Dr. Gonzalo R. Quezada is a Chemical Engineer and currently a faculty member at the Universidad del Bío-Bío since 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences with a specialization in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Concepción (2011–2017). Before his current position, he was an ANID postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad de Concepción (2020–2022) and a postdoctoral researcher at CHRIAM (2018–2019). His research interests include computational modeling, mineral processing, phase separation, sedimentation, polymers and  natural polymers, flocculation, coagulation, contaminant adsorption, clay science.