Yelitza Delgado, Natalia Tapia, Martín Muñoz-Morales, Álvaro Ramirez, Javier Llanos, Ignacio Vargas & Francisco Jesús Fernández-Morales (2024)

Effect of hydrochar-doping on the performance of carbon felt as anodic electrode in microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Tapia N., Gallardo-Bustos C., Rojas C., Vargas I. (2024)

Long-term evaluation of soil-based bioelectrochemical green roof systems for greywater treatment

Journal of Environmental Management 370

Castaneda E., Castillo J., Pascual M., Rubio F., Vargas I., De la Iglesia R., Armijo F. (2024)

Marine biocorrosion inhibition of Pseudomonas sp. biofilms on 304 stainless steel coated with poly-6-aminoindole produced by two different electrochemical methods

PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS 194

Gallardo-Bustos C., Tapia N., Vargas I. (2024)

Synthetic greywater treatment using a scalable granular activated carbon bioelectrochemical reactor

BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY 159

Torres-Rojas F., Hernandez P., Vargas I., Nancucheo I. (2023)

Electrotrophic perchlorate reduction by a psychrotolerant acidophile isolated from an acid rock drainage in Antarctica

BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY 152

Cabezas A., Cercado B., Chouchane H., Corton E., Gomaa O., Harnisch F., Limson J., Spiller V., Vargas I. (2023)

Microbial electrochemistry and technology capacity building challenges-focus on Latin America & Caribbean and Africa

JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Munoz-Arango D., Torres -Rojas F., Tapia N., Vega M., Alvear C., Pizarro G., Pasten P., Cortes S., Vega A., Calderon R., Nerenberg R., Vargas I. (2023)

Perchlorate and chlorate assessment in drinking water in northern Chilean cities

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 233

Daille L., Spear J., Beech I., Vargas I., de la Iglesia R. (2023)

Seasonal variation in the biological succession of marine diatoms over 316L stainless steel in a coastal environment of Chile

BIOFOULING

Torres-Rojas F., Munoz D., Canales C., Hevia S., Leyton F., Veloso N., Isaacs M., Vargas I. (2023)

Synergistic effect of electrotrophic perchlorate reducing microorganisms and chemically modified electrodes for enhancing bioelectrochemical perchlorate removal

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 233

Simon F., Gironas J., Rivera J., Vega A., Arce G., Molinos-Senante M., Jorquera H., Flamant G., Bustamante W., Greene M., Pasten P., Cortes S., Rivera J., Vega A., Flamant G., Vargas I., Suarez F. (2023)

Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues

Heliyon 9 7

Torres-Rojas F., Muñoz D., Canales C., Vargas I. (2022)

Bioprospecting for electrochemically active perchlorate-reducing microorganisms

Bioelectrochemistry 108171

Vega M., Ontiveros A., Vargas I., Nerenberg R. (2022)

Chlorate addition enhances perchlorate reduction in denitrifying membrane-biofilm reactors

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

De La Fuente M.J., De la Iglesia R., Farias L., Glasner B., Torres-Rojas F., Muñoz D., Daims H., Lukumbuzya M., Vargas I. (2022)

Enhanced nitrogen and carbon removal in natural seawater by electrochemical enrichment in a bioelectrochemical reactor

Journal of Environmental Management 323 116294

Caro-Lara L., Vargas I., Ramos-Moore E., Galarce C., Diaz-Droguett D., Pizarro G., (2022)

Enhancing the contact-killing effect of copper by surface laser texturing

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 https://www.scienced

Anguita J., Pizarro G., Vargas I. (2022)

Mathematical modelling of microbial corrosion in carbon steel due to early-biofilm formation of sulfate-reducing bacteria via extracellular electron transfer

Bioelectrochemistry 145 108058

De La Fuente M.J., Gallardo-Bustos C., De la IglesiaR., Vargas I. (2022)

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Nitrogen Removal in Marine and Coastal Environments

