• Efficient use of water in agriculture and mining
• New sources of water for agriculture, mining and communities
• Water availability and quality for agriculture and mining under climate change
• Technology for water treatment and environmental remediation

• In charge of Indexed Publications

Áreas investigación fundamental:

• Molecular simulation of phases and interphases in saline solutions
• Molecular assessment and design of additives for mineral concentration in saline water
• Characterization-evaluation of additives in saline water (flocculants, collectors, frothers, anti-fouling agents, chelators)
• Modeling of fluidization of particulate systems for particle classification without water (dry mining)
• Modeling of flow and transport in porous materials
• Determination of molecular forces between surfaces mediated by fluid
• Concentration of lithium carbonate from brines and flotation of lithium-rich minerals
• Effects of salts and clays on water clarification
• Physiochemistry and rheology of flocculated sediment

Application areas:

• Design-evaluation-selection of flocculants for water clarification in thickeners
• Design of additive programs for mineral concentration
• Design of collectors for spodumene (lithium mineral) flotation
• Emulsion characterization
• Evaluation of seawater for mineral concentration processes

Full Professor, Deputy Director of Research, Universidad de Concepción.

Undergraduate courses taught:

• Thermodynamics
• Thermodynamics of chemical processes
• Chemical process laboratory

Graduate courses taught:

• Colloid systems and interface engineering

• Member, CRHIAM Academic Council
• Member, CRHIAM Scientific Committee
• Member, CRHIAM Advisory Council