Ignacio Vargas

 

Investigador Asociado
Recursos Críticos

 

itvargas@ing.puc.cl

Profesor Asociado Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental de la Escuela de Ingeniería Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Investigador Asociado del Marine Energy Research & Innovation Center (MERIC).

 

Ingeniero Civil, con Diploma en Ingeniería Ambiental y Doctor en Ciencias de la Ingeniería. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

 

ÁREAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

Su trabajo se vincula con la ingeniería, biotecnología y microbiología ambiental, abordando temáticas como: Bioenergía (microbial fuel cells), biocorrosión y biotratamiento de aguas contaminadas.

 

LISTADO ÚLTIMAS 10 PUBLICACIONES

Anguita J.M., Rojas C., Pastén P.A. and Vargas I.T. (2018) A new aerobic chemolithoautotrophic arsenic oxidizing microorganism isolated from a high Andean watershed. Biodegradation 29 1 59-69

 

Tapia N.F., Rojas C., Bonilla C.A. and Vargas I.T. (2018) A New Method for Sensing Soil Water Content in Green Roofs Using Plant Microbial Fuel Cells. Sensors 18 1 9pp

 

Leiva E., Leiva-Aravena E., Rodríguez C., Serrano J. and Vargas I. (2018) Arsenic removal mediated by acidic pH neutralization and iron precipitation in microbial fuel cells. Science of the Total Environment 645 15 471-481

 

Araneda I., Tapia N.F., Lizama Allende K. and Vargas I.T. (2018) Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Greywater Treatment. Water 10 7 9pp

 

Vega M., Nerenberg R. and Vargas I.T. (2018) Perchlorate contamination in Chile: Legacy, challenges, and potential solutions. Environmental Research 164 316-326

 

Vargas I.T., Fischer D., Alsina M.A., Pavissich J.P., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2017)Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing. Materials 10 9 30pp

 

Rojas C., Vargas I.T., Bruns M.A. and Regan J.M. (2017)

Electrochemically active microorganisms from an acid mine drainage-affected site promote cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells. Bioelectrochemistry 118 139-146

 

Tapia N.F., Rojas C., Bonilla C.A. and Vargas I.T. (2017) Evaluation of Sedum as driver for plant microbial fuel cells in a semi-arid green roof ecosystem. Ecological Engineering 108 203-210

 

Aguirre J., Daille L., Fischer D.A., Galarce C., Pizarro G., Vargas I., Walczak M., de la Iglesia R. and Armijo F. (2017) Study of poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiphene) as a coating for mitigation of biocorrosion of AISI 304 stainless steel in natural seawater. Progress in Organic Coatings 113 175-184

 

Leiva E., Leiva-Aravena E. and Vargas I. (2016) Acid Water Neutralization Using Microbial Fuel Cell: An Alternative for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment. Water 8 11 9pp