
El Programa de Cooperación Técnica en Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad para la Región de Arequipa es una iniciativa colaborativa entre la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA) de Perú y la Universidad de Purdue de EE.UU., parte del Instituto Nexus Arequipa, que busca abordar los desafíos ambientales y socioeconómicos de la región mediante investigación e innovación interdisciplinaria en áreas como agua, suelo, energía, seguridad alimentaria y gestión de cuencas.
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Publicaciones
2024
Bello-Bravo J.; Pilares D.; Brito LF.; Toro Ospina AM.; Sousa Junior LPB.; Mamani Mamani GC.; Schoonmaker J. and Richardson J. 2024. Social sustainability and genetic biodiversity in Peruvian alpaca production: a review. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 14, December, 13668. AFQ
https://doi.org/10.3389/past.2024.13668
Olson, Elizabeth J.; Lisa R. Welp; Marty D. Frisbee; Sebastián A. Zuñiga Medina; Odiney Alvarez-Campos, Wendy R. Roque Quispe, Carol I. Salazar Mamani, Midhuar R. Arenas Carrión, José Diaz Rodriguez, Juan M. Jara Gonzalez, Alexander Ccanccapa-Cartagena & Chad Jafvert. 2024. Spatially heterogenous discharge of glacial meltwater to drainages surrounding the ablating Coropuna ice cap, Peruvian Andes. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 69(8): 1113-1129. WO
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2352522
2023
Ccanccapa-Cartagena, Alexander; Francisco D. Chavez-Gonzales; Betty Paredes; Corina Vera; Guillermo Gutierrez; Roland Valencia; Ana Lucia Paz Alcazar; Nadezhda N. Zyaykina; Timothy R. Filley, & Chad T. Jafvert. 2023. Seasonal differences in trace metal concentrations in the major rivers of the hyper-arid southwestern Andes basins of Peru. Journal of Environmental Management, 334, October, 118493. MIR
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118493
de Lima Moraes, A.G.; Watkins, A.H.; Brecheisen, Z.; Bowling, L.C.; Pinto, J.P.; Novoa, H.M.; & Cherkauer, K.A. 2023. The fast-changing climate reality of Arequipa, Peru. International Journal of Climatology, 43(2): 979-995. SWM
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.7855
2022
Alvarez-Campos, O., Olson, E. J., Welp, L. R., Frisbee, M. D., Zuñiga Medina, S.A., Díaz Rodríguez, J., Roque Quispe, W. R., Salazar Mamani, C. I., Arenas Carrión, M. R., Jara, J. M., Ccanccapa-Cartagena, A., & Jafvert, C. T. 2022. Evidence for high elevation salar recharge and interbasin groundwater flow in the Western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(2): 483-503. WO
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-483-2022
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H., & Gárate Delgado, J. 2022. Watermain’s failure index modeling via Monte Carlo simulation and fuzzy inference system. Engineering Failure Analysis, 134, January, 106100. TCW
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358249719_Watermain's_Failure_Index_Modeling_via_Monte_Carlo_Simulation_and_Fuzzy_Inference_System
de Lima Moraes, A.G.; Bowling, L.C.; Zeballos-Velarde, C.R.; Daneshvar, F.; Watkins, A.H.; & Cherkauer, K.A. 2022. Terrain sensitive climate mapping for the Arequipa Department in Peru. International Journal of Climatology, 43: 76-98. SWM
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.7730
Erwin, A., Ma, Z., Salas O’Brien, P., Bauchet, J., Ramirez Calderón, N., Zeballos Zeballos, E., Arce Larrea, G., Popovici, R., Zanotti, L., & Silva, C.A. 2022. Centering community voices in mining governance. Society & Natural Resources. COEX
https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2053018
Erwin, A., Ma, Z., Popovici, R., Salas O’Brien, P., Zanotti, L., Silva, C., Zeballos Zeballos, E., Bauchet, J., Ramirez Calderón, N., & Arce Larrea, G. 2022. Linking migration to community resilience in the receiving basin of a large-scale water transfer project. Land Use Policy, 114, March, 105900. COEX
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105900
Leon-Salas, W. D., Fan, X., Vizcardo, M., & Postigo-Malaga, M. 2022. A Solar Cell Photo-Luminescence Modulator for Optical Communications. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, in press, March. OFID
https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2022.3158594
Michalski, G., Olson, E., Larrea Valdivia, A., Larico Reyes, J., Li, J., Fang, H., Gomez Magara, K., & Welp, L. 2022. Identifying NOx sources in Arequipa, Peru using nitrogen isotopes in particulate nitrate. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, June, 916738. AQ
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.916738
