Academic Faculty
Academic Committee
- Prof. Luis Felipe Orellana (Coordinator Postgraduate degrees)
- Prof. Andreina García (Coordinator Ph.D. in Mining Engineering)
- Prof. Nadia Mery (Coordinator Master in Mining)
- Prof. Javier Vallejos
- Prof. Pía Lois
- Prof. Christian Ihle
| Nombre | Grado | Institución | Área de especialización |
| Emilio Castillo | Ph.D. in Mineral and Energy Economics | Colorado School of Mines, USA |
Mineral Economy |
| Raúl Castro | PhD in Mining Engineering | U. Queensland, Australia |
Mine Design, Rock Mechanics, Mining Technology |
| Diana Comte | Doctora en Sismología y Física del Interior de la Tierra | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico | |
| Xavier Emery | PhD in Geostatistics | Ecole des Minas, París, France | Mineral Deposit Evaluation, Geostatistics |
| Andreina García | Ph.D. In Chemistry | Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (Venezuela) |
Water treatment, Desalination of seawater, Water recovery, Revaluation of mining effluents |
| Christian Ihle | PhD in Engineering Sciences Fluid Dynamics | Universidad de Chile, Chile |
High-pressure and high-temperature fluid dynamics, Efficient use of water and energy for mining, Integration of renewable energies to mining |
| Pía Lois | Ph.D. in Mineral Processing | University of Queensland, Australia |
Geo-mining-metallurgy, Rock-water interaction |
| Nadia Mery | Ph.D. in Mineral Engineering | École Polytechnique Montreal, Canadá |
Ore body Evaluation, Geostatistics |
| Willy Kracht | PhD in Mining and Materials Engineering | McGill University, Canada |
Sustainability in Mining, Minerals Processing |
| Gonzalo Montes | PhD in Geosciences | Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France | Hydrometallurgy, Mineral flotation, Pre-concentration of minerals, Industrial Waste Treatment, Application of Processing, Signal Analysis |
| Luis Felipe Orellana | PhD in Rock Mechanics | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland |
Fault mechanics and fault architecture, Hydro-thermo-mechanical deformation of rocks, Tunneling and mechanized rock excavation, Mining and Society |
| Javier Ruiz del Solar | PhD in Engineering | Technical University Berlin, Germany | Mining Automation and Robotics |
| Brian Townley | PhD in Geology | Queen´s University, Canada | Economic Geology, Explorations, Geological Evaluation of Mineral Deposits and Geometallurgy |
| Javier Vallejos | PhD in Mining Engineering | Queen´s University, Canada | Geomechanics, Numerical Modeling, Mine Design |
| Tomás Vargas | PhD in Electrometallurgy | Imperial College, University of London | Extractive Metallurgy |