD from Universidad Cuauhtémoc Aguascalientes, an MSc in Earth Sciences and a geology degree from Universidad de Caldas, and a postgraduate specialization in Geological Engineering Applied to Mining and Environmental Geotechnics. Her career combines fieldwork, consulting, research and teaching for mining and energy development, environmental management and territorial planning.
Since February 2021 she has been full-time faculty in Geological Engineering at Areandina, Valledupar. She teaches mineralogy, petrography, mineral deposits, deposit evaluation, geochemistry and field geology, alongside student research supervision and curriculum development. From 2016 to 2019 she taught full-time in Mining Engineering at Areandina’s Bogotá campus.
At Colombia’s National Mining Agency she provided consulting support for evaluation and monitoring of mining operators’ technical documents within the technical assistance program, connecting geoscientific interpretation with technical requirements for sector projects and operators.
Her basin experience includes petrographic interpretation for the Colombian Geological Survey’s Lower Magdalena Valley and Sinú–San Jacinto mapping integration. She also worked on core, drilling-cuttings and well-log studies associated with National Hydrocarbons Agency projects in Tumaco and Buenaventura, as well as mapping and stratigraphy through Universidad de Caldas and Paleoexplorer.
In energy and environmental consulting she contributed to the Termopaipa–Gensa Environmental Management Plan update and petrographic analysis for a small hydropower project in Dabeiba. Through Consorcio ECO 015’s UPME project she supported a toolkit for incorporating mining and energy into territorial planning. Her early experience includes geological and geotechnical work in road infrastructure.
She has participated in research on Gorgona and Gorgonilla, sediment provenance and basin evolution, and initiatives concerning source and reservoir rock characterization in Cesar–Ranchería, Macuira mapping and public engagement with geological heritage. Her background brings together field evidence, subsurface analysis and territorial understanding.
Her professional experience and perspective on applied learning.
February 2021 – present
Teaches mineralogy, crystalline-rock petrography, mineral deposits and resource evaluation, geochemistry and field geology. Develops curricula, supervises student research and leads academic initiatives.
April 2021 – December 2022
Provided technical support for evaluation and monitoring of mining operators’ documents within the technical assistance program, connecting geological information, resource evaluation and applicable requirements.
June – December 2021
Worked on petrographic interpretation for 1:50,000-scale mapping integration of the Lower Magdalena Valley and Sinú–San Jacinto sedimentary basins.
December 2020 – September 2021
Carried out professional activities in geoscientific knowledge.
2020
Worked on the Termopaipa–Gensa Environmental Management Plan update through Ingeoysis. As an independent consultant for Sismiqo, analyzed rock thin sections for a small hydropower project in Dabeiba, Antioquia.
February 2016 – October 2019
Taught mining and geology courses and contributed to curriculum development, research and student mentoring.
September – December 2015
Supported the toolkit for incorporating mining and energy considerations into territorial planning.
2015
Performed petrographic analysis of thin and polished sections of crystalline and sedimentary rocks, as well as metallography.
September 2012 – November 2014
Studied cores and drilling cuttings from Tumaco and Buenaventura for Antek–ANH projects through January 2014. From March to November 2014, participated in stratigraphic and paleontological research on Gorgona and Gorgonilla.
January – April 2012
Participated in active stream-sediment geochemical sampling for the Colombian Geological Survey.
November 2009 – December 2011
Participated in 1:10,000 mapping of the onshore Tumaco Basin and shallow-well core and log studies involving field geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and petrography.
August 2008 – November 2009
Worked on field geology, stratigraphy and geotechnics for the Dosquebradas–Santa Rosa tunnel project.
A career connecting subsurface interpretation, technical assistance to operators and territorial understanding.
Technical evaluation · ANMSupport for review and monitoring of mining operators’ technical documents, relating geological evidence to applicable requirements.
Basins and resources · SGC / ANHPetrographic interpretation, mapping and core and log analysis for sedimentary basin characterization.
Territory and energy · UPMEIntegration of mining and energy information into territorial planning through a consulting toolkit.
Rock, thin-section and subsurface evidence analysis.
Stratigraphy, provenance, cores and well logs.
Technical information for mining and energy projects.
Geological interpretation and environmental management plans.
Connections between subsurface, resources and territorial decisions.
Project supervision and public engagement with knowledge.
Universidad Cuauhtémoc Aguascalientes · 2017–2021
Universidad de Caldas · 2009–2013
Cámara Minera del Perú · 2014–2015
Universidad de Caldas · 2001–2008
Additional training in energy transition (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2025), geothermal energy (2023) and environmental licensing (2022).
Conference presentation · Environmental and Industrial Management of Mining Congress
Conference poster · Universidad de La Guajira
Book chapter · Científicas en acción · pp. 16–42
Conference presentation · XX Colombian Geological Congress
Journal article · Ingeniería Investigación y Desarrollo, 23(2)
View publication ↗Journal article · Prospectiva, 21(2)
View publication ↗Journal article · Terra Nova, 28(1), 83–90
View publication ↗Journal article · Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Applied geology requires interpreting evidence, recognizing scale and communicating implications for resources, projects and territory.
A perspective bringing together technical consulting, research and professional education.
How can field observations, petrography and logs be integrated to interpret the subsurface?
What technical information supports evaluation of a mining or energy project?
How can a rock sample be connected to basin interpretation?
How can geoscientific information inform environmental and territorial planning decisions?
How can geological interpretation become useful information for professionals and communities?
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