Phosphazenes materials, Synthesis and Characterization in Solid State of Nanoparticles. Applied Chemical Sciences: Recycling lithium batteries, functional foods, water shortage.

Chemical Civil Engineering Degree Project Universidad Autónoma de Chile.

Magdalena Ahumada ""Technical-economic feasibility study of LPF battery recycling."". 2023. IN PROGRESS.

Research Units Chemistry Degree, Universidad Andres Bello.

Carolina Muñoz "Phosphazene trimer modified with 2.2'-Biphenyldiol derivatives: Synthesis and characterization". 2015

Macarena San Martin "Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Commercial Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) by means of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC_MS)". 2014

Jean Pierre Apablaza "Study of Spectroscopic and Thermal Properties of Polynitrophosphazenes". 2013

Rodrigo Baez "Formation of Platinum Nanostructures in Solid State". Co-directed with Carlos Díaz (UChile). 2013

Lissette Rodriguez "Electrochemical Characterization of Functionalized Polyphosphazenes and their Potential Application in the Modification of Glassy Carbon Electrodes". 2013

Daniela Cortes "Optimization of the experimental parameters of the high performance liquid chromatography technique for the determination of tartrazine, twilight yellow and alura red in food samples". Co-directed with Veronica Arancibia (PUC). 2013

María de los Ángeles Cortes "Synthesis and Characterization of New Polyphosphazenes of the Type {[NP(O2C12H8)]1-x [NP(OC6H4COOH)(OC5H4N)]X. 2013.

Master and PhD Thesis Tutor

1.- José León, PhD in Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. IN PROGRESS.

2.- María de los Ángeles Cortes, Ph.D. Chemistry Universidad de Chile, "Poly(4-vinylpyridine) and its Block Copolymer with Phosphazene units, as Solid State Molds, for the Obtaining of Nanostructures of Metals and Metal Oxides". March 2023.

3. Lorena Merlet, Magister in Biotechnology UNAB "Study and metabolic analysis of the effects of thinning in varieties of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch during their post-harvest. 28 April, 2017.

Gianfranco Benedetto, Master in Biotechnology UNAB "Effect of thinning on the quality and composition of metabolites in fruits of Prunus persica (L.) batsch. 2015.

Thesis Commissions:
I) PhD in Molecular Physical Chemistry, Universidad Andrés Bello:
Dr. Gonzalo Ochoa, 2016.
Dr. Mario Saavedra, 2014
Dr. Cristina Aparecida, 2013
Dr. Vicente Samith, 2013
Dr. Leonor Alvarado, 2010

II) Doctorate in Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica:
C. Dr. Miguel Verdugo, in progress.

III) Master in Marine Biology, Universidad Andrés Bello:
Nicolás Latorre Padilla. March 30, 2017.

IV) Degree in Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile:
Sebastián Saltarini May 29, 2019.
Marco Henríquez 4-May, 2017.

2023
1.- Public Science Project: CP23-P036-"And now, what do we do with lithium batteries?

2. Functional foods grown in La Araucanía: sweet lupine (Lupinus angustifolius var. Coromup) and buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum). ML Valenzuela, C Peña. Ediciones Universidad Autónoma de Chile. https://repositorio.uautonoma.cl/handle/20.500.12728/10279

2019
1.- Applied Research Project FIC: Valorization of electronic waste (Lithium battery) for the industrial competitiveness of electronic recycling in the Metropolitan Region". BIP NO.: 40002621-0
As a result of the work done in this project, and in order to unify the knowledge developed and pass it to society, educational tools were made freely available, which summarize the main themes and findings of the project, these were:

Educational Guide: https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/reciclaje_litio/

Educational capsules: Total 5.
How can lithium batteries be recycled for reuse? Methodology
https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/531837137616600

Why is it important to recover lithium for reuse?
https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/718307122018124

Learn how lithium batteries work chemically.
https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/2412673395658969

Law Rep:
https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/1403656216477441

Importancia del Reciclaje en baterías de Litio
https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/1237141953140875

Importance of Lithium Battery Recycling
https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/1237141953140875

2.- Product of the Institute of Applied Chemical Sciences: Book of Energies that move the world https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/energias-renovables/
EDITOR AND WRITER OF A CHAPTER.

