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Ignacio Tomás Vargas Cucurella

Profesor Asociado

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Ingeniería Ambiental, Biotecnología ambiental, microbiología ambiental, biocorrosión y corrosión de metales.

Educación

  •  Ingeniería Civil, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2009
  •  Magister en Ingeniería Ambiental, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
  •  Ingeniero Civil, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
  •  Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Chile

    2012 - 2016

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Engineering

    Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Chile

    2016 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile

    2012 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Postdoctorado
Dr. Claudia Rojas (Postdoc)
Dr. Eduardo Leiva (Postdoc)
Dr. Camila Canales (Postdoc)
Dr. Leslie Daille (Postdoc)

Doctorado
Dr. Marcela Vega (PhD. 2019)
Dr. Leslie Daille (PhD. 2019)
Dr. María José De La Fuente (PhD. 2021)
Dr. Felipe Torres (PhD. 2022)
Dr. Luis Caro (PhD. 2022)

Magister
Javiera Anguita (MSc. 2016)
Natalia Tapia (MSc. 2016)
Vasty Zamorano (MSc. 2017)
Enzo Leiva (MSc. 2019)
Carlos Gallardo (MSc. 2023)
Favio Escobar (Master Eng. 2017)

Ingenieros (memorias y trabajos de título)
Ignacio Araneda (Civil Eng. 2016)
Heber Herrera (Civil Eng. 2020)
Graciela Hernández (Civil Eng.2021)
Macarena Morgado (Civil Eng.2021)
María Isidora Dahms (Civil Eng. 2022)
Benjamin Rosenblitt (Civil Eng. 2022)
Daniela López (Civil Eng. 2023)


Difusión y Transferencia


Consultor DICTUC S.A.
Proyectos realizados desde 2017- presente.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio de Excelencia a la Tesis Doctoral 2009.

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    Primer lugar como la mejor tesis doctoral en la división de tecnología y procesos productivos año 2009.

  •   Premio Centro de Medio Ambiente

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2007

    Mejor estudiante de la especialidad de ingeniería ambiental 2007.

  •   Premio al Mejor Instrumento de Titulación Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental (DIHA).

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2007

    Mejor instrumento de titulación Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental 2007.

  •   Premio a la Excelencia Docente Escuela de Ingeniería 2022. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2022

    Premio de excelencia en docencia al profesor destacado de la Escuela de Ingeniería PUC del año 2022


 

Article (55)

