Environment

This CONICYT Center of Excellence is led by Professor Rodrigo Cienfuegos in collaboration with the Universidad Católica del Norte, the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, and the Universidad Andrés Bello. This center is comprised of world-class researchers seeking to understand, anticipate, and mitigate the possible consequences of disasters by applying a multi-threat and systemic approach.

Learn more at www.cigiden.cl

Professor Juan Carlos Muños is the leader of this CONICYT FONDAP Center, which is affiliated with the Universidad de Concepción and the Center for Sustainable Urban Development of the University of Columbia (USA). This Center aims to understand the dynamics, instruments, and processes underlying decision making so as to implement fair, sustainable improvements in general quality of living.

Learn more at www.cedeus.cl

LIFE: Linked Institutions for Future Earth

With the objective of establishing an international network of researchers and institutions dedicated to understanding and predicting the evolution of the earth’s surface to natural and anthropic changes, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the creation of this Center, which includes Professor Cristian Escauriaza as a member.

Learn more at life.umn.edu.

Response of metal-enriched fluvial particle suspensions to changes in their chemical-hydrodynamic environment: opportunities for improving water treatment sustainability in Andean watersheds with mining and urban use (FCONDECYT Regular 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Pablo Pastén.

This project is overseen by Professor Alondra Chamorro.

Nature and tectono-magmatic significance of transverse crustal structures in the Andes: selected case studies from the Southern Volcanic Zone (FONDECYT 2014 – 2018)

This project is overseen by Professor José Miguel Cembrano.

Integrated modelling framework to forecast enclosure fire dynamics (Iniciación 2015 – 2018)

This project is overseen by Professor Wolfram Jahn.

This project is overseen by Professor Hernán Santa María.

This project is overseen by Professor Jorge Vera.

Professor Jorge Vera participates as an associate investigator in this project, which is headed by the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism.

This project is overseen by Professor Gonzalo Yáñez.

Unvelling the potential polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation activity of Antarctic cutinases via protein engineering (INACH 2016 – 2018)

This project is overseen by Professor César Ramírez.

Deriving and validating pedotransfer functions to estimate hydraulic properties of Chilean soils: A hierarchical input data approach (FONDECYT Regular 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Carlos Bonilla.

Impact of power-system expansion on air-pollution (FONDECYT Regular 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Enzo Sauma.

Development of a satially distributed time travel model for runoff prediction in ungauged basins applied to the Chilean context (FCONDECYT Regular 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Jorge Gironás.

Assessment and modelling of hydrological and geomorphological impacts of peri-urban development (ECOS 105 – 2018)

This project is overseen by Professor Jorge Gironás in collaboration with the Universidad Irstea-Lyon.

Characterization of perchlorate occurrence in chilean urban and natural settings and development of sustainable biological treatment systems for its control (FONDECYT Regular 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Ignacio Vargas.

Distribution, reactivity and transfer of metals/metalloids in surface waters of Andean rivers – an innovative and comparative approach for sustainable water management

This project is overseen by Professor Pablo Pastén.

Development of a high-throughput resource recovery and solid waste management system: Integrating hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion (FCONDECYT Regular 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Rodrigo Labatut.

This project is overseen by Professor Esteban Sáez.

This project is overseen by Professor César Sáez in collaboration with the UC Faculty of Chemistry.

Understanding floods in andean rivers: Development of science-based early-warning systems, considering hydrometeorological variability and anthropic factors (VRI Internalización 2016 – 2017)

This project is overseen by Professor Cristián Escauriaza.

Solar hybrid translucent component for thermal energy storage in buildings (PCI 2016 – 2019)

This project is overseen by Professor Sergio Vera.

This project is overseen by Professor María Molinos.

This project is overseen by Professor Juan Carlos de la Llera.

Siber-Risk: Simulation bend earthquake risk and resilience of interdependent systems and networks (FONDECYT Regular 2017)

This project is overseen by Professor Juan Carlos de la Llera.

Measuring evaporative water loss in arid environments using optical and microwave scintillometers (FONDECYT Regular 2017)

This project is overseen by Professor Francisco Suárez.

Climate Change adpation in regulated water utilities (FONDECYT Regular 2017)

This project is overseen by Professor Sebastián Vicuña.

This project is overseen by Professor Marcelo González.

This project is overseen by Professor Esteban Sáez.

Biofilms of acidophiles and their applications in environmental microbiology and mining industry (OPEN-UC Internacional Seed Found 2017)

This project is overseen by Professor Mario Vera.