3.- Dissemination in written press and radio.
Appearance Link
28-11-18 http://quimica.uc.cl/es/noticias/1197-colaboracion-entre-quimicos-de-la-uc-y-universidad-autonoma-busca-mejorar-el-reciclaje-de-desechos-electronicos
29-03-19 https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/entrevistas/recuperacion-de-baterias-de-litio-para-impulsar-la-sustentabilidad
03-04-19 https://youtube/He1LuXArw_c
15-04-19 ProgramaSuperCienciaradioADN:https://envivo.adnradio.cl/audio/adn_superciencia_20190415_210000_220000/
18-04-19 http://quimica.uc.cl/es/noticias/1219-empresas-de-reciclaje-participan-en-taller-para-recuperar-el-litio-de-las-baterias-de-celulares
25-04-19 https://www.adnradio.cl/escucha/archivo_de_audio/la-academica-maria-luisa-valenzuela-explico-el-reciclaje-de-baterias-de-litio/20190425/oir/3895896.aspx
19-05-19 https://www.litoralpress.cl/sitio/msolotextortv.cshtml?session=XL0SdvCqyaWq1NwrqhA25XoTN1xaYdPTSwZXD4v4q69mmCvSsy3XdZfbRsv3pp+V
02-08-19 https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/noticias/reciclar-baterias-de-litio
07-08-19 https://cl.universianews.net/2019/08/07/cientificos-buscan-metodo-para-reciclar-baterias-de-litio-de-forma-rentable-y-protegiendo-el-medioambiente/
07-08-19 https://eltitular.cl/2019/08/07/cientificos-buscan-metodo-para-reciclar-baterias-de-litio-de-forma-rentable-y-protegiendo-el-medioambiente
08-08-19 https://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/2019/08/08/cientificos-buscan-metodo-para-reciclar-baterias-de-litio-de-forma-rentable-y-protegiendo-el-medioambiente/
08-08-19 http://planetac.cl/2019/08/08/cientificos-chilenos-trabajan-en-metodo-para-reciclar-baterias-de-litio/
16-08-19 http://www.crisisglobal.org/2019/08/16/cientificos-buscan-metodo-para-reciclar-baterias-de-litio-de-forma-rentable-y-protegiendo-el-medioambiente/
18-08-19 https://www.noticiasaldia.cl/2019/08/18/cientificos-buscan-metodo-para-reciclar-baterias-de-litio-de-forma-rentable-y-protegiendo-el-medioambiente/
30-08-19 https://www.tele13radio.cl/podcast/nativos/maria-luisa-valenzuela-y-el-reciclaje-de-baterias-de-litio?msvid=5d699c4481cfa35b209a500b
27-09-19 http://www.australvaldivia.cl/impresa/2019/09/27/full/cuerpo-principal/9/
27-09-19 http://www.diarioestrategia.cl/texto-diario/mostrar/1539615/electromovilidad-dia-despues-manana
28-09-19 http://www.lidersanantonio.cl/impresa/2019/09/28/full/cuerpo-principal/6/
10-10-19 https://www.adnradio.cl/escucha/archivo_de_audio/salva-la-tierra-09102019/20191010/oir/3964416.aspx
26-11-2019 https://www.latercera.com/tiempo-de-actuar/noticia/reciclaje-baterias-litio-dificil-desafio-se-viene-la-electromovilidad/915626/
23-04-2020 https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/noticias/reciclaje-una-respuesta-al-medio-ambiente/
23-04-2020 https://www.australvaldivia.cl/impresa/2020/04/23/full/cuerpo-principal/11/
https://www.diarioatacama.cl/impresa/2020/04/23/full/cuerpo-principal/9/
https://www.latribuna.cl/edicion-impresa/2020/04/23/23-04-2020.html
18-11-2020 https://ciencias.uautonoma.cl/noticias/investigacion-aplicada-alimentos-funcionales-que-potencian-la-salud-y-la-economia/
20-11-2020 https://www.soychile.cl/Temuco/Sociedad/2020/11/20/682692/Investigadores-de-U-Autonoma-desarrollaran-proyecto-sobre-alimentos-que-potencian-la-salud-y-la-economia.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0pOknRivwQoRiCOOKryjY4rUNhK6pv_qrsulYsJj9jFUvjQvnJN_6508Q

Talks and Courses
Posdcast October 2020: https://cooperativapodcast.cl/la-raiz-de-la-ciencia?ts=20201108162018&categoria=la-ra%C3%ADz-de-la-ciencia
13 and 20-07-2020 "Valorization of electronic waste (Lithium battery). A look towards recycling".
1. https://youtu.be/8n_0l7afeEk
2. https://youtu.be/XcVecmn2cYg

16 and 23-07-2020 "A Look at Renewable Energies".
1. https://youtu.be/P62GLfySyQU
2. https://youtu.be/PPThKAtTppg

For ONG FIMA together with Universidad Socioambiental

8-7-2020: Webinar "Together for sustainability at IES: Rep Law, APL priority products and recycling of lithium batteries, a pending challenge. https://youtu.be/5-w5_Ezfrio

5 -09-2019: "Plastic World: Life and death of the most used material" Temuco at Casa Birra. Av Alemania 0425, general public.

6-09-2019: "Recycling Lithium Batteries: a reality for the sustainability of Chile". Autonomous University of Chile, Temuco. Public: Professors and students of Industrial Civil Engineering.

29-08-2019: "Reuse of Lithium Batteries": FIDELMOV Fair, Estación Mapocho. General Public

18-19-07-2019 Planetario-Usach: Interactive Talk: Plastic World: origin, life and death of the most used material on the planet.

30-May-2018: Conversation "Crossing the border, from research to dissemination" at Universidad Autonoma de Chile. https://www.facebook.com/435707936857593/videos/448337428927977

25-10-2017 Scientific Café: "Plastic World: origin, life and death of the most used material on the planet

25-10-2017 Scientific Café: "Plastic World: the origin, life and death of the most used material on the planet. Date and place: October 25 / Café Literario Santa Isabel. Providencia Santiago.

