Members
professors
Education
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Universidad de Concepción, 1992
Heterogeneous catalysis
Carbon conversion
Biomass
Reactor Modelling
xgarcia@udec.cl
+56 (41) 220 36 61
Education
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Universidad de Concepción, 2005
Visiting researcher University of California, Berkeley, 2010-2011
Heterogeneous reactions
Catalysis
Preparation and characterization of materials
Kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions
romeljimenez@udec.cl
+56 (41) 220 47 62
Education
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2013
Heterogeneous catalysis
Preparation and characterization of catalysts
In-situ and operando studies of catalytic surfaces
akarelov@udec.cl
+56 (41) 220 36 53
Education
PhD. Chemistry; Universidad de Concepción, 2020
Research Interests
Heterogeneous catalysis
Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs)
Caracterizations of Catalysts
Nanostructured materials
professionals
Verónica Sanhueza
Encargada Laboratorio Análisis Químico
Ignacia Ruiz
Analista Laboratorio CarboCat
Daniel Parra
Ingeniero de proyecto
Phd students
Gabriel Galdames
B.S Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción
Research Areas
Selective methanol oxidation to methyl formate
Synthesis of catalysts
Kinetics of catalytic reactions
(Prof. Alejandro Karelovic and Prof. Romel JIménez)
Douglas
Pérez
B.S Chemical Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
M.Sc Chemical Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Research Areas
Reactors simulation and analysis of their response to temporary disturbances
Numerical methods in chemical engineering
(Prof. Ximena García)
Francisco Villagra
B.S Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción
M.Sc Chemical Engineering Universidad de Concepción
Research Areas
CO2 and CO hydrogenation to methane, methanol and light olefins
Insitu and Operando spectroscopy
Kinetics of catalytic reactions
(Prof. Romel Jiménez and Alejandro Karelovic)
Oscar Pinto
(Prof. Romel Jiménez)
ELVIS MEDINA
B.s Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela
B.s Petrochemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional experimental de las Fuerzas de Armadas, Venezuela
Research Areas
Catalytic ammonia decomposition
Synthesis of bimetallic catalysts
(Prof. Alejandro Karelovic and Prof. Romel Jiménez)
Jorge Poblete
B.s Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Research Areas
Catalytic pyrolysis of scrap tires.
Kinetics of catalytic reactions
Catalyst synthesis
(Prof. Romel Jiménez and Luis Arteaga)
Master Students
Bastian Fuentes
B.S Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción
Research Areas
Selective methanol oxidation to methyl formate
Synthesis of catalysts
Insitu and Operando spectroscopy
(Prof. Alejandro Karelovic)
PH.d. and M.sc Alumni
Tomás Vergara
B.S Chemical Engineering
M.Sc Chemical Engineering
Research Areas
CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
In-situ and Operando spectroscopy
Kinetics of catalytic reactions
Sebastián Godoy
B.S. Chemical Engineering
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Universidad de Concepción, 2023
Research Areas
DFT
CO2 hydrogenation to methane
Hydrogenation processes
Daviel Gómez
B.S. Chemical Engineering
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Universidad de Concepción, 2023
Research Areas
CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
In-situ and Operando spectroscopy
Hydrogenation processes
Catalina Leiva
B.S Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción
M.Sc Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, 2022
Research Areas
Raydel Manrique
B.S. Chemical Engineering
M.Sc Análisis y Control de Procesos Industriales
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Universidad de Concepción, 2020
Research Areas
CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
Hydrogenation processes
Heterogeneous catalysis
Oscar Gómez
B.S. Chemical Engineering
PhD., Chemical Engineering; Universidad de Concepción, 2020
chemical engineering bachelors
Sebastián Briones (Prof. Romel Jiménez)
Aníbal Gutiérrez (Prof. Romel Jiménez and Francisco Villagra)
Gabriel Romero (Prof. Ximena García)
Sebastián Rivera (Prof. Alejandro Karelovic)
Bastián Fuentes (Prof. Alejandro Karelovic and Gabriel Galdames)
Sofía Aravalé (Prof. Alejandro Karelovic)
Javiera Rojas (Prof. Alejandro Karelovic and Gabriel Galdames)
Gonzalo Gutierrez (Prof. Alejandro Karelovic)
Gustavo Birke (Prof. Ximena García)
Felipe Guajardo (Prof. Ximena García)
Benjamín Soto (Prof. Ximena García)
Felipe Valenzuela (Prof. Ximena García)
Profesores Retirados
Alfredo Gordon
PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (USA)
algordon@udec.cl
Ljubisa Radovic
PhD Fuel Science, Pennsylvania State University (USA)lradovic@udec.cl