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My work involves cutting-edge research in geochemistry, environmental engineering, and sustainability, with impact on the praxis and policy toward societal challenges in a context of transdisciplinary collaboration.
My group combines field, laboratory, and modeling studies in geochemistry and pollution control in water and soil, attracting a continued stream of students and funding from the government and industry. Principal researcher of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS), a major research center funded by ANID since 2013. Awarded funding from ANID (Fondecyt Fondef, ECOS) and CORFO. International collaborator in three NSF projects. Served in the Fondecyt panel for Civil Eng.
Associate Editor of Applied Geochemistry, the official journal of the Intl. Associat. of Geochemistry (published by Elsevier). Reviewer of numerous articles and scientific proposals. Selected Eshbach fellow at Northwestern University, USA and stayed there for a 1-year sabbatical.
I received the Engineering UC Teaching Award (2016) and the UC Teaching Excellence Award (2017). Designed and implemented new courses and labs strengthening civil & environmental engineering undergraduate, MSc, and PhD programs at PUC. As director of the environmental engineering program, I coordinated the implementation of two majors. I have served as visiting peer for the accreditation and evaluation of programs in environmental engineering in Chile and abroad.
Since 2022, I have presided de engineering faculty hiring commitee at PUC. I was elected to represent faculty in the Dean's Engineering Faculty Council. Member of the University Committee on Research Safety since 2014, I leaded the development of the UC Institutional Safety Plan and Policy (2023).
Former member of the Advisory Council to the Chilean minister of the environment, I have led consulting engagements for the public sector and private industry in the areas of environmental pollution, control, and sustainability.

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Keywords from publications

Title Year Doi
Localising urban sustainability indicators: The CEDEUS indicator set, and lessons from an expert-driven process 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102683
Porous Media Characterization to Simulate Water and Heat Transport through Green Roof Substrates 2017 https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2016.10.0101
Chlorine Reduction Kinetics and its Mass Balance in Copper Premise Plumbing Systems During Corrosion Events 2019 https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12223676
Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing 2017 https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10091036
Field and Numerical Investigation of Transport Mechanisms in a Surface Storage Zone 2019 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004716
Rusty river: Effects of tufa precipitation on sediment entrainment in the Estero Morales in the central Chilean Andes 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.287
Enhancement of particle aggregation in the presence of organic matter during neutralization of acid drainage in a stream confluence and its effect on arsenic immobilization 2017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.107
Response of suspended sediment particle size distributions to changes in water chemistry at an Andean mountain stream confluence receiving arsenic rich acid drainage 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10995
Challenges and opportunities for drinking water treatment residuals (DWTRs) in metal-rich areas: an integrated approach 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20262-6
A comparative study of soil metal concentrations in Chilean urban parks using four pollution indexes 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105230
Settling of copper-rich suspended particles from acid drainage neutralization as a function of chemical composition and particle size distribution 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105239
A simple low-cost approach for transport parameter determination in mountain rivers 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3890
Environmental Aspects of a Major ARD Source at El Indio Au-Cu-As District, North-Central Chile 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-021-00804-z
Assessment of a conservative mixing model for the evaluation of constituent behavior below river confluences, Elqui River Basin, Chile 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3823
Copper entrapment and immobilization during cement hydration in concrete mixtures containing copper tailings 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127547
Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants 2020 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0571-7
An integrated study of health, environmental and socioeconomic indicators in a mining-impacted community exposed to metal enrichment 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00308-4
Partitioning of copper at the confluences of Andean rivers 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127318
Water Quality: Trends and Challenges 2018 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76702-4_3
A new aerobic chemolithoautotrophic arsenic oxidizing microorganism isolated from a high Andean watershed 2018 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-017-9813-x
Arsenite and arsenate immobilization by preformed and concurrently formed disordered mackinawite (FeS) 2017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.10.032
Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18191
Perchlorate and chlorate assessment in drinking water in northern Chilean cities 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116450
The dynamics of arsenic and copper in solid and aqueous phases in reactive confluences receiving acid drainage: The role of turbidity and particle size* 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121449
Chemical functionalization of drinking water treatment residuals with calcium silicate hydrate to treat metal-enriched waters 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103884
Global assessment of chemical quality of drinking water: The case of trihalomethanes 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119568
Nitrate increases the capacity of an aerobic moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) for winery wastewater treatment 2024 https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.060

School Co-Authors

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External Co-Authors

  • Robert Nerenberg
    2 publications
  • Alejandro Briso
    2 publications
  • Alejandra S. Vega
    2 publications
  • D. Castillo
    1 publication
  • Stuart W. Krasner
    1 publication
  • Natalia Tapia
    1 publication
  • Songkeart Phattarapattamawong
    1 publication
  • Arben Luzati
    1 publication
  • Margarita Greene
    1 publication
  • Francois Simon
    1 publication
  • Antonia Valentin
    1 publication
  • Juan Pablo Pavissich
    1 publication
  • Ana Turri-Rivero
    1 publication
  • Raill Calderon
    1 publication
  • Karel Janak
    1 publication
  • Richard Weisman
    1 publication
  • Gilles Flamant
    1 publication
  • Maria Molinos-Senante
    1 publication
  • Albert T. Lebedev
    1 publication
  • Iro Evlampidou
    1 publication
  • Patricio Walker
    1 publication
  • R. Oyarzun
    1 publication
  • Marcela Vega
    1 publication
  • Tarek Manasfi
    1 publication
  • Telma de Cassia dos Santos Nery
    1 publication
  • Sandra Cortes
    1 publication
  • Javier Rivera
    1 publication
  • Anca-Maria Tugulea
    1 publication
  • Bernardo Gonzalez
    1 publication
  • Mauricio Montecinos
    1 publication
  • Paolo Vineis
    1 publication
  • Samantha C. Rush
    1 publication
  • Diana Munoz-Arango
    1 publication
  • Shaoxia Dong
    1 publication
  • Gilles Flamant
    1 publication
  • Mildred Lemus-Perez
    1 publication
  • Fathelrahman Ibrahim
    1 publication
  • Gonzalo Pizarro
    1 publication
  • Cristobal Alvear
    1 publication
  • Shaibu-Imodagbe Egbenya Musah
    1 publication
  • Marisa Quinones
    1 publication
  • Javier Rivera
    1 publication
  • Alejandra Vega
    1 publication
  • Shinya Echigo
    1 publication
  • Maria Molinos-Senante
    1 publication
  • Susan D. Richardson
    1 publication
  • Jose Antonio Diaz
    1 publication
  • David Reckhow
    1 publication
  • Felipe Torres -Rojas
    1 publication
  • Mina Ha
    1 publication
  • Waldo Bustamante
    1 publication
  • Manuel Rodriguez-Susa
    1 publication
  • Carolina Donat-Vargas
    1 publication
  • Marcelo Aybar
    1 publication
  • M. Montecinos
    1 publication
  • Sandra Cortes
    1 publication
  • Amanda Eng
    1 publication
  • Stig Regli
    1 publication
  • Guillermo Arce
    1 publication
  • Dragana Jovanovic
    1 publication
  • Cristina M. Villanueva
    1 publication
  • Manolis Kogevinas
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