Electrotrophic Perchlorate Reduction by a Psychrotolerant Acidophile Isolated from an Acid Rock Drainage in Antarctica
Microbial electrochemistry and technology capacity building challenges—focus on Latin America & Caribbean and Africa
Perchlorate and chlorate assessment in drinking water in northern Chilean cities
Synergistic effect of electrotrophic perchlorate reducing microorganisms and chemically modified electrodes for enhancing bioelectrochemical perchlorate removal
Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues
When material science meets microbial ecology: Bacterial community selection on stainless steels in natural seawater
Biofilm formation of Ancylobacter sp. TS-1 on different granular materials and its ability for chemolithoautotrophic As(III)-oxidation at high concentrations
Bioprospecting for electrochemically active perchlorate-reducing microorganisms
Chlorate addition enhances perchlorate reduction in denitrifying membrane-biofilm reactors
Enhanced nitrogen and carbon removal in natural seawater by electrochemical enrichment in a bioelectrochemical reactor
Enhancing the contact-killing effect of copper by surface laser texturing
Mathematical modelling of microbial corrosion in carbon steel due to early-biofilm formation of sulfate-reducing bacteria via extracellular electron transfer.
Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Nitrogen Removal in Marine and Coastal Environments
Rumen Inoculum Enhances Cathode Performance in Single-Chamber Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells
Winogradsky Bioelectrochemical System as a Novel Strategy to Enrich Electrochemically Active Microorganisms from Arsenic-Rich Sediments
Electrochemical enrichment of marine denitrifying bacteria to enhance nitrate metabolization in seawater
Experimental Assessment of a Conducting Polymer (PEDOT) and Microbial Biofilms as Deterrents and Facilitators of Macro-Biofouling: Larval Settlement of the Barnacle Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854) from Central Chile
Initial adhesion suppression of biofilm-forming and copper-tolerant bacterium Variovorax sp. on laser microtextured copper surfaces
Mining for Perchlorate Resistance Genes in Microorganisms From Sediments of a Hypersaline Pond in Atacama Desert, Chile
Testing the Test: A Comparative Study of Marine Microbial Corrosion under Laboratory and Field Conditions
Bioelectrochemical chlorate reduction by Dechloromonas agitata CKB
Dynamics of Biocorrosion in Copper Pipes under Actual Drinking Water Conditions
Effect of Tidal Cycles on Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Biocorrosion of Stainless Steel AISI 316L
Electrochemical Bacterial Enrichment from Natural Seawater and Its Implications in Biocorrosion of Stainless-Steel Electrodes
Soil microbial community responses to labile organic carbon fractions in relation to soil type and land use along a climate gradient
Chlorine Reduction Kinetics and its Mass Balance in Copper Premise Plumbing Systems During Corrosion Events
Effect of Hazardous Bacteria Isolated From Copper Plumbing System on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Copper
Organotrophic acid-tolerant microorganisms enriched from an acid mine drainage affected environment as inoculum for microbial fuel cells.
The effect of scan rate on the precision of determining corrosion current by Tafel extrapolation: A numerical study on the example of pure Cu in chloride containing medium
A new aerobic chemolithoautotrophic arsenic oxidizing microorganism isolated from a high Andean watershed
A New Method for Sensing Soil Water Content in Green Roofs Using Plant Microbial Fuel Cells
Arsenic removal mediated by acidic pH neutralization and iron precipitation in microbial fuel cells
Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Greywater Treatment
Perchlorate contamination in Chile=> Legacy, challenges, and potential solutions
The Electrochemically Active Arsenic Oxidising Bacterium Ancylobacter sp. TS-1
Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing
Electrochemically active microorganisms from an acid mine drainage-affected site promote cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells
Evaluation of Sedum as driver for plant microbial fuel cells in a semi-arid green roof ecosystem
Study of poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiphene) as a coating for mitigation of biocorrosion of AISI 304 stainless steel in natural seawater
Acid Water Neutralization Using Microbial Fuel Cell: An Alternative for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment
Biocorrosion in drinking water pipes
Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Simulated Tide of Fresh Natural Seawater of South East Pacific
Use of OnabotulinumtoxinA in Post-Traumatic Oromandibular Dystonia
Experimental Evidence for Enhanced Copper Release from Domestic Copper Plumbing under Hydrodynamic Control
Modeling MIC Copper release From Drinking Water Pipes
Multi-technique approach to assess the effects of microbial biofilms involved in copper plumbing corrosion
Natural Attenuation Process by Microbial Oxidation of Arsenic in a High Andean Watershed
Physical Distribution of Bacterial Communities on Volumetric and Planar Anodes in Single-Chamber Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells
Culture dependent and independent analyses of bacterial communities involved in copper plumbing corrosion
Empirical model for dissolved oxygen depletion during corrosion of drinking water copper pipes
Increase of the concentration of dissolved copper due to nano particulated corrosion by-products release
Influence of Solid Corrosion By-products on the Consumption of Dissolved Oxygen in Copper Pipes
Enhanced copper release from pipes by alternating stagnation and flow events.
Evaluation of rapid methods for in-situ characterization of organic contaminant load and biodegradation rates in winery wastewater
Hydrodynamic and chemical control of by-product release from a metallic surface covered by biotic and abiotic microscopic features.