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 4 2411

Vargas I., Tapia N., Regan J.M. (2022)

Rumen Inoculum Enhances Cathode Performance in Single-Chamber Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells

Materials 1 15 379

Daille L.K., Aguirre J., Anguita J., Galarce C., Caro-Lara L., Armijo F., Vargas I.T., Pizarro G., Walczak M., De la Iglesia R. (2022)

When material science meets microbial ecology: Bacterial community selection on stainless steels in natural seawater

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 221 112955

Cantillo-Gonzalez A., Anguita J., Rojas C., Vargas I.T (2022)

Winogradsky Bioelectrochemical System as a Novel Strategy to Enrich Electrochemically Active Microorganisms from Arsenic-Rich Sediments

Micromachines 13 11 1953

Leiva-Aravena E., Vera M., Nerenberg R., Leiva E., Vargas I. (2021)

Biofilm formation of Ancylobacter sp. TS-1 on different granular materials and its ability for chemolithoautotrophic As(III)-oxidation at high concentrations

Journal of Hazardous Materials 126733

De La Fuente M.J., De la Iglesia R., Farias L., Daims H., LukumbuzyaM., Vargas I. (2021)

Electrochemical enrichment of marine denitrifying bacteria to enhance nitrate metabolization in seawater

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Baldanzi S., Vargas I., Armijo F., Fernández M., Navarrete S. (2021)

Experimental Assessment of a Conducting Polymer (PEDOT) and Microbial Biofilms as Deterrents and Facilitators of Macro-Biofouling: Larval Settlement of the Barnacle Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin, 1854) from Central Chile

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Caro-Lara L., Ramos-Moore E., Vargas I.T., Walczak M., Fuentes C., Gómez A.V., Barrera N.P., Castillo J., Pizarro G. (2021)

Initial adhesion suppression of biofilm-forming and copper-tolerant bacterium Variovorax sp. on laser microtextured copper surfaces

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 202 111656

Díaz-Rullo J., Rodríguez-Valdecantos G., Torres-Rojas F., Cid L., Vargas I., González B., González-Pastor J. (2021)

Mining for perchlorate resistance genes in microorganisms from sediments of a hypersaline pond in Atacama Desert, Chile

Frontiers in Microbiology

Canales C., Galarce C., Rubio F., Pineda F., Anguita J., Barros R., Parragué M., Daille L., Aguirre J., Armijo F., Pizarro G., Walczak M., De la Iglesia R., Navarrete S., Vargas I. (2021)

Testing the Test: A Comparative Study of Marine Microbial Corrosion under Laboratory and Field Conditions

ACS OMEGA

Torres-Rojas F., Muñoz D., Tapia N., Canales C., Vargas I.T. (2020)

Bioelectrochemical chlorate reduction by Dechloromonas agitata CKB.

Bioresource Technology 315 123818

Galarce C., Fischer D., Diez B., Vargas I.T., Pizarro G.E. (2020)

Dynamics of Biocorrosion in Copper Pipes under Actual Drinking Water Conditions

Water 12 4 1036

Daille L.K., Aguirre J., Fischer D., Galarce C., Armijo F., Pizarro G.E., Walczak M., de la Iglesia R., Vargas I.T. (2020)

Effect of Tidal Cycles on Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Biocorrosion of Stainless Steel AISI 316L

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8 2 124

de la Fuenta M.J., Daille L.K., de la Iglesia R., Walczak M., Armijo F., Pizarro G.E., Vargas I.T. (2020)

Electrochemical Bacterial Enrichment from Natural Seawater and Its Implications in Biocorrosion of Stainless-Steel Electrodes. Materials

Materials 13 10 2327

Ramírez P.B., Fuentes-Alburquenquee S., Díez B., Vargas I., 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 141 107692

Vargas I. T., Anguita J. M., Pastén P.A., Pizarro G.E. (2019)