25-10-2017 Scientific Coffee: "Plastic world: origin, life and death of the most used material on the planet. Date and place: October 25 / Café Literario Santa Isabel. Providencia Santiago.

Research Stays:
2019-2020
8 September to 28 February: Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Heterochemistry (LHFA) UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER, Toulouse, France. Dr. Tsuyoshi KATO.
2018-2019
10 Dec to 10 Feb: Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, University Campus of Ciudad Real, Spain. With Dr. Fernando Carrillo and Dr. Antonio Antiñolo.
2017
14 June - 1 August: Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis of the Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario de Ciudad Real, Spain. With Dr. Fernando Carrillo and Dr. Antonio Antiñolo.
12 -14 January: Geochemistry and Computational Mineralogy Laboratory, Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, Granada, Spain with Dr. Alfonso Hernández Laguna.
16 - 20 January: National Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Experimentation, PuertoLlano, Spain with Carlos Funez and Leonardo Gonzalez.
22 - 30 January: Inorganic Polymers Laboratory of the University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain with Dr. Alejandro Presa and Dr. Gabino Carriedo.

2015
September 16 to October 2: Head of Laboratory Aquatic Biotechnology Biofilm Center, University of Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany with Dr. Mario Vera.
University of Freiberg, Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Nanomaterials, Germany with Dr. Gero Frisch, Dr. Yvonne Joseph and Michael Schlomann.

2014
30 May-23 June: Inorganic Polymers Laboratory, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain with Dr. Alejandro Presa and Dr. Gabino Carriedo.

2012
July: Inorganic Polymers Laboratory of the University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain with Dr. Alejandro Presa and Dr. Gabino Carriedo.

Other Activities:

2020 Member of the team that designed, organized and structured the academic project: PhD in Applied Sciences at Universidad Autónoma de Chile.

Advisory Committee of CEN, center of excellence in nanotechnology of Fundación Leitat Chile.

2019 Organizing Committee of I Jornadas de Reciclaje de Caucho. June 19 and 20, Santiago, Chile.

2018 Regional Congress of Secondary Leaders (Idea País-UA), theme Feminism: August 24 Talca, October 2 Viña del Mar, November 9 Santiago.

Editorial Committee of infoANALÍTICA magazine.

2016 Evaluator in the written, poster and oral modality of projects presented at the XI Explora Regional Congress of Science and Technology EXPLORA CONICYT.

Organizing Committee of the IV National Congress of Nanotechnology. Olmue, Chile.

2015 to date: Member of the Chilean Society of Chemistry and Referee of Journal of Society Chilean of Chemistry.

2014 Member of the team that designed, organized and structured the academic project: Institute of Applied Chemical Sciences at Universidad Autónoma de Chile.

2010-2013 March-2010: Preparation of teaching material for courses given at Universidad Andrés bello (exercise guides, laboratory manuals, assistant manuals, alternative and development tests).

2011 Support to written press: La tercera newspaper. Two articles

Grants and Awards:
- 2023 October: Award of Support for Research Stay Abroad: Associate and Full Academicians VRIP-UA. Spain
- 2019 October: Award of Support for Research Stay Abroad: VRIP-UA Associate and Full Academicians. France
- 2018 July: Award of Support for Research Stay Abroad: VRIP-UA Associate and Full Academicians. Spain.
- 2017 July: Award of grants for Visiting Researcher Stays at the University of Castilla - La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.
- 2015 September: Award of Support for Research Stay Abroad: Associate and Full Academicians VRIP-UA. Germany
- 2006 November: Awarded Fondecyt Initiation Project for Young Researchers. Not Executed
- 2006 October - September 2008. MAEC-AECI Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Spain.
- 2005 March - June. Conicyt Thesis Term Scholarship (4 months).
- 2003 September - June 2004. CSIC-CONICYT fellowship in Spain (10 months), Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Spain.
- 2003 March - March 2005. Conicyt Grant for Doctoral Thesis Support.
- 2001 March - March 2005. Conicyt grant for graduate studies.Participation in Academic Committees:

Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Applied Sciences of the Faculty of Engineering 2023 2.
Self-Assessment Committee 2023, Commission 7: Research, innovation and/or creation and Criterion 13: Policy and management of research, creation and/or innovation and Criterion 14: Results of research, creation and/or innovation.
3.- Commission for self-evaluation accreditation of the Doctorate in Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Chile.
4.- Annual academic qualification committee, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Chile.
5.- Development Plan Commission 2019-2023, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Chile.
6.- Commission for the elaboration of the curriculum of the Civil Chemical Engineering career, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Chile.
7.- Advisory Committee of the Rector: Gender Equity.
8.- Coordinator of Commission Nº11 "Research" process of self-evaluation for the accreditation 2019.
accreditation 2019. Generate report and improvement plan in the area of research.
9.- Commission of hierarchization of the Faculty of Engineering, UA.