Director of Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Oregon State University.
He is an agricultural engineer and holds a master’s degree in Engineering Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a PhD in Soil Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
RESEARCH AREAS
His research focuses on mass and energy transfers in the environment with applications in soil physics and hydrology; environmental biophysics; soil and water management and conservation. He also studies water erosion and sediment production; soil bioengineering; environmental impact assessment and soil-water-plant-atmosphere relationships; irrigation management and optimisation; and vegetation in urban systems.
LAST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Vega A, Arce G, Rivera J, Acevedo S, Reyes-Peacke S, Bonilla CA, Pastén P. A (2022). Comparative study of soil metal concentrations in Chilean urban parks using four pollution indexes. Applied Geochemistry 105230. doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105230
Martínez SI, Contreras CP, Acevedo SE, Bonilla CA. (2022). Unveiling soil temperature reached during a wildfire event using ex-post chemical and hydraulic soil analysis. Science of the Total Environment 822, 153654. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153654
Acevedo SE, Contreras CP, Ávila CJ, Bonilla CA. (2021). Testing the integral suspension pressure method for soil particle size analysis across a range of soil organic matter contents. International Agrophysics 35, 357-363. DOI: 10.31545/intagr/144387
Aedo SA, Bonilla CA. (2021). A numerical model for linking soil organic matter decay and wildfire severity. Ecological Modelling 447, 109506. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109506
Aedo SA, Bonilla C.A. (2021) A numerical model for linking soil organic matter decay and wildfire severity. Ecological Modelling 447 (2021) 109506.
Ramírez PB, Calderón FJ, Fonte SJ, Santibáñez F, Bonilla CA. (2020) Spectral responses to labile soil carbon fractions as potentially useful indicators for soil quality assessment across a climatic gradient. Ecological Indicators 111, 106042.
Ramírez PB, Fuentes-Alburquenque S, Díez B, Vargas I, Bonilla CA. (2020) Soil microbial community responses to labile organic carbon fractions in relation to soil type and land use along a climate gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 141, 107692.
Rivera JI, Bonilla CA. (2020) Predicting soil aggregate stability using readily available soil properties and machine learning techniques. Catena 187, 104408.
Ramírez PB, Calderón FJ, Fonte SJ, Bonilla CA. (2019) Environmental controls and long-term changes on carbon stocks under agricultural lands. Soil & Tillage Research 186:310-321.
Lobo GP, Bonilla CA. (2019) Predicting soil loss and sediment characteristics at the plot and field scales: Model description and first verifications. Catena 172:113-124.