Sara Acevedo

 

Researcher
Healthy Wathersheds

 

seaceved@uc.cl

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agronomy and Natural Systems, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Degree in Chemistry with a focus on Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Master’s in Soils and Biogeochemistry, University of California, Davis. Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

 

RESEARCH AREAS

 

She specializes in the physical processes that control water infiltration and retention in soil in various contexts, both urban and agricultural within the city.

 

LAST PUBLICATIONS

 

Acevedo, S. E., Martínez, S. I., Contreras, C. P., & Bonilla, C. A. (2023). Effect of data availability and pedotransfer estimates on water flow modelling in wildfire-affected soils. Journal Of Hydrology, 617, 128919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128919

 

Acevedo, S. E., Waterhouse, H., Barrios-Masias, F., Dierks, J., Renwick, L. L., & Bowles, T. M. (2022). How does building healthy soils impact sustainable use of water resources in irrigated agriculture? Elementa, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00043

 

Martínez, S. I., Contreras, C. P., Acevedo, S. E., & Bonilla, C. A. (2022). Unveiling soil temperature reached during a wildfire event using ex-post chemical and hydraulic soil analysis. Science Of The Total Environment, 822, 153654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153654

 

Vega, A. S., Arce, G., Rivera, J. I., Acevedo, S. E., Reyes-Paecke, S., Bonilla, C. A., & Pastén, P. (2022). A comparative study of soil metal concentrations in Chilean urban parks using four pollution indexes. Applied Geochemistry, 141, 105230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105230

 

Acevedo, S., Contreras, C., Ávila, C., & Bonilla, C. (2021). Testing the integral suspension pressure method for soil particle size analysis across a range of soil organic matter contents. International Agrophysics, 35(4), 357-363. https://doi.org/10.31545/intagr/144387