Chlorine Reduction Kinetics and its Mass Balance in Copper Premise Plumbing Systems During Corrosion Events

Materials 12 22 3676

Galarce C., Pineda F., Fischer D.A., Flores M., Vargas I., Sancy M., Pizarro G.E. (2019)

Effect of Hazardous Bacteria Isolated From Copper Plumbing System on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Copper

International Journal of Electrochemical Science 14 2305 – 2320

Leiva-Aravena E., Leiva E., Zamorano V., Rojas C., Regan J.M., Vargas I.T. (2019)

Organotrophic acid-tolerant microorganisms enriched from an acid mine drainage affected environment as inoculum for microbial fuel cells

Science of the Total Environment

D.A. Fischer, I.T. Vargas, G.E. Pizarro, F. Armijo, M. Walczak, (2019)

The effect of scan rate on the precision of determining corrosion current by Tafel extrapolation: A numerical study on the example of pure Cu in chloride containing medium

Electrochimica Acta

Anguita J.M., Rojas C., Pastén P.A. and Vargas I.T. (2018)

A new aerobic chemolithoautotrophic arsenic oxidizing microorganism isolated from a high Andean watershed

Biodegradation 29 1 59-69

Tapia N.F., Rojas C., Bonilla C.A. and Vargas I.T. (2018)

A New Method for Sensing Soil Water Content in Green Roofs Using Plant Microbial Fuel Cells

Sensors 18 1 9pp

Leiva E., Leiva-Aravena E., Rodríguez C., Serrano J. and Vargas I. (2018)

Arsenic removal mediated by acidic pH neutralization and iron precipitation in microbial fuel cells

Science of the Total Environment 645 15 471-481

Araneda I., Tapia N.F., Lizama Allende K. and Vargas I.T. (2018)

Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Greywater Treatment

Water 10 7 9pp

Vega M., Nerenberg R. and Vargas I.T. (2018)

Perchlorate contamination in Chile: Legacy, challenges, and potential solutions

Environmental Research 164 316-326

Anguita J.M., Vera M.A. and Vargas I.T. (2018)

The Electrochemically Active Arsenic Oxidising Bacterium Ancylobacter sp. TS‐1

ChemElectroChem 5 23 3633-3638

Vargas I.T., Fischer D., Alsina M.A., Pavissich J.P., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2017)

Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing

Materials 10 9 30pp

Rojas C., Vargas I.T., Bruns M.A. and Regan J.M. (2017)

Electrochemically active microorganisms from an acid mine drainage-affected site promote cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells

Bioelectrochemistry 118 139-146

Tapia N.F., Rojas C., Bonilla C.A. and Vargas I.T. (2017)

Evaluation of Sedum as driver for plant microbial fuel cells in a semi-arid green roof ecosystem

Ecological Engineering 108 203-210

Aguirre J., Daille L., Fischer D.A., Galarce C., Pizarro G., Vargas I., Walczak M., de la Iglesia R. and Armijo F. (2017)

Study of poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiphene) as a coating for mitigation of biocorrosion of AISI 304 stainless steel in natural seawater

Progress in Organic Coatings 113 175-184

Leiva E., Leiva-Aravena E. and Vargas I. (2016)

Acid Water Neutralization Using Microbial Fuel Cell: An Alternative for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment

Water 8 11 9pp

Pizarro G.E.and Vargas I.T. (2016)

Biocorrosion in drinking water pipes

Water Science and Technology-Water Supply 16 4 881-887

Fischer D.A., Daille L., Aguirre J., Galarce C., Armijo F., De la Iglesia R., Pizarro G., Vargas I. and Walczak M. (2016)

Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Simulated Tide of Fresh Natural Seawater of South East Pacific

International Journal of Electrochemical Science 11 6873-6885

Tapia N., Arauzo C., Guzman F., Vargas I. Utilización de sílice para mejorar el rendimiento de celdas de combustible microbiano en suelos. Journal I3, vol 6 (2016) Escuela de ingeniería UC. ISSN 0719-3971. (2016)

Utilización de sílice para mejorar el rendimiento de celdas de combustible microbiano en suelos

Journal I3 Escuela de Ingeniería UC 6

Olivares T. E., Cienfuegos R., Vargas I.T. and Pizarro G.E. (2014)

Experimental evidence for enhanced copper release from domestic copper plumbing under hydrodynamic control

Corrosion Science 80 473-481

Pizarro G.E., Vargas I.T., Pastén P.A. and Calle G.R. (2014)

Modeling mic copper release from drinking water pipes

Bioelectrochemistry 97 23-33

Vargas I.T., Alsina M.A., Pavissich J.P., Jeria G.A., Pastén P.A., Walczak M. and Pizarro G.E. (2014)

Multi-technique approach to assess the effects of microbial biofilms involved in copper plumbing corrosion

Bioelectrochemistry 97 15-22

Leiva E., Rámila C., Vargas I.T., Escauriaza C., Bonilla C.A., Pizarro G.E., Regan J.M. and Pastén P.A. (2014)

Natural attenuation process via microbial oxidation of arsenic in a high Andean watershed.

Science of the Total Environment 466-467 490-502

(2013)

Caracterización de la Reactividad de Aislados Bacterianos en la Biocorrosión de Cañerías de Cobre

Primer Congreso Nacional de Corrosión. Santiago, Chile.

(2013)

Desarrollo de un Modelo Matemático de Biocorrosión

Primer Congreso Nacional de Corrosión. Santiago, Chile.

(2013)

Factores que Gatillan la Corrosión Microbiana de Sistemas Domiciliarios de Agua Potable

Primer Congreso Nacional de Corrosión. Santiago, Chile

(2013)

FTIR characterization of bacterial isolates related to corrosion of drinking water copper pipes

Eurocorr 2013, Book of Abstracts

(2013)

Geothermal Fields on Northern Chile: Natural and Contaminated Extreme Environments to Broaden the Application of MFC Technologies

AEESP CONFERENCE 2013

(2013)

Infraestructura Sustentable, Calidad del Agua y Corrosión: Enfoque Multidisciplinario para el Estudio de Biocorrosión de Cañerías

Primer Congreso Nacional de Corrosión. Santiago, Chile.

Vargas I.T., Albert I.U. and Regan J.M. (2013)

Spatial distribution of bacterial communities on volumetric and planar anodes in single-chamber air-cathode microbial fuel cells. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.24949

Biotechnology and Bioengineering 110 11 3059-3062

(2013)

Water Quality as a Trigger Factor of Microbial Corrosion on Copper Pipes

Eurocorr 2013, Book of Abstracts

I. Vargas and John Regan. Biocathode Development Using Acid Mine Drainage Inoculum. NA-ISMET 2012. Ithaca, NY (USA) 8-10 Octubre 2012. (2012)

Biocathode Development Using Acid Mine Drainage Inoculum

NA-ISMET. Cornell University, Estados Unidos. 8-10 de Oct 2012

I. Vargas, G. Pizarro, R. Cienfuegos. Biocorrosión de Cobre en Sistemas de Distribución de Agua Potable. LATINCORR 2012. Lima, Perú. 10-13 Julio 2012. (2012)

Biocorrosión de Cobre en Sistemas de Distribución de Agua Potable

Latincorr 2012. Lima, Perú

G. Pizarro, I. Vargas, G. Calle. Modelling MIC copper release from drinking water pipes. EUROCORR 2012. Estambul, Turquía. European Federation of Corrosion. 9-13 Septiembre 2012. (2012)

Modelling MIC copper release from drinking water pipes

Eurocorr 2012. Estambul, Turquía

I. Vargas, G. Pizarro, M. Felis, J. Corthorn, S. Acevedo. Multi-technique approach to understand the effects of bacterial communities involved in copper plumbing corrosion. EUROCORR 2012. Estambul, Turquía. European Federation of Corrosion. 9-13 Septiembre 2012. (2012)

Multi-technique approach to understand the effects of bacterial communities involved in copper plumbing corrosion

Eurocorr 2012. Estambul, Turquía

Regan J, Yan H and Vargas I. Opportunities to Tailor Air-Cathode Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems. 6th ASM Conference on Biofilms 2012. Miami, Estados Unidos. 29 Sept – 4 Oct 2012 (2012)

Opportunities to Tailor Air-Cathode Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems

6th ASM Conference on Biofilms 2012. Miami, Estados Unidos. 29 Sept – 4 Oct 2012

(2011)

Enhanced copper release from household drinking water systems under different hydrodynamic conditions

Eurocorr 2011, Estocolmo, Suecia

Vargas I.T. and Pizarro G.E. Microbially Influenced Corrosion in Household Copper Pipes Systems. EUROCORR 2011. Stockholm, Sweden. European Federation of Corrosion. 4-8 Sept 2011. (2011)

Microbially Influenced Corrosion in Household Copper Pipes Systems

Eurocorr 2011. Estocolmo, Suecia

Vargas I and Regan J. Rumen-Derived Inoculum Enhances Stable Power Production in Air Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells. 3rd International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference. 6-8 June 2011 Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. (2011)

Rumen-Derived Inoculum Enhances Stable Power Production in Air Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells

3rd International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference. Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

Pavissich J.P., Vargas I.T., González B., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2010)

Culture dependent and independent analyses of bacterial communities involved in copper plumbing corrosion.

Journal of Applied Microbiology 109 771-782

Jeria G.A., Vargas I.T., Walczak M.M., Pastén P.A., Pizarro G.E. Effect of Hydrodynamic Conditions on Copper Release in Drinking Water Systems EUROCORR 2010. Moscu, Rusia. European Federation of Corrosion. 13-17 Sept 2010. (2010)

Effect of Hydrodynamic Conditions on Copper Release in Drinking Water Systems

Eurocorr 2010. Moscow, Russia

Vargas I.T., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2010)

Empirical model for dissolved oxygen depletion during corrosion of drinking water copper pipes

Corrosion Science 52 2250-2257

Vargas I.T., Pavissich J.P., Olivares T.E., Jeria G.A., Cienfuegos R.A., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2010)

Increase of the concentration of dissolved copper due to nano particulated corrosion by-products release.

Corrosion Science 52 10 3492-3503

Vargas, I. T., Mueller, M. S., Pasten, P. A. & Pizarro, G. E. (2009). Effect of Residual Chlorine on the Corrosion of Copper Pipes Processes in Household Drinking Water Systems. EUROCORR 2009. Nice, France. European Federation of Corrosion. 6-10 Sept 2009 (2009)

Effect of Residual Chlorine on the Corrosion of Copper Pipes Processes in Household Drinking Water Systems

Vargas I.T., Alsina M.A., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2009)

Influence of solid corrosion by-products on the consumption of dissolved oxygen in copper pipes. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2009.02.014

Corrosion Science 51 5 1030-1037

Calle G.R., Vargas I.T., Alsina M.A., Pastén P.A. and Pizarro G.E. (2007)

Enhanced copper release from pipes by alternating stagnation and flow events. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es071079b

Environmental Science & Technology 41 21 7430-7436

Carvallo M.J., Vargas I.T., Vega A., Pizarro G. and Pastén P. (2007)

Evaluation of rapid methods for in-situ characterization of organic contaminant load and biodegradation rates in winery wastewater. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2007.481

Water Science and Technology 56 2 129-137

Pasten P.A., Pizarro G.E., Calle G.R., Alsina M.A., Vargas I.T. (2006)

Hydrodynamic and chemical control of by-product release from a metallic surface covered by biotic and abiotic microscopic features

Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society 46 1 647-651