Ismael Leonardo Vera Puerto

Grado académico:

• Doctor en Ciencias Ambientales mención Sistemas Acuáticos Continentales, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

Publicaciones y Artículos:

• Ismael Vera-Puerto, Gianfranco Moris, Hugo Valdés, Marco Quiroz, Francisco Encina, Pascal Molle, Miguel Martín-Monerris, Carmen Hernández-Crespo, Carlos A. Arias, Implementation of an experimental vertical flow treatment wetland for combined sewer overflow in the south of Chile, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 72, 2025, 107484, ISSN 2214-7144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.107484.
• Valdes H, Correa C, Suarez C, Laurens Arredondo LA, Hurtado Espinosa MF, Vera-Puerto IL, Zagal M, Arias CA (2025), "Conceptual model for facultative symbiosis between sustainable construction and nature-based solutions in the training of engineers in Chile". International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 26 No. 4 pp. 773–803, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-06-2024-0378 
• Vera-Puerto, Ismael, Hugo Valdés, Luis Laurens-Arredondo, Xaviera López-Cortés, Marco Quiroz, Carmen Hernández-Crespo, Marisol Belmonte, José Luis Campos, Miguel Martín-Monerris, Rosa Miglio, and et al. 2024. "Educating Professionals to Develop Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) as Infrastructure for Water Pollution Control: A Course Proposal" Sustainability 16, no. 16: 7199. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16167199
• Vera-Puerto, Ismael L., Shrabana Sarkar, Gianfranco Moris, Hugo Valdés, Marco Quiroz, Juan López, Francisco Encina, Pascal Molle & Carlos A. Arias. 2024. “First report of components responsible for odor sensation from a vertical flow constructed wetland treating combined sewer overflow.” Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 10 (9): 2013–2019. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EW00303A 
• Plaza-Garrido, A., Paula Miranda Herrera & Alex Paulsen-Espinoza. 2023. “Norovirus, Hepatitis A and SARS-CoV-2 surveillance within Chilean rural wastewater treatment plants based on different biological treatment typologies.” Water Science and Technology 87 (2023): 283. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2023.283 
• Vera-Puerto, Ismael; Campal, José; Martínez, Sandra; Cortés-Rico, Laura; Coy, Hadher; Tan, Sheyie; Arias, Carlos A.; Baquero-Rodríguez, Gustavo; y Rosso, Diego. 2022. “Effects of Environmental Conditions and Bed Configuration on Oxygen Transfer Efficiency in Aerated Constructed Wetlands.” Water 14, no. 20: 3284. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14203284
• Arias, C. A., D. Istenic, O. Stein, X. Zhai, R. Kilian, I. Vera-Puerto, y H. Brix. 2022. “Effects of effluent recycle on treatment performance in a vertical flow constructed wetland.” Ecological Engineering 180 (artículo 106675). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106675 
• Vera-Puerto, Ismael; Hugo Valdés; Marcos Bueno; Christian Correa; Jorge Olave; Marcos Carrasco-Benavides; Flavia Schiappacasse; y Carlos A. Arias. 2022. “Reclamation of Treated Wastewater for Irrigation in Chile: Perspectives of the Current State and Challenges.” Water 14, no. 4: 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040627 
• Valdés, Hugo; Aldo Saavedra; Marcos Flores; Ismael Vera-Puerto; Héctor Aviña; y Marisol Belmonte. 2021. “Reverse Osmosis Concentrate: Physicochemical Characteristics, Environmental Impact, and Technologies.” Membranes 11, no. 10: 753. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11100753 
• Vera-Puerto, Ismael; Hugo Valdés; Christian Correa; Víctor Pérez; Rodrigo Gómez; E. Alarcón; y Carlos A. Arias. 2021. “Performance comparison of vertical flow treatment wetlands planted with the ornamental plant Zantedeschia aethiopica operated under arid and Mediterranean climate conditions.” Water 13, no. 11: 1478. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13111478 
• Vera-Puerto, Ismael, Hugo Valdés, Christian Correa, Valeria Pérez, Roberto Gómez, Erica Alarcón y Carlos A. Arias. 2021. “Evaluation of Bed Depth Reduction, Media Change, and Partial Saturation as Combined Strategies to Modify in Vertical Treatment Wetlands.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4842. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094842 
•  Vera-Puerto, Ismael L., Hugo Valdés, Christian L. Correa B., Roberto Agredano, Gustavo Vidal, Marisol Belmonte, José Olave & Carlos A. Arias. 2020. “Proposal of competencies for engineering education to develop water infrastructure based on ‘Nature-Based Solutions’ in the urban context.” Journal of Cleaner Production 265: 121717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121717 
• Vera, I.; Saravia, M.; Olave, J.; Arias, C.; Alarcón, E.; y Valdés, H. 2020. “Potential Application of Chilean Natural Zeolite as a Support Medium in Treatment Wetlands for Removing Ammonium and Phosphate from Wastewater.” Water 12, no. 1156. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041156