Héctor Jorquera

 

Associate Researcher
HEALTHY WATERSHEDS

 

jorquera@uc.cl

Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses of the Faculty of Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica.

 

He is a civil engineer and holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Chile. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

 

RESEARCH AREAS

His research topic is air quality, specifically: the design of decontamination plans in urban areas; the determination of the main sources of pollution in specific areas; the modelling of meteorology and air quality at different scales (local, urban, regional); and the measurement of indoor pollution in housing.

 

LAST 10 PUBLICATIONS

Llanos, Y., Cortés, S., Martínez, A., Pozo, K., Pribylova, P., Klanova, J., Jorquera, H. (2022). Local and regional sources of organochlorine pesticides in a rural zone in central Chile. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 13, 101411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101411

 

Barraza F., Lambert F., MacDonell S., Sinclair K., Fernandoy F., Jorquera H. (2021) Major atmospheric particulate matter sources for glaciers in Coquimbo Region, Chile. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Marzo, 28, 1, 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12933-7

 

Jorquera H., Villalobos A.M., Schauer J.J. (2021) Wood burning pollution in Chile: A tale of two mid-size cities. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Abril, 12, 4, 50-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.02.011

 

Jorquera, H. (2021) Air quality management in Chile: Effectiveness of PM2.5 regulations. Urban Climate, Enero 2021, 35, 100764, 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100764

 

Jorquera H., Villalobos A.M. (2020) Combining Cluster Analysis of Air Pollution and Meteorological Data with Receptor Model Results for Ambient PM2.5 and PM10. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 8455. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228455

 

Cortes S., Pozo K., Llanos Y., Martinez N., Foerster C., Leiva C., Ustáriz J., Pribylova P., Klanova J., Jorquera H. (2020) First measurement of human exposure to current use pesticides (CUPs) in the atmosphere of central Chile: The case study of Mauco cohort. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11 (4), 776-784.

 

Jorquera H. (2020) Ambient particulate matter in Santiago, Chile: 1989–2018: A tale of two size fractions. Journal of Environmental Management, march, 258, 110035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.110035

 

Belis C. A., et al. (incluido H. Jorquera)(2020) Evaluation of receptor and chemical transport models for PM10 source apportionment. Atmospheric Environment: X, enero, 5, 1-23.

 

Viecco M., Vera S., Jorquera H., Bustamante W., Gironás J., Dobbs C. and Leiva E(2018) Potential of Particle Matter Dry Deposition on Green Roofs and Living Walls Vegetation for Mitigating Urban Atmospheric Pollution in Semiarid Climates. Sustainability https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072431

 

Jorquera H., Barraza F., Heyer J., Valdivia G., Schiacappase L. y Montoya L (2018) Indoor PM2.5 in an urban zone with heavy wood smoke pollution: the case of Temuco, Chile. Environmental Pollution, 236, 477-487.