Alberto Vergara Fernández

Profesor Titular

aovergara@miuandes.cl

Títulos o grados académicos

• Doctor en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México.

• Ingeniero Civil Bioquímico, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

Cursos o Cátedras que imparte

  • Gestión de Residuos Sólidos y Remediación de Suelos

Publicaciones

  • A radial-flow device for the biopurification of a model VOC- and wood-smoke- contaminated confined space

  • Exploring naphthalene vapor biofiltration: performance and microbial community dynamics with diverse inoculums

  • A convenient method to validate the gas flow of a CFD-CT simulation applied on a packed bed used in gas biofiltration through residence time distributions

  • Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid from methane by in vivo depolymerization of polyhydroxybutyrate in Methylocystis parvus OBBP

  • Biodegradation of 2,5-dimethylpyrazine in gas and liquid phase by the fungus Fusarium solani

Proyectos de investigación

  • Inducción de la síntesis y recuperación de compuestos pantalla desde microorganismos fotosintéticos

  • Decreasing specific volumetric energy consumption for gas mass transfer through different bioreactor configurations: a study of CO2 conversion to value-added products at high gas conversion

  • Fueling a new sustainable industry in Chile via integrated and intensified bio-electro-chemical processes for CO2 upcycling using green hydrogen and renewable energy for alleviating climate change