Alexander Neaman

Información de Contacto

Correo: alexander.neaman@pucv.cl
Teléfono: (+56 32) 227 4537

Formación Académica

Licenciatura en Ciencias del Suelo, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Rusia.
Magíster en Ciencias del Suelo, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Rusia.
Doctor en Filosofía en Ciencias del Suelo, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Post-doctorado, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Francia.
Post-doctorado, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Francia
Post-doctorado, Pennsylvania State University, EE.UU.

Asignaturas 2018

EDAFOLOGÍA
IMPACTO AMBIENTAL EN LA SOCIEDAD MODERNA

Línea de Investigación

Comportamientos de metales (y metaloides) en el suelo. Utilización de bioindicadores (plantas, lombrices, microorganismos) para determinar la calidad ambiental de los suelos agrícolas. Técnicas de fitorremediación de suelos contaminados por actividades mineras.

Comportamiento ambiental de las personas.

Publicaciones en Revistas Indexadas

2017

Delgadillo V, J Verdejo, P Mondaca, G Verdugo, H Gaete, ME Hodson & A Neaman. Proposed modification to avoidance test with Eisenia fetida to assess metal toxicity in agricultural soils affected by mining activities. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 140: 230-234; doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.02.038

Mondaca P, J Catrin, J Verdejo, S Sauve & A Neaman. Advances on the determination of thresholds of Cu phytotoxicity in field-contaminated soils in central Chile. Environmental Pollution 223: 146-152; doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.076

2016

Otto S, A Neaman, B Richards & A Mario. Explaining the ambiguous relations between income, environmental knowledge, and environmentally significant behavior. Society & Natural Resources 29: 628-632; doi: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1037410

2015

Díaz-Siefer P, A Neaman, E Salgado, JL Celis-Diez & S Otto. Human-environment system knowledge: A correlate of pro-environmental behavior. Sustainability 7: 15510-15526; doi: 10.3390/su71115510.

Mondaca P, A Neaman, S Sauvé, E Salgado & M Bravo. Solubility, partitioning and activity of copper in contaminated soils in a semiarid zone. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 178: 452-459; doi: 10.1002/jpln.201400349

Verdejo J, R Ginocchio, S Sauvé, E Salgado & A Neaman. Thresholds of copper phytotoxicity in field-collected agricultural soils exposed to copper mining activities in Chile. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 122: 171-177; doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.07.026

Olivares Y, H Gaete & A Neaman. Evaluación de la fitotoxicidad y la genotoxicidad de suelos agrícolas de zonas con actividades mineras de cobre de la cuenca del Río Aconcagua (Chile central). Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental 31: 237-243.

Bustos V, P Mondaca, J Verdejo, S Sauvé, H Gaete, JL Celis-Diez & A Neaman. Thresholds of arsenic toxicity to Eisenia fetida in field-collected agricultural soils exposed to copper mining activities in Chile. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 122: 448-454; doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.09.009

Vargas C, W Quiroz, M Bravo & A Neaman. Stability of arsenic during soil treatment and storage. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society 60: 3045-3048

Gonzalez I & A Neaman. Assessment of copper tolerance of two populations of Oenothera picensis Phil. subsp picensis (Onagraceae). Gayana Botanica 72: 240-249.

Gonzalez I, A Neaman, P Rubio & A Cortes. Spatial distribution of copper and pH in soils affected by intensive industrial activities in central Chile. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 14: 943-953

2014

Norambuena M, A Neaman, MC Schiappacasse & E Salgado. Effect of liquid humus and calcium sulphate on soil aggregation. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 14: 701-709; doi: 10.4067/S0718-95162014005000056

Barazarte R, A Neaman, F Vallejo & P García. El conocimiento ambiental y el comportamiento pro-ambiental de los estudiantes de la enseñanza media, en la Región de Valparaíso (Chile). Revista de Educación 364: 12-34; doi: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2014-364-255

