ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
WORK TEAM
UDT is composed of investigators, professionals and technicians from different areas of expertise in an interdisciplinary and collaborative manner.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE
Dr. Juan Carlos Carrasco Moraga, Executive Director
j.carrasco@udt.cl / +56 41 266 1811
DEPARTMENTS
DIRECTORATE
Álvaro Maldonado, Department Director
/ +56 41 266 1814
Lines of research:
- Extrusion and injection of wood-plastic composites.
- Biodegradable plastics for various industrial applications.
- Thermoplastic nanocomposites with active properties.
PROJECT ENGINEERS
Dr. Cristina Segura, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1804
Lines of research:
- Thermochemical processes of biomass conversion.
- Energy densification of biomass.
- Biocrude production as petroleum substitute.
Dr. Mauricio Flores, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1832
Lines of research:
- Combustion and co-combustion of biomass.
- Biomass energy densification.
Dr. Po Shan Poon, Project Engineer, Hybrid and Carbon Materials Group
/ +56 41 266 1905
Dr. Víctor Ferrer, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1810
Dra. Cecilia Fuentealba, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1805
Líneas de investigación:
- Wood technology.
- Recovery of lignocellulosic by-products.
- Commercially valuable chemical compounds from lignocellulosic biomass.
Dr. Cristian Miranda, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1818
Lines of research:
- Thermoplastic nanocomposites.
- Antimicrobial polymers.
- Polymers with photocatalytic activity.
Dr. Patricia Castaño, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1867
Lines of research:
- Elastomeric compounds with sustainable additives.
- Recycled rubber from NFU composites with thermoplastics.
Dr. Danilo Escobar, Project Engineer
Niels Müller, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1833
Lines of research:
- Fast pyrolysis of biomass.
- Upgrading of bio-oil.
Juan Carlos Carrasco Prado, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1806
Lines of research:
- Biodegradable compounds.
- Biodegradable additives and masterbatch.
- Biodegradable plastics with functional properties.
Néstor Urra, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1868
Lines of research:
- Development of biomaterials from biodegradable resins.
- Development of biodegradable products to be used in the forest industry.
- Development of biodegradable materials to be used in the agricultural industry.
Carolina Olivari, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1840
Lines of work:
- Head of Pilot Plants
- Transformation processes of thermoplastic materials, such as:
- Extrusion or composite materials.
- Blow extrusion.
- Injection.
Juan Cea, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1839
Johairo Núñez, Project Engineer
j.nunez@udt.cl
Dr.Sebastián Riquelme, Project Engineer
Tomás Oñate, Project Engineer
Bernardo Coloma, Project Engineer
Matías Catalán, Project Engineer
José Fuentes, Project Engineer, Head of Pilot Plants
/ +56 41 266 1863
Lines of work:
- Head of Pilot Plants.
- Design, construction and assembly of pilot plants.
- Chemical process scaling.
Giovanni Ponce, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1902
Ramón Tobosque, Project Engineer
Juan pablo Parra, Support Engineer
j.parra@udt.cl
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS
Patricia Olivera, Chemical Analyst, Head of Gas Chromatography Laboratory
/ +56 41 266 1821
Carmen Pradenas, Chemical Analyst, Head of Thermoplastic Materials Laboratory
/ +56 41 266 1824
Lines of work:
- Head of Thermoplastic Materials Laboratory.
- Development of thermoplastic compounds.
- Thermal analysis by TGA- DSC polymers.
- Capillary rheology and polymer rheometry.
Johana Sanzana, Chemical Analyst, Head of Biomaterials Laboratory
/ +56 41 266 1823
Lines of work:
- Head of Biomaterials Laboratory.
- Biodegradable plastics.
- Thermoplastic nanocomposites.
- Composite materials.
Susana Castillo, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1823
Lines of work:
- Biodegradable plastics.
- Thermoplastic nanocomposites.
- Composite materials.
