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.
LATEST 10 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), 128919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128919
Vega, A., 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
Martínez, S., Contreras, C., 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
Acevedo, S. E., Contreras, C., Avila, C., & Bonilla, C. A. (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
Aedo, S. A., & Bonilla, C. A. (2021). A numerical model for linking soil organic matter decay and wildfire severity. Ecological Modelling, 447, 109506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109506,
Ramírez, P. B., Calderón, F. J., Fonte, S. J., Santibáñez, F., & Bonilla, C. A. (2020). Spectral responses to labile organic carbon fractions as useful soil quality indicators across a climatic gradient. Ecological Indicators, 111, 106042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106042
Ramírez, P. B., Fuentes-Alburquenque, S., Dı́Ez, B., Vargas, I. T., & Bonilla, C. A. (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/Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 141, 107692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107692
Rivera, J. I., & Bonilla, C. A. (2020). Predicting soil aggregate stability using readily available soil properties and machine learning techniques. Catena, 187, 104408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104408
Ramírez, P. B., Calderón, F. J., Fonte, S. J., & Bonilla, C. A. (2019). Environmental controls and long-term changes on carbon stocks under agricultural lands. Soil & Tillage Research, 186, 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2018.10.018
Lobo, G. P., & Bonilla, C. A. (2019). Predicting soil loss and sediment characteristics at the plot and field scales: Model description and first verifications. Catena, 172, 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.08.017
