Su línea de investigación este enfocada en el desarrollo de materiales avanzados y nanotecnología, con énfasis en aplicaciones antimicrobianas y antifouling para entornos industriales y ambientales. Integra ciencia de datos para optimizar procesos y apoyar la toma de decisiones en ingeniería. Su trabajo se orienta a la innovación y transferencia tecnológica, promoviendo la vinculación entre la academia y la industria. Asimismo, contribuye a la formación en ingeniería con foco en sostenibilidad, emprendimiento y desarrollo tecnológico.
En ejecución:
2025–2026 Directora UBO III Concurso Interuniversitario de Iniciación en Investigación Asociativa «Listas de espera: una mirada ágil desde el control de gestión, ciencia de datos y design thinking». https://www.ubo.cl/ubo-forma-parte-de-proyecto-colaborativo-para-enfrentar-listas-de-espera-en-salud-publica/
2025–2029 Directora UBO Proyecto European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme «UBO RETROTRAFO». https://retrotrafo.unican.es/
2025–2026 Co-Directora Proyecto Redi UBO «Sensores Ópticos Basados en Lantánidos para la Detección Temprana de Biofouling Marino mediante Excitación UV».
2025.- Graphite Oxide (GrO)‐Based Polyethylene Composites as Antifouling Materials for Aquaculture and Marine Renewable Energy, Advanced Engineering Materials.
2024.- A Copper-Based Coating for the Control of Airborne Viable Bacteria in a Prison Environment, Coatings.
2023.- Entrepreneurial skill for engineering students in the 21st Century: impact of technology, IEEE 3rd International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies.
2023.- Development of a web application with Shiny/R to promote teaching-learning of statistics, Journal of Engineering Research.
2023.- Evaluation of groundwater overexploitation and mega-drought based on hydrochemical analysis of Chacabuco-Polpaico basin, Science of the Total Environment.
2023.- Uses of Quantification and Modelling Category – The Case of Antimicrobial Coating Development, Proceedings of the 17th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics.
2021.- Recharge and residence times of groundwater in hyper-arid areas: The confined aquifer of Calama, Science of the Total Environment, 752.
2019.- Novel magnetic CoFe2O4/layered double hydroxide nanocomposites for water treatment, Applied Clay Science, 183.
2018.- In situ antimicrobial behavior of materials with copper-based additives in hospitals, International Journal of Antimicrobials Agents, 51 (6).
2016.- Antibacterial behavior of copper particles against microorganisms from infected chronic ulcers, Revista Médica de Chile, 144.
2015.- Synthesis of copper nanostructures on silica-based particles for antimicrobial coatings, Applied Surface Science, 357.
2015.- Antimicrobial polymer composites with copper nanoparticles: effect of size and polymer matrix, Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 30 (4).
2015.- Improving metal ion release from nanoparticles embedded in polypropylene for antimicrobial applications, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132 (1).
2014.- Polypropylene in the melt state for in-situ synthesis of copper nanoparticles, AIChE Journal, 10 (3406-3411).
2012.- Antimicrobial polyethylene composites prepared by metallocenic polymerization with TiO2 nanoparticles, Journal of Polymer Science Part A, 50 (19).
2011.- Polypropylene with embedded copper nanoparticles as a novel antimicrobial agent, Letters in Applied Microbiology, 53.
2010.- Biocide materials based on polypropylene/copper nanoparticles, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 31.
2007.- Supported metallocene catalysts for alkene polymerization, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 45 (23).
2014.- Polymer/Copper-Based Materials for Antimicrobial Applications, Chapter 13. From the book: Polymeric Materials with Antimicrobial Activity, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Capítulos de libros : Polymer/Copper-Based Materials for Antimicrobial Applications. En: Polymeric Materials with Antimicrobial Activity, Royal Society of Chemistry (2014).
2024.- Composite polymeric materials with antifouling properties (Chile, 03044/2024)
2023.- Serious game for upper limb rehabilitation (Germany, 20/2023/104/567)
2013.- Biocidal additive for materials (Chile, 2101/2013)
2012.- Antimicrobial polymeric materials with nanostructured compounds (Chile, 2350/2012)
2014.- Metal nanoparticle synthesis using the Leidenfrost effect (Chile, 1881/2014)
2025 Best Project Award – Diploma in Leadership for Transformation 2.0
2024: Fundación Carolina for Short Postdoctoral Stays
2019 – 2023 Director, Chilean Engineering Faculties Corporation (CONDEFI).
2019 Ibero-American Scholarship for Young Professors and Researchers, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain.
2008 Doctoral Scholarship, Universidad de Chile.
