Profesor Asociado del 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 por la 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 contaminantes emergentes y reutilización de aguas grises.
Investigador principal del FONDECYT Regular Nº1240572 «Multi-Technique and Multiscale Evaluation of Electrochemical Granular Activated Carbon Biofilters for Energy-Efficient and Low-Cost Decentralized Greywater Treatment» (2024- 2029).
ÚLTIMAS 10 PUBLICACIONES
Muñoz-Arango, D., Torres-Rojas, F., Tapia, N., Vega, M., Alvear, C., Pizarro, G., Pastén, P., Cortés, S., Vega, A., Calderón, R., Nerenberg, R., & Vargas, I. T. (2023). Perchlorate and chlorate assessment in drinking water in northern Chilean cities. Environmental Research, 233, 116450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116450
Torres-Rojas, F., Muñoz, D., Canales, C., Hevia, S. A., Leyton, F., Veloso, N., Isaacs, M., & Vargas, I. T. (2023). Synergistic effect of electrotrophic perchlorate reducing microorganisms and chemically modified electrodes for enhancing bioelectrochemical perchlorate removal. Environmental Research, 233, 116442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116442
Torres-Rojas, F., Muñoz, D., Canales, C., & Vargas, I. T. (2022). Bioprospecting for electrochemically active perchlorate-reducing microorganisms. Bioelectrochemistry, 147, 108171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108171
Vega, M., Ontiveros‐Valencia, A., Vargas, I. T., & Nerenberg, R. (2022). Chlorate addition enhances perchlorate reduction in denitrifying membrane-biofilm reactors. Applied Microbiology And Biotechnology, 106(11), 4341-4350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-11976-1
De la Fuente, M. J., Bustos, C., De la Iglesia, R., & Vargas, I. T. (2022). Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Nitrogen Removal in Marine and Coastal Environments. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health/International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 19(4), 2411. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042411
Anguita, J., Pizarro, G., & Vargas, I. T. (2022). Mathematical modelling of microbial corrosion in carbon steel due to early-biofilm formation of sulfate-reducing bacteria via extracellular electron transfer. Bioelectrochemistry, 145, 108058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108058
Vargas, I. T., Tapia, N., & Regan, J. J. (2022). Rumen Inoculum Enhances Cathode Performance in Single-Chamber Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells. Materials, 15(1), 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15010379
Leiva-Aravena, E., Vera, M., Nerenberg, R., Leiva, E., & Vargas, I. T. (2022). Biofilm formation of Ancylobacter sp. TS-1 on different granular materials and its ability for chemolithoautotrophic As(III)-oxidation at high concentrations. Journal Of Hazardous Materials, 421, 126733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126733
Díaz-Rullo, J., Rodríguez-Valdecantos, G., Torres-Rojas, F., Cid, L. P. B., Vargas, I. T., González, B., & González-Pastor, J. E. (2021). Mining for Perchlorate Resistance Genes in Microorganisms From Sediments of a Hypersaline Pond in Atacama Desert, Chile. Frontiers In Microbiology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.723874
Baldanzi, S., Vargas, I. T., Armijo, F., Fernández, M., & Navarrete, S. A. (2021). 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. Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering, 9(1), 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010082
