Environmental Process Engineering specialist with +20 years of experience. Operation support and process optimization based on process data and chemical analysis. Experience in diverse process units in Norway and abroad including biogas, biogas up-gradation, sulphide removal, syngas fermentation, chemical dosage, nitrification, denitrification, and bioelectrochemical systems.
carlos@dinamarca.no
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Professor 2020-today; Department of Process, Energy and Environment, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Porsgrunn, Norway.
- Associate Professor (2010-2020); Department of Process, Energy and Environment, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Porsgrunn, Norway.
- Environmental Engineering Consultant (2009-2019), Dinamarca Consulting, Stathelle, Norway
- Assistant professor (2004-2009), Telemark University College (TUC), Porsgrunn, Norway.
- Consultant for Fishing Industry (2) (2001 -2003), Puerto Montt, Chile
- Chemistry teacher (2002-2003), secondary and pre-University schools, Santiago & Puerto Montt, Chile
- Lector, Water Chemistry (2000-2001), University Polytechnic of the Coast (ESPOL), Ecuador.
- Research Internship (1999), Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis Brazil.
- Teaching & laboratory assistant 1994-1998, University of Antofagasta (UA), Chile.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. Environmental Biotechnology (2010), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. Dissertation: Homoacetogenic H2 Consumption in Fermentative Hydrogen Production Processes.
- M.Sc., Environmental Analysis, Aquaculture (2001), ESPOL/KU LEUVEN/UC LEUVEN, Ecuador/Belgium.
- Siv. Eng. Aquaculture (1998), University of Antofagasta (UA), Chile.
- B.Sc. in MarineScience (1995), University of Antofagasta (UA), Chile.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Expert in water and wastewater quality parameters, environmental evaluation, and analytical techniques according to US/NO standards methods.
- Experienced with Instrumentation for chemical analysis such as gas chromatography, ion chromatography, liquid chromatography, Absorption spectroscopy, TOC analyser, Infrared spectroscopy, and others.
- Experienced in sampling and analytical routines designed towards the efficient operation of process units wastewater/sludge treatment units. Experienced in fieldwork, sampling and mass and energy balance.
- Evaluation, optimisation, and design of biological wastewater/sludge treatment units.
- Data analysis, descriptive, analytical and multivariate statistics, graphics, and dashboard.
- Characterisation of electrochemical systems (reactor environment): Linear sweep voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Potensiostatic tests.
LANGUAGES
Spanish (mother language); Norwegian (Fluent), English (Fluent), Portuguese (Good)