Karen Gálvez, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1824
Katalina Páez, Chemical Analyst
Silvia Tiznado, Chemical Analyst
s.tiznado@udt.cl
Catalina Muñoz, Chemical Analyst
c.munoz@udt.cl
Patricia Herrera, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1893
Lines of work:
- Head of Bioenergy Laboratory.
- Bioenergy.
Camila San Martín, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1822
Lines of work:
- Natural extracts: Obtaining and characterization.
Corina Silva, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1822
Lines of work:
- Head of Bioproducts Laboratory.
- Extraction and characterization of secondary metabolites.
- Elaboration and characterization of wooden boards.
- Production and characterization of microfibrils.
Jeniffer Cisternas, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1823
Lines of work:
- Head of Forest Laboratory.
- Wood chemistry.
- Chemistry of natural products.
Thomas Fonseca, Chemical Analyst
t.fonseca@udt.cl
Polett Parada, Chemical Analyst
p.parada@udt.cl
patricio Morales, Chemical Analyst
p.morales@udt.cl
OPERATORS
Paulo Farías, Operator
/ +56 41 266 1811
Javier Aburto, Operator
/ +56 41 266 1811
Humberto Medina, Operator
/ +56 41 266 1811
Robert Irribarra, Operator
/ +56 41 266 1848
Jonathan Irribarra, Operator
/ +56 41 266 1863
Lines of work:
- Pilot extraction of natural products.
DIRECTORATE
Carla Pérez, Department Director
/ +56 41 266 1816
Lines of research:
- Management systems associated with environment, chemicals and hazardous waste.
- Environmental assessments on the use of natural resources and pollution mitigation.
- Waste recovery from the forest industry.
TEAMWORK
Constanza Barrera, Project Engineer
/ +56 41 266 1817
Marcelo Finsterbusch, Sales Executive, Analytical Service Laboratory
/ +56 41 266 1821
Yael Guzmán, Head of Analytical Services Laboratory
/ +56 41 266 1891
Alejandro Herrera, Chemical Analyst
/ +56 41 266 1821
Bastián Medel, Chemical Analyst
b.medel@udt.cl / +56 41 266 1821
DIRECTORATE
Carolina Poblete, Department Director
/ +56 41 266 1854
Lines of work:
- Management of the administrative activities of UDT and Head of Units.
- Budgetary control of projects.
- Management indicators control.
TEAMWORK
Luisa Pardo, Accounting Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1809
María Pardo, Personnel Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1856
Nelson Zbinden, Communications Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1815
Osvaldo Vergara, Information and Communication Technologies Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1828
Lines of work:
- Computer and technical support to personnel.
- Design, programming and implementation of computer solutions.
- Maintenance of access and attendance control system.
Marcela Torres, Management , Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1811
Lines of work:
- Meet the requirements of the Director, Project Engineers and personnel in general.
- Receive and dispatch correspondence, keeping track of it.
- Plan and organize purchases, delivery of goods, supplies and others in the field.
Karen Iturrieta, Administrative Secretary, Administrative Support, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1812
Líneas de trabajo:
- Submission of application forms for administrative and legal holiday days.
- Enter in time control system all authorizations of administrative and legal holiday days.
- Register the entrance and provide credentials to new personnel, visitors, contractors, internship students or thesis students.
Jorge Provoste, Maintenance Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1827
Lines of work:
- Process plant design.
- Supervision and/or implementation of the construction of new processing plants or adaptation of existing plants.
- Coordination and/or implementation of predictive and corrective maintenances of experimental plants.
Mario Fonseca, Operator, Maintenance Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1827
Lines of work:
- Operate different boilers present in the institution.
- Enable different supplies as required.
- Maintenance, installation and implementation of equipment.
Pedro Lavín, Operator, Maintenance Section, Management Department
/ +56 41 266 1827
Lines of work:
- Assembly of structures and equipment present in the institution.
- Electrical maintenance to different teams.
- Assembly and implementation of equipment.
Israel Ibáñez, Operator, Maintenance Section, Management Department
Lines of work:
- Maintenance of gardens and common areas.