Germán Paredes-Belmar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, School of Industrial Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

german.paredes@pucv.cl

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Perfil del Investigador ANID 

Hello! Welcome to my webpage. 

I am an associate professor at the School of Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. My research field is focused on operations research and operations management, with a specific interest in applied urban logistics, vehicle routing, facility location, and network design problems. My current research projects involve last-mile delivery, recyclable and organic waste collection, and network design.

In addition to these projects, I'm also interested in research areas such as Milk transport, HAZMAT transport, Humanitarian Logistics, Production Planning, etc.

Education

I obtained MSc. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Sciences at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), Santiago, Chile. Before going to PUC, I obtained an Industrial Engineer title at Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile.

Experience

As an important part of my education, I was very fortunate to have many valuable research experiences:

Participation in Research Grants