Sus principales áreas de investigación son:

• Materiales biobasados a partir de la biomimética y de residuos industriales.
• Diseño de tecnologías libres de solventes para la extracción de biopolímeros.
• Aplicación de materiales biobasados en sistemas coloidales.
• Desarrollo de sistemas coloidales; hidrogeles, emulsiones, microcápsulas, compositos.
• Desarrollo de sistemas biobasados para materiales avanzados.

Proyectos

1. Síntesis y caracterización de microcápsulas porosas con difusión controlada de agentes rejuvenecedores para la auto-reparación de asfaltos.  FONDECYT de Postdoctorado 3200227. Ejecución 2020-2023. Investigador Responsable.
2. Desarrollo de productos rejuvenecedores a partir de la pirólisis de neumáticos fuera de uso para el mejoramiento de las propiedades reológicas y de autorreparación en cementos asfálticos envejecidos. FONDEF I + D ID21I10127. Ejecución 2021-2023. Investigador PhD.
3. Self-healing of bituminous materials using renewable resource-based microcapsules: a sustainable approach to extend the lifetime of roads. FONDECYT Regular 1190027. Ejecución 2019-2023. Investigador asociado.
4. Development of biopolymeric microparticles for self-healing of conglomerate materials”. International Exchanges 2019 Round 1 IES\R1\191015. The Royal Society, United Kingdom. Ejecución 2019-2022. Investigador asociado.

Publicaciones

1. Cortés-Camargo, S., Román-Guerrero, A., Alvarez-Ramirez, J., Alpizar-Reyes, E., Velázquez-Gutiérrez, S. K., & Pérez-Alonso, C. Microstructural influence on physical properties and release profiles of sesame oil encapsulated into sodium alginate-tamarind mucilage hydrogel beads. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023, 5, 100302.
2. Cortés-Camargo, S., Román-Guerrero, A., Alpizar-Reyes, E., & Pérez-Alonso, C. New Sources of Pectin: Extraction, Processing, and Industrial Applications, 2023.  IntechOpen.
3. Alpizar-Reyes E, Concha JL, Martin-Martínez F, Norambuena-Contreras J. Biobased spore microcapsules for asphalt self-healing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022,14 (27), 31296-31311.
4. Concha JL, Arteaga-Pérez L, Alpizar-Reyes E, Segura C, Gonzalez-Torre I, Kanellopoulos A, Norambuena-Contreras J. (2022). Effect of rejuvenating oil type on the synthesis and properties of alginate-based polynuclear capsules for asphalt self-healing. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2022.
5. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Román-Guerrero, A., Cortés-Camargo, S., Velázquez-Gutiérrez, S. K., & Pérez-Alonso, C. Recent Approaches in Alginate-based Carriers for Delivery of Therapeutics and Biomedicine. In Delivery of Therapeutics and Biomedical Applications. Royal Society of Chemistry , 27-68 2022.
6. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Cruz-Olivares, J., Cortés-Camargo, S., Rodríguez-Huezo, M. E., Macías-Mendoza, J. O., Alvarez-Ramírez, J., & Pérez-Alonso, C. Structural, physicochemical, and emulsifying properties of pectin obtained by aqueous extraction from red pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química, 2022, 21(3), 2887- 2887.
7. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Cortés-Camargo, S., Román-Guerrero, A., Pérez-Alonso, C. Chapter 14 - Tamarind gum as a wall material in the microencapsulation of drugs and natural products, In Micro and Nano Technologies, Micro- and Nanoengineered Gum-Based Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications, Elsevier, 347-382, 2022.
8. Avila-Hernandez, M., Perez-Alonso, C., Orozco-Villafuerte, J., Barrera-Diaz, C., Alpizar-Reyes, E., & Cruz-Olivares, J. Supercritical extraction of lyophilized strawberry anthocyanins with pulsed electric fields pretreatment. Quimica Nova, 2022, 45, 6, 728-733.
9. Velázquez-Gutiérrez, S. K., Alpizar-Reyes, E., Guadarrama-Lezama, A. Y., Báez-González, J. G., Alvarez-Ramírez, J., & Pérez-Alonso, C. Influence of the wall material on the moisture sorption properties and conditions of stability of sesame oil hydrogel beads by ionic gelation. LWT, 2021,140, 110695.
10. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Varela-Guerrero, V., Cruz-Olivares, J., Carrillo-Navas, H., Alvarez-Ramirez, J., & Pérez-Alonso, C. (2020). Microencapsulation of sesame seed oil by tamarind seed mucilage. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 145, 207-215.
11. Velázquez-Gutiérrez, S., Alpizar-Reyes, E., Cruz-Olivares, J., Barrera-Pichardo, J., Rodríguez-Huezo, M., & Pérez-Alonso, C. Ionic gelation encapsulation of sesame oil with sodium alginate-nopal mucilage blends: Encapsulation efficiency and oxidative stability. Revista Mexicana De Ingeniería Química, 2020, 19(Sup. 1), 349-362.
12. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Roman-Guerrero, A., Gallardo-Rivera, R., Varela-Guerrero, V., Cruz-Olivares, J., & Perez-Alonso, C. (2018). Rheological properties of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) seed mucilage obtained by spray-drying as a novel source of hydrocolloid. International journal of biological macromolecules, 2018,107, 817-824.
13. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Castaño, J., Carrillo-Navas, H., Alvarez-Ramírez, J., Gallardo-Rivera, R., Pérez-Alonso, C., & Guadarrama-Lezama, A. Y.Thermodynamic sorption analysis and glass transition temperature of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) protein. Journal of food science and technology, 2018, 55(3), 935-943.
14. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Carrillo-Navas, H., Gallardo-Rivera, R., Varela-Guerrero, V., Alvarez-Ramirez, J., & Pérez-Alonso, C. (2017). Functional properties and physicochemical characteristics of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) seed mucilage powder as a novel hydrocolloid. Journal of Food Engineering, 2017, 209, 68-75.
15. Alpizar-Reyes, E., Carrillo-Navas, H., Romero-Romero, R., Varela-Guerrero, V., Alvarez-Ramírez. J. & Pérez-Alonso, C. Thermodynamic sorption properties and glass transition temperature of tamarind seed mucilage (Tamarindus indica L.). Food and Bioproducts Processing, 2017, 101, 166-176.