Marco Antonio Vargas Suárez (9C1E-1F58-7F61)

Curriculum Vitae

Marco Antonio Vargas Suárez

Identification

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/04/05 - 2023/03/18 Concluído	Master of Science in Engineering with a Specialization in Mineral Process Engineering (Magister) Universidad de Antofagasta Facultad de Ingeniería, Chile "A methodology to evaluate technologies and quantify the circularity of water in process mining" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/06/05 - 2018/06/22 Concluído	Geological Engineering (Licence) Major in Engineering Universidad de Pinar del Río, Cuba "Prospects for non-conventional oil exploration in the Havana – Ciego de Ávila region" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/04/05 - Current	Investigador (Investigação)	Universidad de Antofagasta Facultad de Ingeniería, Chile
	Universidad de Antofagasta Facultad de Ingeniería, Chile

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2022/04/05 - Current	Integrando Estrategias de Economía Circular en Procesos de Minerales ACT210027 ACT210027 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Chile	Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Em curso

	Designation	Funders
2023/05/18 - Current	Technology and advanced modelling for increased water recovery and remediation in tailing storage facilities for sustentable reuse FSEQ210023 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Chile	Concluído
2022/11/05 - Current	FONDECYT regular" (Project 1211498) 1211498 Bolseiro de Doutoramento	Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Em curso

Outputs

Artigo em revista

Marco A. Vargas; Luis A. Cisternas; Yasna Tapia; Ana Carvalho. "Socio-Environmental Assessment of a Tailings Water Softening Technology for Reuse in Alternative Systems in Central Chile: An Approach to Industrial Ecology". Sustainability (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/su17209269.
10.3390/su17209269
Marco A. Vargas; Luis A. Cisternas; Daniel Calisaya-Azpilcueta. "Assessment of technologies and water circularity in mining processes: an innovative methodological approach.". Cleaner Environmental Systems (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100356.
10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100356

Activities

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/09/07 - 2023/09/07	“Optimizing the management of water from a tailings pond for irrigation: A perspective of circular economy and sustainability “. Congresso	11th International congress on water management in mining and industrial processes, water congress 2023, Chile
2023/05/08 - 2023/05/08	“A methodology to evaluate technologies and quantify the circularity of water in process mining” Congresso	8th International congress of environment and social responsibility in mining, sustainable mining 2023, Chile
2019/04/06 - 2019/04/06	“Prospects for non-conventional oil exploration in the Havana – Ciego de Ávila region.” Congresso	VIII International convention of earth sciences, Havana, Cuba (2019).
2017/04/03 - 2017/04/03	"Modeling of the synorogenic structure-facial sequence of the Mercedes Basin, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba." Congresso	VII International convention of earth sciences, Havana, Cuba (2017).

Distinctions

2020	Premio a Joven Científico Centro de Investigación del Petróleo, Cuba

2018	Reconocimiento por trayectoria Sociedad Geológica de Cuba, Cuba