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Cristina Pamela Contreras Torres

Profesora Asistente

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Soil biophysics, hydrodinamc soil properties, soil modeling

Educación

  •  Soil Science, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2025
  •  Ingeniería Civil, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2017
  •  Ingeniera Civil de Industrias, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2017

Experiencia Académica

  •   Investigadora Postdoctoral Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2025 - 2025

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesora Asistente Full Time

    Unviversidad Técnica Federico Santa María

    Santiago, Chile

    2025 - A la fecha

  •   Investigadora Postdoctoral Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2025 - 2025

  •   Asistente de Investigación / Personal Técnico Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - 2023


 

Article (11)

A Combined and Extended Procedure for Measuring the Soil Water Retention and Hydraulic Conductivity Curves

Contreras, CP; Acevedo, SE; Avila, CJ; Martínez, SI; Bonilla, CA

Article ISI
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE  (2025)

ggsoiltexture: An R package based on ggplot2 for soil texture data visualization

Acevedo, Sara; Willaredt, Moreen; O'Brien, Lauren; Giraldo, Carolina; Vega, Alejandra; Contreras, Cristina; Pasten, Pablo

Article ISI
SOFTWAREX  (2025)

In-tandem methodology and recommendations for measuring soil hydraulic properties from saturation to dryness in laboratory conditions

Contreras, CP; Acevedo, SE; Avila, CJ; Bonilla, CA

Article ISI
INTERNATIONAL AGROPHYSICS  (2025)

Changes in macroaggregate stability as a result of wetting/drying cycles of soils with different organic matter and clay contents

Melej, MJ; Acevedo, SE; Contreras, CP; Giraldo, C; Maurer, T; Calderon, FJ; Bonilla, CA

Article ISI
GEODERMA  (2024)

Effects of soil heating changes on soil hydraulic properties in Central Chile

Giraldo, Carolina V.; Acevedo, Sara E.; Contreras, Cristina P.; Santibanez, Fernando; Saez, Esteban; Calderon, Francisco J.; Bonilla, Carlos A.

Article ISI
GEODERMA  (2024)

Effect of data availability and pedotransfer estimates on water flow modelling in wildfire-affected soils

Acevedo, Sara E.; Martinez, Sofia, I; Contreras, Cristina P.; Bonilla, Carlos A.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY  (2023)

Unveiling soil temperature reached during a wildfire event using ex-post chemical and hydraulic soil analysis

Martinez, Sofia, I; Contreras, Cristina P.; Acevedo, Sara E.; Bonilla, Carlos A.

Article ISI
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT  (2022)

Testing the integral suspension pressure method for soil particle size analysis across a range of soil organic matter contents

Acevedo, Sara E.; Contreras, Cristina P.; Avila, Carlos J.; Bonilla, Carlos A.

Article ISI
INTERNATIONAL AGROPHYSICS  (2021)

A comprehensive evaluation of pedotransfer functions for predicting soil water content in environmental modeling and ecosystem management

Contreras, CP; Bonilla, CA

Article ISI SCOPUS
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT  (2018)

A comprehensive evaluation of pedotransfer functions for predicting soil water content in environmental modeling and ecosystem management

Cristina P. Contreras, Carlos A. Bonilla

Article
Science of the Total Environment  (2018)

Evaluation of pedotransfer function for predicting soil water contents at -33 and -1500 kPa using an independent data set

Cristina Contreras, Carlos A. Bonilla

Article
Journal of Hydrology  (2017)

Proyecto (1)

Deriving and validating pedotransfer functions to estimate hydraulic properties of Chilean soils=> a hierarchical input data approach

FONDECYT (1161045)

Proyecto
2016-2019
Tesista

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Esteban Saez

Associate Professor

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

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Cristina Contreras

Profesora Asistente

Departamentos de Obras Civiles

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile