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Jorge Yáñez

Universidad de Concepcion Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, University of Massachusetts Amherst UMass Extension, University of Kassel, University of Concepción

Research areas: Chemistry · Analytical Chemistry · Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma · Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Arsenic contamination and mitigation

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7208-1880
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Dr. Jorge Yanez Solorza is Full Professor at the Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepción. His research field focuses on two areas, Applied Spectroscopy developing analytical metodos based on laser spectroscopy (LIBS) and vibrational spectroscopy (PAS, ATR, FTIR) for solving problems in field of environmental chemistry, sensing in copper mining industry and forensics. Solar Mining, where advanced oxidation processes for using solar photochemical energy applied in the copper production are developed. Dr. Yanez is Biochemist from University of Concepción (1991), performed his PhD. in Chemistry at the Institute of Spectroscopy and Applied Spectroscopy (ISAS) in Dortmund, Germany (1993-1997) obtaining his Dr. rer. nat. grade at University of Kassel (1997). He was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA (2000) and research fellow at the University Research Institute of Analytical Chemistry in Amherst, Massachusetts (2004). He made a special training in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands (2007).
In the field of R&D he has led several projects, including projects FONDECYT (as principal researcher and co-researcher: 1121128, 1151296, 11601011, 1170120, 110641, 1050088), Fondef (ID16l10465, IT16I10057, ID15I1021, IT16M100029), Postdoctorado (3160499, 3150253), CORFO-INNOVA (205-4522, 15BP-45394, 15IPPID-45667), Fulbright Initiative Award, USA (AIA-FY2001), Projects Research Partnership-Anillos Conicyt (PIA ACT-130), Basal CONICYT-PFB-0824 Center Optics and Photonics, and CONICYT/FONDAP/15110019 Solar Energy Research Center, SERC-Chile. In the field of technological consulting he has led and participated in numerous development projects in the productive sector mainly in the copper mining industry and public institutions. Up to 2019 he has 67 indexed publications (ISI), 5 book chapters with 1400 cites and an H-index of 21 (scopus). He has led more than 50 undergraduate, 4 Msc and 6 PhD theses, and 5 postdoctoral researchers. He is a staff member in 2 PhD programs at the Universidad de Concepción: Chemistry, Analytical Sciences and Technology and Geology. He has organized numerous international postgraduate courses.
He was Director of the Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry from 2011 to 2013, Chief of the Chemical Analyst career from 1998 to 1999, Director of Analytical Services and Technological Support at the Faculty of Chemistry (1999-2003). Among his awards, Dr. Yáñez is member of Chemistry Council at Fondecyt, he has been honored with scholarships German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Fulbright Council (USA). It has been honored with the Teaching Excellence recognition for 4 consecutive periods (2002-2010). He has been honored with the Academic Excellence recognition of the University of Concepción for 9 years (2011-2019). He is a member of the international scientific committee of the Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry, VII Iberoamerican Congress of Environmental Physics and Chemistry and the XII Meeting of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. He has been a guest speaker at numerous international conferences in Argentina, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and USA. In the present he is currently Regional Delegate of Chile Fulbright Commission for Cultural Exchange between Chile and the United States. He is vice president of the Division of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Chilean Chemical Society (2018-2020).

Employment

  • Universidad de Concepcion Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Full Professor
    2017 - Present
  • Universidad de Concepcion Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Associate Professor
    2012 - 2016
  • Universidad de Concepcion Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Assistant Professor
    2000 - 2011

Education

Projects & Funding

  • DEVELOPING STANDOFF LIBS FOR REAL-TIME CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN MOLTEN PHASE AND AEROSOLS THROUGH COPPER PYRO-REFINING. AFUNDAMENTAL STUDY Chilean National Agency for Research and Development, ANID
    2023 - Present
  • Unraveling the reaction pathways in solar photo-corrosion of copper sulfide-minerals. A fundamental study Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    2019 - Present
  • Novel Spectral Sensing for Copper Smelting Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    2018 - 2021
  • Online Chemical Analysis of Raw Materials in Bath-Smelting Melting Furnaces by Laser Spectroscopy - Análisis Químico en Línea de Materias Primas en Hornos de Fusión Bath-Smelting mediante Espectroscopia Láser Corporación de Fomento de la Producción
    2017 - 2019
  • Development of a laser spectroscopy equipment applied to the determination of valuable elements in copper concentrates Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    2016 - 2019
  • Gunshot residues analysis by atomic spectrometry (laser induced breakdown spectrometry, LIBS), infrared Fourier-transform phoacoustic spectrometry (FTIR-PAS) and chemometric methods for improving analytical assessment in forensic chemistry Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    2015 - 2019
  • Solar Energy Research Center, SERC Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo

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