Doctor en Ciencias de la Ingeniería m/ Ingeniería Química,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

Master en Dirección,
Universidad Central "Martha Abreu" de las Villas, Cuba. 

Ingeniero Químico, 
Universidad Central "Martha Abreu" de las Villas, Cuba.

Director Laboratorio de Cromatografía Gaseosa y Pirólisis Analítica (LGCPA), UBB, Chile.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1325

Sus principales áreas de investigación son:

• Pirólisis Catalítica de materiales lignocélulosicos. 
• Obtención de biocombustibles de segunda generación y productos de alto valor agregado.
• Valorización de residuos, a través de procesos de co-pirólisis, para la obtención de biocombustibles alternativos.
• Oxidación avanzada de compuestos orgánicos volátiles. 

Proyectos

1. Fortalecimiento de las capacidades analíticas para el desarrollo de los biomateriales y biocombustibles en las regiones del Bío-Bío y la Araucanía, a tráves de un micropirolizador y ATD acoplados a un GC/MS. Fondequip EQM 170077. 2017-actualidad. Coordinador Científico (Director de Proyecto)
2. UPGRADE OF BIO-OIL FROM BIOMASS PYROLYSIS: INFLUENCE OF SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL AND MODIFIED ZEOLITE. Fondecyt. 2014-2017. Investigador Responsable

Publicaciones

1. Osorio-Vargas, P.; Lick, I.D.; Pizzio, L.R.; Alejandro-Martín, S.; Casas-Ledón, Y.; Poblete, J.; Casella, M.L.; Arteaga-Pérez, L.E. Using Tungstophosphoric Acid-Modified CeO2, TiO2, and SiO2 Catalysts to Promote Secondary Reactions Leading to Aromatics during Waste Tire Pyrolysis. Mol. Catal. (2022), 531, 112682, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112682.
2. Vallejo, F.; Alejandro-Martín, S.; Diaz-Robles, L.; Gonzalez, P.; Cereceda-Balic, F.; Fadic, X.; Vida, V.; Buchner, G.; Poblete, J. Optimization of the Waste Lignocelullosic Biomass Hydrothermal Carbonization Process by Response Surface Methodology. Chem. Eng. Trans. (2022), 94, 1309-1314, doi:10.3303/CET2294218.
3. Vallejo, F.; Alejandro-Martín, S.; Diaz, C.; Diaz-Robles, L.; Yanez-Sevilla, D.; Campo, C. Del Biofilter CFD Modeling for Atmospheric Emissions Control of a Heating System Based on Sawdust Pellets. Chem. Eng. Trans. (2022), 94, 1315-1320, doi:10.3303/CET2294219.
4. Guillermo Reyes, Claudia Marcela Pacheco, Estefania Isaza-Ferro, Amaidy González, Eva Pasquier, Serguei Alejandro-Martín, Luis E Arteaga-Pérez, Romina Romero, Isabel Carrillo-Varela, Regis Medonça, Colleen Flanigan, Orlando J Rojas, Upcycling agro-industrial blueberry waste into platform chemicals and structured materials for application in marine environments, Green Chemistry (2022). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2022/GC/D2GC00573E.
5. J. Vergara-Figueroa, F. Cerda-Leal, S. Alejandro-Martin, W. Gacitúa, Evaluation of the PLA-nZH-Cu Nanocomposite Film on the Micro-Biological, Organoleptic and Physicochemical Qualities of Packed Chicken Meat, Foods. 11 (2022) 546. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11040546.
6. Alejandro-Martín, S.; Valdés, H.; Zaror, C., Catalytic Ozonation of Toluene over Acidic Surface Transformed Natural Zeolite: A Dual-Site Reaction Mechanism and Kinetic Approach, Catalysts, 11, 958 (2021). doi:10.3390/catal11080958.
7. J. Vergara-Figueroa, S. Alejandro-Martin, F. Cerda-Leal, W. Gacitúa, Dual electrospinning of a nanocomposites biofilm: Potential use as an antimicrobial barrier, Mater. Today Commun. 25 (2020) 101671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101671.
8. G.Reyes, M.J.Lundahl, S. Alejandro-Martín, L.E. Arteaga-Pérez, C. Oviedo, A.W.T. King, O.J. Rojas, Coaxial Spinning of All-Cellulose Systems for Enhanced Toughness: Filaments of Oxidized Nanofibrils Sheathed in Cellulose II regenerated from a Protic Ionic Liquid, Biomacromolecules. 21 (2020) 878-891. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01559.
9. J. Vergara-Figueroa, S. Alejandro-Martín, H. Pesenti, F. Cerda, A. Fernández-Pérez, W. Gacitúa, Obtaining Nanoparticles of Chilean Natural Zeolite and its Ion Exchange with Copper Salt (Cu2+) for Antibacterial Applications, Materials (Basel). 12 (2019) 2202. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12132202.
10. S. Alejandro-Martín, A. Montecinos Acaricia, C. Cerda-Barrera, H. Diaz Pérez, Influence of Chemical Surface Characteristics of Ammonium-Modified Chilean Zeolite on Oak Pyrolysis, Catalysts. 9 (2019) 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9050465
11. S. Alejandro-Martín, H. Valdés, M.-H. Manero, C. Zaror, Catalytic Ozonation of Toluene Using Chilean Natural Zeolite: The Key Role of Brønsted and Lewis Acid Sites, Catalysts. 8 (2018) 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8050211.
12. Alejandro-Martín, S., Cerda-Barrera, C., & Montecinos, A. Catalytic Pyrolysis of Chilean Oak: Influence of Brønsted Acid Sites of Chilean Natural Zeolite. Catalysts, (2017) 7(12). ISI
13. L.E. Arteaga-Pérez, O.G. Cápiro, A.M. Delgado, S.A. Martín, R. Jiménez, Elucidating the role of ammonia-based salts on the preparation of cellulose-derived carbon aerogels, Chem. Eng. Sci. 161 (2017) 80–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2016.12.019
14. S. Alejandro, H. Valdés, M.-H.M.-H.M.H. Manéro, C.A. Zaror, Oxidative regeneration of toluene-saturated natural zeolite by gaseous ozone: The influence of zeolite chemical surface characteristics, J. Hazard. Mater. 274 (2014) 212–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.006.
15.  H. Valdés, S. Alejandro, C.A. Zaror, Natural zeolite reactivity towards ozone: The role of compensating cations, J. Hazard. Mater. 227–228 (2012) 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.04.067.
16.  S. Alejandro, H. Valdés, M.-H.H. Manero, C.A.A. Zaror, BTX abatement using Chilean natural zeolite: The role of Bronsted acid sites, Water Sci. Technol. 66 (2012) 1759–1769. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.390.
17. S. Alejandro, H. Valdés, C.A. Zaror, Natural Zeolite Reactivity Towards Ozone: The Role of Acid Surface Sites, J. Adv. Oxid. Technol. 14 (2011) 182–189. https://doi.org/10.1515/jaots-2011-0201.