González I, A Neaman, A Cortés & P Rubio. Effect of compost and biodegradable chelate addition on phytoextraction of copper by Oenothera picensis grown in Cu-contaminated acid soils. Chemosphere 95: 111-115, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.046

2013

Ginocchio R, V Cárcamo, E Bustamante, E Trangolao, LM de la Fuente & A Neaman. Efficacy of fresh and air-dried biosolids as amendments for remediation of acidic and metal-polluted soils: A short-term laboratory assay. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 13: 855-869

2012

Olivares D, M Bravo, J Feldmann, A Raa, A Neaman & W Quiroz. Development of an analytical method for antimony speciation in vegetables by HPLC hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Journal of AOAC International 95: 1176-1182; doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.11-278

Ulriksen C, R Ginocchio, M Mench & A Neaman. Lime and compost promote plant re-colonization of metal-polluted, acidic soils. International Journal of Phytoremediation 14: 820-833; doi: 10.1080/15226514.2011.628716

Cárcamo V, E Bustamante, E Trangolao, LM de la Fuente, M Mench, A Neaman & R Ginocchio. Simultaneous immobilization of metals and arsenic in acidic polluted soils near a copper smelter in central Chile. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 19:1131-1143, doi: 10.1007/s11356-011-0673-3

Neaman A, S Huerta & S Sauvé. Effects of lime and compost on earthworm (Eisenia fetida) reproduction in copper and arsenic contaminated soils from the Puchuncaví Valley, Chile. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 80: 386-392; doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.04.013

2011

Cataldo J, ME Hidalgo, A Neaman & H Gaete. Use of molecular biomarkers in Eisenia foetida to assess copper toxicity in agricultural soils affected by mining activities. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 11: 57-70; doi: 10.4067/S0718-95162011000300005

Aguilar R, C Hormazábal, H Gaete & A Neaman. Spatial distribution of copper, organic matter and pH in agricultural soils affected by mining activities. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 11: 125-145; doi: 10.4067/S0718-95162011000300010

Córdova S, A Neaman, I González, R Ginocchio & P Fine. The effect of lime and compost amendments on the potential for the revegetation of metal-polluted, acidic soils. Geoderma 166: 135-144; doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.07.022

González I, A Cortes, A Neaman & P Rubio. Biodegradable chelate enhances the phytoextraction of copper by Oenothera picensis grown in copper-contaminated acid soils. Chemosphere 84: 490-496; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.03.015

Goecke P, R Ginocchio, M Mench & A Neaman. Amendments promote the development of Lolium perenne in soils affected by historical copper smelting operations. International Journal of Phytoremediation 13: 552-566; doi: 10.1080/15226514.2010.495150

2010

Youlton C, P Espejo, J Biggs, M Norambuena, M Cisternas, A Neaman & E Salgado. Quantification and control of runoff and soil erosion on avocado orchards on ridges along steep-hillslopes. Ciencia e Investigación Agraria 37: 113-123.

Gaete H, ME Hidalgo, A Neaman & G Ávila. Assessment of copper toxicity in soils using biomarkers of oxidative stress in Eisenia foetida. Química Nova 33: 566-570; doi: 10.1590/S0100-40422010000300014

Muena V, I González & A Neaman. Effects of liming and nitrogen fertilization on the development of Oenothera affinis in a soil affected by copper mining. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 10: 21-32.

Espinoza G & A Neaman. Advances in diagnosis of iron deficiency in avocado. Journal of Plant Nutrition 33: 38-45; doi: 10.1080/01904160903391065

Proyectos de Investigación

2016 - (2018)

PI FONDECYT 1160018. Soil, house dust, locally grown vegetables, and drinking water as environmental media of human exposure to trace elements in Puchuncaví

2015 - (2017)

Co-I FONDECYT 1150503. Microbial properties as indicator of quality of metal-contaminated agricultural soil

2013 – (2016)

IR FONDECYT 1130041. Ecotoxicological assessment of soil quality: use for legislative regulations concerning metal-contaminated soils.