Advising on implementing methodological tools to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic sustainability in the fuel-oil process extracted, mining systems, and livestock sector. Advising on implementing methodologies for calculating and analyzing the water and carbon footprint at the National University of Colombia, Medellin Campus. Advising on recovering rare earth elements from minerals in black sands and residue from gold mining.Key Contributions:- Environmental and social… Show more Advising on implementing methodological tools to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic sustainability in the fuel-oil process extracted, mining systems, and livestock sector. Advising on implementing methodologies for calculating and analyzing the water and carbon footprint at the National University of Colombia, Medellin Campus. Advising on recovering rare earth elements from minerals in black sands and residue from gold mining.Key Contributions:- Environmental and social impact identification on fuel-oil, mining, and livestock supply chain.- Identification of environmental and social critical hotspots across the fuel-oil supply chain.- Implementing circular economy strategies to improve environmental and social sustainability. - Water and carbon footprint model at the National University of Colombia (Medellín) into environmental management project as a strategy to reach a more sustainable university campus.- Environmental optimization pathway to monazite concentration from alluvial mining tailings.- Supply chain pilot scale sustainability optimization. Show less

Faculty of Engineer. Implementing cleaner production strategies using the life cycle assessment method in process design and getting technical, environmental, and technical tools for the resolution of socio-environment conflicts and modeling environmental optimization by life cycle assessment methodology. Determine the supply chain process's environmental footprint (carbon, water, nitrogen footprint).Key Contribution:- Get remarkable tools to cope with sustainable industrial challenges.… Show more Faculty of Engineer. Implementing cleaner production strategies using the life cycle assessment method in process design and getting technical, environmental, and technical tools for the resolution of socio-environment conflicts and modeling environmental optimization by life cycle assessment methodology. Determine the supply chain process's environmental footprint (carbon, water, nitrogen footprint).Key Contribution:- Get remarkable tools to cope with sustainable industrial challenges. - Apply theoretical concepts on supply chain sustainable issues. - Project planning on sustainable topics on different development projects.- Environmental decision-making based on sustainability assessment.- Efficient use of resources, reduction of waste and emissions, and recovery of waste streams using Material Flow Analysis (AFM). Show less

Research

Post-doctoral Research, 2022 to Present.Research Group Sustainable Systems Engineering. Department Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering. Collaborated in developing a holistic Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) methodology that overcomes the key deficiencies of existing schemes to assess complex production-consumption systems, including product circularity.

Sustainable Minerals Institute, Centre of Water in the Minerals Institute. Adapt and apply sustainability evaluation by Emergy and EM-LCA (Emergy- Life Cycle Assessment) to two types of mining. Key Contribution: Spread and socialize the implementation of emergy accounting as a tool to evaluate the sustainability of mining projects at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI). Until my research stay, emergy accounting was unknown in the institute

Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Section Biotechnology and Society. Development of the flowsheets and LCA models for two mining techniques (alluvial and open pit) to determine the environmental impacts of LCA. Key Contribution:- Getting academic cooperation between the National University of Colombia and the Delft University of Technology.- Finishing my doctoral thesis by achieving one of my specific goals related to Life Cycle Assessment.- Improve… Show more Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Section Biotechnology and Society. Development of the flowsheets and LCA models for two mining techniques (alluvial and open pit) to determine the environmental impacts of LCA. Key Contribution:- Getting academic cooperation between the National University of Colombia and the Delft University of Technology.- Finishing my doctoral thesis by achieving one of my specific goals related to Life Cycle Assessment.- Improve methodological and systematic skills to carry out a holistic environmental life cycle assessment. Show less

Aim:Determine the risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with air particulate matter.Key results:-Academic Cooperation National University of Colombia and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.-Support for the take decisions concerns to the implementation of public politics (mobility and lifestyle strategies) on the air pollution problems in the city that presents the highest particulate (PM10, PM2.5) matter levels in Colombia.- Develop methods for… Show more Aim:Determine the risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with air particulate matter.Key results:-Academic Cooperation National University of Colombia and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.-Support for the take decisions concerns to the implementation of public politics (mobility and lifestyle strategies) on the air pollution problems in the city that presents the highest particulate (PM10, PM2.5) matter levels in Colombia.- Develop methods for assessing toxic and sub-toxic effects of the particle extracts on lung cells. Show less