Publications
Wallace, M.S., Alsina, M.A., Zhou, L., Polinksi, M., Ma Q., Denslow, N. D., Bonzongo J-C., Gaillard, J-F. (2026) Copper and lead sorption to aluminum-based drinking water treatment residuals. In prep.
Alsina, M.A., Montes-Atenas, G., Gaillard J-F. (2026) Distribution, geochemistry and mineralogy of Chilean copper tailings: Implications for their sustainable management. In prep.
González, M., Galarce C., Mora, D., Alsina, M.A., Aybar, M.A. (2026) A bibliometric analysis of membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR): Research and technology development in the wastewater treatment marker. In prep.
Montes-Atenas, G., Alsina, M.A., Valenzuela, F., Yarmuch, J,L., Basualto, C. (2025) Improving the Processing of Copper–Arsenic-Bearing Ores: Enhancing Separation and Extraction Methods Through Mediator Insights—A Brief Review. Minerals 15(11): 1157. https://doi.org/10.3390/min15111157
López, M., Alsina, M.A., Valderrama, L., Ñancucheo, I. (2025) Bioleaching phosphorus from apatite recovered from iron mine tailings. Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 11: 3675-3684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-025-01074-7
Castillo-Ibarra, E., Alsina, M.A., Astudillo, C.A., Fuenzalida-Henríquez, I. (2023) PFA-Nipals: An unsupervised principal features selection based on non-linear estimation by iterative partial least squares. Mathematics 11(19), 4154. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11194154
Wallace, S., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F. (2021) An algorithm for the automatic deglitching of x-ray absorption spectroscopy data. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 28(4): 1178-1183. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577521003611
Vargas, F., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Pastén, P.A., López, M. (2021) Copper entrapment and immobilization during cement hydration in concrete mixtures containing copper tailings. Journal of Cleaner Production 312(127547). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127547
Desmau, M., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F. (2021) XAS study of Sn speciation in toothpaste. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 36(2): 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0JA00392A
Montecinos, M., Coquery, M., Alsina, M.A., Bretier, M., Gaillard, J-F., Dabrin, A., Pastén, P. (2020) Partitioning of copper at the confluences of Andean rivers. Chemosphere 259: 127318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127318
Liu, C., Nauert, S.L., Alsina, M.A., Wang, D., Grant, A., He, K., Weitz, E., Nolan, M., Gray, K.A., Notestein, J.M. (2019) Role of surface reconstruction on Cu/TiO2 nanotubes for CO2 conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 255: 117754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117754
Gutiérrez-Bahamondes, J.H., Salgueiro, Y., Silva-Rubio, S.A., Alsina, M.A., Mora-Meliá, D., Fuentes-Miquel, V.S. (2019) jHawanet: An Open-Source Project for the Implementation and Assessment of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms on Water Distribution Networks. Water 11(10): 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11102018
Darnall, S-M., Li C., Dunbar, M., Alsina, M.A., Keten, S., Helms, B.A., Xu, T. (2019) Organic Nanotube with Subnanometer, pH-Responsive Lumen. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141: 10953−10957. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03732
Myers, C.P., Pappas, I., Makwana, E., Begum-Gafur, R., Utgikar, N., Alsina, M.A., et al. (2019) Solving the problem with stannous fluoride: Formulation, stabilization, and antimicrobial action. The Journal of the American Dental Association 150(4): S5-S13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2019.01.004
Wilke, C.M., Petersen, C., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Gray, K.A. (2019) Photochemical interactions between n-Ag2S and n-TiO2 amplify their bacterial stress response. Environmental Science: Nano 6(1): 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EN01159A
Xie. M., Alsina, M.A., Yuen, J., Packman, A.I., Gaillard J-F. (2019) Effects of resuspension on the mobility and chemical speciation of zinc in contaminated sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials 15: 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.10.043
Alsina, M.A. & Gaillard, J-F. (2018) Structural characterization of metal complexes in aqueous solutions: a XAS study of stannous fluoride. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20(18): 12727-12735. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01461B
Vargas, I.T., Fisher, D.A., Alsina, M.A., Pavissich, J.P., Pastén, P.A., Pizarro, G.E. (2017) Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing. Materials 10(9): 1036. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10091036
Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Keten, S. (2016) Conformational changes during permeation of Na+ through a modified cyclic peptide nanotube promote energy landscape roughness. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18(46): 31698-31710 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP06585F
Binh, C.T.T., Adams, E., Vigen, E., Tong, T., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Gray, K.A., Peterson, C.G., Kelly, J.J. (2016) Chronic addition of a common engineering nanomaterial alters biomass, activity and composition of stream biofilm communities. Environmental Science: Nano 3(3):619-630. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EN00274E
Tong, T., Hill, A.N., Alsina, M.A., Wu, J., Shang, K.Y., Kelly, J.J., Gray, K.A., Gaillard, J-F. (2015) Spectroscopic Characterization of TiO2 Polymorphs in Wastewater Treatment and Sediment Samples. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2(1): 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1021/ez5004023
Alsina, M.A., Zanella, L., Hoel, C., Pizarro, G.E., Gaiillard, J-F., Pastén, P.A. (2014) Arsenic Speciation in Sinter Mineralization from a Hydrothermal Channel of El Tatio Geothermal Field, Chile. Journal of Hydrology 518(C): 434-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.012
Vargas, I.T., Alsina, M.A., Pavissich, J.P., Jeria, G.A., Pastén, P.A., Walczak, M., Pizarro, G.E. (2013) Multi-technique approach to assess the effects of microbial biofilms involved in copper plumbing corrosion. Bioelectrochemistry 97: 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2013.11.005
Landrum, J.T., Bennett, P.C., Engel, A.S., Alsina, M.A., Pastén, P.A., Milliken, K. (2009) Partitioning geochemistry of arsenic and antimony, El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile. Applied Geochemistry 24(4): 664-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.024
Vargas, I.T., Alsina, M.A., Pastén, P.A., Pizarro, G.E. (2009) Influence of solid corrosion by-products on the consumption of dissolved oxygen in copper pipes. Corrosion Science 51(5): 1030-1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2009.02.014
Alsina, M.A., Saratovsky, I., Gaillard, J-F., y Pastén, P.A. (2008) Arsenic Speciation in solid phases of geothermal fields. Chapter 15 in Adsorption to Geomedia II: Variables, Mechanisms, and Model Applications, M.O. Barnett and D.B. Kent (Editors), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 417-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1571-9197(07)07015-2
Calle, G.R., Vargas, I.T., Alsina, M.A., Pastén, P.A., y Pizarro. G.E. (2007) Enhanced Copper Release from Pipes by Alternating Stagnation and Flow Events. Environmental Science and Technology 41(21): 7430-7436. https://doi.org/10.1021/es071079b