Proyecto (15)

Climate Change and Tap Water Safety: Developing Mathematical Models to Predict and Mitigate Health Effects
Interdisciplinary study of the effects of hierarchical surface texturing on bacterial colonization onto stainless steel in marine environments
Perchlorate Occurrence and Development of Sustainable Treatment Strategies from Complex Drinking Water Matrices, Brines and Spent Ion-Exchange Resins
INTERDISCIPLINARY EVALUATION OF SURFACE TEXTURING BY MULTI TECHNIQUES AS SUSTAINABLE BIOFILM CONTROL IN CU-NI ALLOYS EXPOSED TO SEAWATER
Biofilms of acidophiles and their applications in material sciences and industry
Microbial dynamics and its influence on the development of a corrosive biofilm over stainless steel surfaces exposed to marine conditions.
CHARACTERIZATION OF PERCHLORATE OCCURRENCE IN CHILEAN URBAN AND NATURAL SETTINGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR ITS CONTROL
Marine Energy Research & Innovation Center (MERIC)
TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE CONTROL OF CORROSION AND BIOFILM GROWTH ON COPPER SURFACES THROUGH LASER PATTERNING=> A MULTI-TECHNIQUE EVALUATION
Enhanced Perchlorate Reduction Using Microbial Isolates from Extreme Environments in Chile
Exploration of Microbial Ecology in an Anode of a Microbial Fuel Cell Treating Undiluted Synthetic Human Waste
Center for Sustainable Urban Development - Centro para el Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable
EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL DE TRATAMIENTO DE AGUAS CONTAMINADAS CON DRENAJE ACIDO DE MINA, A TRAVES DE COMUNIDADES MICROBIANAS ACIDO-TOLERANTES EN SISTEMAS BIOELECTROQUIMICOS ENERGETICAMENTE SUSTENTABLES.
Evaluation of biofilm effects on corrosion of copper drinking water distributions systems through mathematical modeling, molecular biology, surface characterization, electrochemistry, and hydrodynamic experiments
Evaluation of the Electrochemical Activity of Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments and Extreme Environments by the Combination of Molecular Tools, Electron Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and In-situ Geochemical Characterization

Review (2)

Perchlorate contamination in Chile: Legacy, challenges, and potential solutions
Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing
44
Ignacio Vargas

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

8
Gonzalo Pizarro

Profesor Titular

Hidráulica y Ambiental

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

6
Rodrigo De la Iglesia

Profesor Asociado

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

6
Carlos Galarce

Postdoctorante

FIAD

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

5
Magdalena Walczak

Associate Professor

Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, ESCUELA DE INGENIERÍA

Santiago, Chile

5
Diana Muñoz

Evaluador Ambiental

Departamento de Evaluación Ambiental

Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental

Santiago, Chile

4
Juan Armijo

Asociado

Inorgánica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

4
Leslie Daille

Postdoctorado

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - MERIC

Santiago, Chile

4
Claudia Rojas

Associate professor

Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Amientalesas y Veterinarias

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

4
Felipe Torres

Post-doctorado

Ingeniería

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepción, Chile

3
Pablo Pasten

Associate Professor

Department of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

2
Mario Vera

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Medica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Marcela Vega

Investigadora académica

Universidad de Talca

Curicó, Chile

2
Juan Pavissich

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ

Santiago, Chile

2
Eduardo Leiva

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental/ Departamento de Química Inorgánica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Química, Escuela de Ingeniería

Santiago, Chile

2
Fabiola Pineda

Assistant professor

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Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Katherine Lizama

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcos Flores

profesor asociado

departamento de física

UChile

santiago, Chile

1
Sergio Navarrete

Full Profesor

Ecología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Las CRuces, Chile

1
Miriam Fernández

Profesora Titular

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Carolina Rodríguez

Ingeniera de Proyectos

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Paulina Ramirez

Research associate

Oregon State University

Adams, Estados Unidos

1
Sebastián Fuentes

Profesor asociado

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
Marco Alsina

Research Professor

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Beatriz Diez

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

GENÉTICA MOLECULAR Y MICROBIOLOGIA

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Nelson Barrera

Associate Professor

Physiology

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Jennyfer Serrano

Académico regular

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

1
Alejandra Vega

Other researcher

CEDEUS / Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Laura Farias

Profesor Titular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Bernardo González

Full Professor

UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBAÑEZ

Santiago, Chile

1
Benjamín Glasner

Investigador

Ciencias Biológicas

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Waldo Bustamante

Director

Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Francois Simon

Investigador Postdoctoral

CEDEUS

Providencia, Chile

1
SANDRA CORTES

ASSOCIATED PROFESSOR

PUBLIC HEALTH

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile