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Rodrigo Alejandro Labatut Hernandez

Assistant Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Environmental Engineering, Wastewater treatment, Anaerobic digestion; Emerging contaminants, Thermochemical processes, Bioprocess modeling, Computational fluid dynamics, Instrumentation; Bioenergy

Educación

  •  Biological and Environmental Engineering, CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2005
  •  Aquacultural Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE -SEDE COQUIMBO. Chile, 2001

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate - Angenent Lab Part Time

    CORNELL UNIVERSITY

    2014 - 2015

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate - Dairy Environmental Systems Part Time

    CORNELL UNIVERSITY

    2010 - 2014

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    2015 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Teaching Assistant - Bioinstrumentation

    Cornell University

    Estados Unidos

    2009 - 2010

  •   Teaching Assistant - Sustainable Energy Systems

    Cornell University

    Estados Unidos

    2009 - 2009

  •   Research Assistant

    Cornell University

    Estados Unidos

    2005 - 2008

  •   Research Intern

    Business of Science and Technology Initiative (BSTI)

    Estados Unidos

    2007 - 2010

  •   Research Intern

    The Conservation's Fund - Freshwater Institute

    Estados Unidos

    2004 - 2004

  •   Senior R&D Associate

    Biodrill, LLC

    Estados Unidos

    2014 - 2015

  •   Founder and Owner

    Bioprocess Analytics, LLC

    Estados Unidos

    2013 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


2020 - 20024
Supervisor: Daniela Cabrera, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Supervisor: David Barría, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Supervisor: Carlos Aldana, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Supervisor: Ingrid Adema, MS (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

2019
Supervisor: Andrés Ortíz, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Supervisor: Daniela Cabrera, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Supervisor: David Barría, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Committee member: Carolina Rodriguez Lopéz, MSc (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Committee member: Sofía Lues, MSc (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Committee member: Isabella Kouyoumdjian Carvajal, MSc (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Committee member: Paula Llanquileo, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Committee member: María Gracia Lagos, undergraduate (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Committee member: Juan Francisco Lazcano Maturana, undergraduate (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Committee member: Esteban Piñones Valenzuela, undergraduate (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

2018
Committee member: Marcela Vega,PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Committee member: Andres Rosales, MSc (Universidad Federico Santa Maria, Chile).
Committee member: Gustavo Puga Morales, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).



 

Article (21)

Microaeration promotes volatile siloxanes conversion to methane and simpler monomeric products
Design of a High-Rate Wastewater Treatment Process for Energy and Water Recovery at Biorefineries
Enhancing energy recovery of wastewater treatment plants through hydrothermal liquefaction
Reactivity and Stability of Natural Clay Minerals with Various Phyllosilicate Structures as Catalysts for Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Wet Biomass Waste
A PRACTICAL APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING INFLUENT-EFFLUENT MASS FLOW DIFFERENCES IN DAIRY MANURE-BASED ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION SYSTEMS
Characterizing the influence of wastewater composition and lignin content on anaerobic biodegradability
Microaerobic conditions in anaerobic sludge promote changes in bacterial composition favouring biodegradation of polymeric siloxanes
Outlook and challenges for recovering energy and water from complex organic waste using hydrothermal liquefaction dagger
An evaluation of anaerobic co-digestion implementation on New York State dairy farms using an environmental and economic life-cycle framework
Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion for energy valorization from model biomass feedstocks.
Anaerobic co-digestion of commercial food waste and dairy manure: Characterizing biochemical parameters and synergistic effects
Exploring flow discharge strategies of a mixed-cell raceway (MCR) using 2-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Analysis of an Anaerobic Codigestion Facility Processing Dairy Manure and Industrial Food Waste
Modeling hydrodynamics and path/residence time of aquaculture-like particles in a mixed-cell raceway (MCR) using 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Conventional mesophilic vs. thermophilic anaerobic digestion: a trade-off between performance and stability?
Biochemical methane potential and biodegradability of complex organic substrates
Mapping woody-biomass supply costs using forest inventory and competing industry data
Effects of inlet and outlet flow characteristics on mixed-cell Raceway (MCR) hydrodynamics
Hydrodynamics of a Large-scale Mixed-Cell Raceway (MCR): Experimental studies
Mixed-Cell Raceway: Engineering design criteria, construction, hydraulic characterization
Culture of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) juveniles using shallow raceways tanks and recirculation

BookSection (2)

Upgrading anaerobic digestion within the energy economy – the methane platform
Chapter 4 - Sustainable Waste-to-Energy Technologies: Anaerobic Digestion

Patent (1)

Anaerobic Digester System

Proyecto (11)

Bioelectrochemical systems for the sustainable treatment of swine manure
Removal of Volatile Organic Silicon Compounds (D4, D5) from anaerobic digestion biogas using microaerated anaerobic microbial strategies
Biofuel production from animal rendering
Investigación y Desarrollo Digestión Anaeróbica y obtención de material cementicio
Consorcio Tecnologico del Agua COTH2O: Manejo integrado de recursos hídricos
Development of a high-throughput resource recovery and solid waste management system: integrating hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT RESOURCE RECOVERY AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM=> INTEGRATING HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
A Simulated Anaerobic Digester Learning Tool
Evaluation of the continuously-mixed anaerobic digester system at Synergy Biogas
Anaerobic Digestion Technology Training Programs
Anaerobic co-digestion of dairy manure and food wastes in New York State

Review (1)

Protecting human health and the environment against siloxanes: The role and effectiveness of wastewater treatment technologies
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Assistant Professor

Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

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Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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PROFESOR ASOCIADO

GENÉTICA MOLECULAR Y MICROBIOLOGIA

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

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Esteban Camú

Postdoctorado

Ingeniería Química y Bioprocesos

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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David Barria

Ingeniero de Proyectos

Ingeniería

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago de Chile, Chile