My research area, in a general way, is focused on data analysis and statistics of information in which we have availability of its spatial information, that is to say, its location. This information analysis has always focused on the field of geosciences or earth sciences, with a focus on solving problems in the mining world. From here, I have focused my research in different areas and at different scales: (i) from the statistical analysis of micro-scale particles, and how the minerals that make up the rock are spatially arranged, in order to study energy consumption in mining processes of fragmentation; (ii) at the scale of mining deposits, improving methodologies for estimating resources and mining reserves, which is where the economic value of mineral deposits is determined, and how to predict plant yields from the information initially arranged in space, a key aspect being how to feed back our predictions with operational data; and (iii) at a regional scale, by generating algorithms and methodologies that help mining exploration, in order to identify those areas with the greatest potential and that could eventually hide the deposits of tomorrow.

Mineral Exploration, Geostatistics, Mine Planning

Civil Mining Engineer, Universidad de Chile 2016