Man

Sebastian Vicuña Diaz

Director

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My areas of research relate to climate change impacts on water resources, climate change adaptation and integrated water resources management.

Educación

  •  Public Policy, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY. Estados Unidos, 2004
  •  Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY. Chile, 2004
  •  Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY. Chile, 2007
  •  Engineer, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1999
  •  Environmental Engineer, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2000

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Researcher Other

    Stockholm Environment Institute

    Suecia

    2006 - At present

  •   Executive Director Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile

    2008 - 2015

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingenieria

    Chile

    2015 - At present

  •   Director Other

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile

    2015 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Adviser Other

    United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Estados Unidos

    2006 - At present

  •   National Expert Other

    CEPAL

    Chile

    2009 - 2010

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Other

    Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2008 - 2009

Formación de Capital Humano


I have co-directed MSc Thesis of Sebastian Bonelli.


Difusión y Transferencia


I direct a Project that plans to develop an Adaptation Plan for the Maipo Basin. Within this Project I worked with a stakeholder group with representatives from the industry, public sector and civil society


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Top graduated in class

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2000

    Award for being top graduated in class.


 

Article (35)

Agent-based models of groundwater systems: A review of an emerging approach to simulate the interactions between groundwater and society
Evaluation of Multipurpose Reservoir Operating Policies at Basin and Electric Power System Scales
Adaptation to Climate Change in Basins within the Context of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Assessing tradeoffs in the design of climate change adaptation strategies for water utilities in Chile
Robust streamflow forecasting: a Student's t-mixture vector autoregressive model
Assessing Reservoir Performance under Climate Change. When Is It Going to Be Too Late If Current Water Management Is Not Changed?
A stress test for climate change impacts on water security: A CRIDA case study
Assessing barriers and enablers in the institutionalization of river-basin adaptive management: evidence from the Maipo Basin, Chile
Compensating Water Service Interruptions to Implement a Safe-to-Fail Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Water Supply
Water at COP25: Resilience enables climate change adaptation through better planning, governance and finance
Decomposition of 2D polygons and its effect in hydrological models
Estimating the Local Time of Emergence of Climatic Variables Using an Unbiased Mapping of GCMs: An Application in Semiarid and Mediterranean Chile
Impact of Urban Growth and High Residential Irrigation on Streamflow and Groundwater Levels in a Peri-Urban Semiarid Catchment
Irrigation of green spaces and residential gardens in a Mediterranean metropolis=> Gaps and opportunities for climate change adaptation.
Integrating strategic land use planning in the construction of future land use scenarios and its performance=> The Maipo River Basin, Chile.
Using a Statistical Preanalysis Approach as an Ensemble Technique for the Unbiased Mapping of GCM Changes to Local Stations
Using a Statistical Preanalysis Approach as an Ensemble Technique for the Unbiased Mapping of GCM Changes to Local Stations.
Water option contracts for climate change adaptation in Santiago, Chile
A GIS-based urban and peri-urban landscape representation toolbox for hydrological distributed modeling
Adaptive management and water security in a global context=> definitions, concepts, and examples
Scientists, Policymakers, and Stakeholders Plan for Climate Change=> A Promising Approach in Chile's Maipo Basin
An integrated assessment of water-energy and climate change in Sacramento, California: how strong is the nexus?
Water-food-energy nexus in Chile: the challenges due to global change in different regional contexts
Incorporating climate change adaptation strategies in urban water supply planning: the case of central Chile
Irrigation efficiency and water-policy implications for river basin resilience
Irrigation infrastructure development in the Limari Basin in Central Chile: implications for adaptation to climate variability and climate change
Climate change impacts on an alpine watershed in Chile: Do new model projections change the story?
Exploring possible connections between hydrologic extreme events and climate change in central south Chile
Exploring possible connections between hydrological extreme events and climate change in central south Chile
Using a Gridded Global Dataset to Characterize Regional Hydroclimate in Central Chile
Agriculture Vulnerability to Climate Change in a Snowmelt-Driven Basin in Semiarid Chile
• Vicuna, S., Garreaud, R. McPhee, J, 2012, Agriculture Vulnerability to Climate Change in a Snowmelt Driven Basin in Semiarid Chile
Climate change impacts on the hydrology of a snowmelt driven basin in semiarid Chile
Climate change impacts on two high-elevation hydropower systems in California
Basin-scale water system operations with uncertain future climate conditions: Methodology and case studies

BookWhole (2)

Central and South America
Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

ConferencePaper (4)

An approach to estimating hydropower impacts of climate change from a regional perspective
Climate change economic impacts on supply of water for the m & i sector in the Metropolitan Region of Chile
Climate change economic impacts on supply of water for the m & i sector in the Metropolitan Region of Chile
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in an irrigated agricultural basin in semi arid Chile

Proyecto (11)

Assessing the adaptation process and impacts of climate risks in the agricultural sector: revising long-term changes and extreme weather events
Exploration of robust water security pathways in a semi-arid coastal basin: A transdisciplinary perspective
Assessing the local Time of Emergence of Hydroclimatic variables for adaptation in decision-making
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN REGULATED WATER UTILITIES
Vulnerabilidad y adaptación a la variabilidad y al cambio climático en la Cuenca del Rio Maipo en Chile Central
Development of adaptation measures to cope with the impacts of climate change at the basin level
DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTATION MEASURES TO COPE WITH THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE BASIN LEVEL.
Sistema de soporte a la toma de decisiones para reducir la vulnerabilidad frente a variabilidad y cambio climático en agricultura de riego
Support decision making system to reduce vulnerability to climate variability and change on irrigated agriculture
VULNERABILITY OF MEDITERRANEAN BASINS TO GLOBAL CHANGE=> AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELEVANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, LAND USE CHANGE AND THEIR SINERGIES AS DRIVING FORCES ACTING IN THE MAIPO BASIN
Strengthening capacities to cope global change in Chile

Review (1)

Climate and Water: Knowledge of Impacts to Action on Adaptation
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Sebastian Vicuña

Director

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

12
Francisco Meza

Professor

Ecosistemas y Medio Ambiente

FACULTAD DE AGRONOMÍA E INGENIERÍA FORESTAL. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

6
James McPhee

Professor

Civil Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

6
Jorge Gironás

Associate Professor

Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engiineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Oscar Melo

Associate Professor

Agricultural Economics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
David Poblete

Profesor adjunto

Escuela de Ingeniería Civil

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

2
Eduardo Bustos

Director de Recursos Hídricos

Centro Tecnológico del Agua CETAQUA

Santiago, Chile

2
Cristián Chadwick

Académico

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
SONIA REYES

Profesora Asistente

Ecosistemas y Medio Ambiente

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Francisco de la Barrera

Profesor asociado

Planificación Territorial y Sistemas Urbanos

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Nancy Hitschfeld

Full Professor

Computer Science

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE , DEPTO CIENCIAS COMPUTACION

Santiago, Chile

1
Pablo Alvarez

Profesor Asociado

Agronomía

Universidad de La Serena

Ovalle, Chile

1
Pilar Barria

Académica

Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza

Universidad de Chile

santiago, Chile

1
Jonathan Barton

Director

CEDEUS

Santiago de Chile, Chile

1
Francisco Suarez

Profesor Asociado

Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Héctor Maureira

Ingeniero de Proyectos

Centro del Agua para Zonas Áridas y Semiáridas de América Latina y el Caribe

La Serena, Chile

1
Haydée Vargas

INGENIERO CIVIL SENIOR

PARTICULAR

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Matias Negrete

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Guillermo Donoso

Profesor Titular

Economía Agraria

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcel Favereau

Profesor investigador

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Pedro Sanzana

Especialista en Modelación

Ciencias de la Tierra

CEAZA

La Serena, Chile