
Hector Ivan Jorquera Gonzalez
Professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Air quality modeling; local, urban and regional scale modeling (PM, ozone); receptor modeling; indoor air quality monitoring and modeling
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Engineering Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1986
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Chemical Civil Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1987
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Chemical Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1987
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Chemical Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. Estados Unidos, 1991
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Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Faculty of Engineering
Chile
1992 - A la fecha
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Manager in Environmental Solutions Part Time
Dictuc S.A.
Chile
2000 - A la fecha
Teaching of ‘Air pollution engineering’ course for undergraduate and graduate levels.
Two MSc and three undergraduate theses supervised.
Ongoing supervision of a PhD student is carried out with cooperation from U. Colorado at Boulder.
Member of committees of MSc and PhD students from PUC, U. de Chile and USACh.
A book: “Introduction to Air Pollution Engineering” (with the collaboration of prof. Luis Rizzi) has been drafted and submitted to PUC’s Editorial Committee for approval.
Lecturer in 11 training courses on air quality modeling for consultants, students and faculty in Chile, Argentina and Colombia.
Frequently interviewed in the media regarding air pollution issues.
Project leader in two methodological developments for the environmental assessment of public transportation plans: the MODEM and MODEC computer models. MODEM (v5.0) is a computer tool that estimates city-wide, annual transport emissions of air pollutants using as input the outcomes of equilibrium transport models such as ESTRAUS and fully customized choices of emission factors; MODEC (v2.1) extends the results of MODEM to estimate changes in air quality and health effects associated to the implementation of transport initiatives, including source-receptor matrices for several Chilean cities and locally estimated cost-benefit figures. Both models have been used for the Government in several cities.
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Luksic Visiting Scholar
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Estados Unidos, 2006
To support research of distinguished Chilean scholars at Harvard
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Latin American Expert on Air Quality
United Nations Environment Programme
Panamá, 2008
Latin-American expert on Air Quality
Importance of the Population Exposure Model in the Impact of PM and Daily Mortality |
Urban Air Pollution |
Air Quality |
Introducción a la Contaminación Atmosférica |
Métodos Numéricos Aplicados a la Ingeniería |
MASSEV - Monitoring, Mapping and Modelling Air Quality for Sustainable Environments in Cities and Communities |
Severe ambient PM2.5 pollution in southern Chile: atmospheric sources and processes |
Severe ambient PM2.5 pollution in southern Chile=> atmospheric sources and processes |
Desarrollo de cubiertas vegetales de edificios para la mitigación de la contaminación atmosférica urbana a través de la captura de material particulado en clima semiárido. |
Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS) |
Center for Sustainable Urban Development |
Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS) |
Indoor PM2.5 at Santiago, Chile=> composition, source contributions, exposure and its association to health effects |
Study to evaluate the impact of atmospheric pollution on the olive business in the coastal area of Huasco |
A Hybrid approach to urban air quality modeling |
A hybrid approach to urban air quality modeling |
Impactos de la Contaminación Atmosférica en la Salud=> Análisis Según Componentes Elementales y Susceptibilidad de la Población |
Impacts of air pollution on health: Analysis according to elemental components and susceptibility of the population |

Hector Jorquera
Professor
Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Jose Perez
Profesor Titular
Ingeniería Química y Bioprocesos
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Gonzalo Acuña
Profesor Titular
Ingenieria Informatica
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Sergio Vera
Associate Professor
Construction Engineering and Management
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Eduardo Agosin
Full Professor
Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Juan Muñoz
Professor
Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Gonzalo Valdivia
Division Head, Full Professor
Medical School
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Waldo Bustamante
Director
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

SANDRA CORTES
ASSOCIATED PROFESSOR
PUBLIC HEALTH
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile

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

Arturo Borzutzky
Chief; Associate Professor
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Rodrigo Hoyos
Profesor Asistente
Enfermedades Infecciosas e Inmunología Pediátrica
Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Francisco Cereceda
Profesor Titular
Química
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile

Enzo Sauma
Profesor Titular
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

L-Nicolás Schiappacasse
Académico
Ingeniería / Procesos Industriales
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile

Claudia Foerster
Associate Professor
Institute of Agri-food, Animal and Environmental Sciences
Universidad de O'Higgins
San Fernando, Chile

Karla Pozo
ACADÉMICO MEDIA JORNADA
FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA Y TECNOLOGIA
UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN
CONCEPCION, Chile

MARGARITA GREENE
Full Professor
School of Architecture
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Miguel Rios
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Emeritus Professor
Transport Engineering and Logistics
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Dietrich von Baer
Profesor Titular
Análisis Instrumental
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN - FACULTAD DE FARMACIA
Concepción, Chile

Fabrice Lambert
Profesor Asociado
Geografía
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile