About us
Andreas Rosenkranz
He is a Professor for Materials-Oriented Tribology and New 2D Materials in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials at the University of Chile. His research focuses on the characterization, chemical functionalization, and application of new 2D materials. His main field of research is related to tribology (friction, wear, and energy efficiency), but in the last couple of years, he has also expanded his fields towards water purification, catalysis, and biological properties. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications, is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and acts as a scientific editor for different well-reputed scientific journals including Applied Nanoscience and Frontiers in Chemistry.
Jose Yesid Aguilar
He is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the development of materials for tribological applications with a special emphasis on abrasion in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials at the University of Chile. His research focuses on the manufacturing, characterization, and application of High-entropy Alloys based upon FeMnCoCr and new hybrid nano-composites (MXene/graphene composites). His main field of research relates to tribology (friction and wear). He is also interested in nano-scale systems, which can greatly contribute to an improved energy efficiency and sustainability. Nowadays, he works on Postdoctoral Fondecyt project entitled “MXene (Ti3C2Tx)/Graphene Oxide Hybrid Composite Coatings: Deposition, Characterization and Solid Lubrication”.
Darío Zambrano
He is a FONDECYT Postdoctoral Researcher in the Laboratory for Materials Oriented Tribology and New 2D Materials in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Materials at the University of Chile. His research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and application of new coatings. His main field of research relates to surface engineering using protective coatings and the characterization of their microstructural, mechanical and tribological properties. He has recently broadened his research interest into solar energy, catalysis and, new 2D materials such as covalent organic frameworks, MXenes and dichalcogenides (MoS2 and TiS2). He has published in peer-reviewed journals as well as designed and assembled laboratory equipment such as a test chamber for gas sensors and sputtering equipment.
Rudy Jaramillo
He is a Doctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in collaboration with the Department of Chemical, Biotechnology and Materials Engineering at the University of Chile.
His Doctoral research focuses on the estimation of the remaining useful life (RUL) of steels and cast irons under different levels of friction and wear, thus building experimental datasets that allow training Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) being able to predict wear under new boundary conditions without the need for new experimentation.
Javier Marqués Henríquez
He is a thesis student in Chemical Engineering, guided by Professor Andreas Rosenkranz in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials at the University of Chile. His thesis research focuses on the characterization and application of the 2D MXenes to study their solid lubrication performance under different configurations. He is interested in research to improve the global energy consumption and use, and topics that lead to ecological and sustainable solutions.