Popovici, R., Ma, Z., Erwin, A., Prokopy, L.S., Zeballos Velarde, C., Bocardo Delgado, E., & Pinto Cáceres, J. 2022. Maladaptive learning in Peru’s integrated water resources management. Environmental Science & Policy, 127, 209-217. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.09.012
Rajendran, J., Leon-Salas, W. D., Vizcardo, M., & Postigo-Malaga, M. 2022. Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR): A Review of Sensing Solutions. Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 26(3): 387-401. OFID
https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.202303_26(3).0010
Rodriguez-Sanchez, Tomasek, A., McMillan, S., Yufra, S., Yupanqui, M., Rondon R., & Hoagland, L. 2022. Composition and potential functional roles of soil fungal communities on arid farms in Arequipa (Southern Peru) characterized using SMRT sequencing. Applied Soil Ecology, 169, January, 104228. PMI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104228
Welp, Lisa R., Olson, E.J., Larrea Valdivia, A., Reyes Larico, J., Palma Arhuire, E., Morales Paredes, L., DeGraw, J.T., Michalski, G.M. 2022. Reinterpreting Precipitation Stable Water Isotope Variability in the Andean Western Cordillera Due To Sub-Seasonal Moisture Source Changes and Sub-Cloud Evaporation. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(18): e2022GL099876. WO
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099876
2021
Bae, J. H., Jo, W., Park, J. H., Voyles, R. M., McMillan, S. K., & Min, B. C. 2021. Evaluation of Sampling Methods for Robotic Sediment Sampling Systems. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 46(2): 542-554. RWQM
https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2020.3005576
Bowling, L.C., Mazer, K.E., Bocardo-Delgado, E.F., Frankenberger, J.R., Pinto, J., Popovici, R., & Prokopy, L.S. 2021. Addressing water resources and environmental quality programming needs in Arequipa, Peru. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 173(1): 1-12. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2021.3354.x
Ccanccapa-Cartagena, A., Paredes. B., Vera, C., Chavez-Gonzales, F. D., Olson, E. J., Welp, L. R., Zyaykina, N. N., Filley, T. R., Warsinger, D. M. & Jafvert, C. T. 2021. Occurrence and probabilistic health risk assessment (PRA) of dissolved metals in surface water sources in Southern Peru. Environmental Advances, 5, October, 100102. MIR
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100102
Daneshvar, F., Frankenberger, J.R., Bowling, L.C., Cherkauer, K.A, & de Lima Moraes, A.G. 2021. Development of strategy for SWAT hydrologic modeling in data-scarce regions of Peru. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(7), 05021016. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002086
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H., & Gárate Delgado, J. 2021. Toward urban sustainability and clean potable water: prediction of water quality via artificial neural networks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 291, April, 125266. TCW
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125266
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H., & Gárate Delgado, J. 2021. Ensemble Intelligent Systems for Predicting Water Network Condition Index. Sustainable Cities and Society, 73, October, 103104. TCW
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103104
Erwin, A., Ma, Z., Popovici, R., Salas O’Brien, P., Zanotti, L., Zeballos Zeballos, E., Bauchet, J., Ramirez Calderón, N., & Arce Larrea, G. 2021. Intersectionality shapes adaptation to social-ecological change. World Development, 138, February, 105282. COEX
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105282
Galagarza, O. A., Ramirez-Hernandez, A., Oliver, H. F., Alvarez, M. V., Valdez, M. C., Pachari Vera, E., Cereceda, Y., Diaz-Valencia, Y. K., & Deering, A. J. 2021. Occurrence of Chemical Contaminants in Peruvian Produce: A Food-Safety Perspective. Foods, 10(7), 1461. IFS
https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071461
Li, J., Michalski, G., Olson, E. J., Welp, L. R., Larrea Valdivia, A. E., Reyes Larico, J., Zapata, F. A., & Morales Paredes, L. 2021. Geochemical Characterization and Heavy Metal Sources in PM10 in Arequipa, Peru. Atmosphere, 12(5), 641. AQ
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12050641
Liu, Y., Lin, T., Valderrama Valencia, M., Zhang, C., Lv, Z. 2021. Unraveling the Roles of Vascular Proteins Using Proteomics. Molecules, 26(3), 667. CRISPR
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030667
Olson, E. J., Michalski, G., Welp, L. R., Larrea Valdivia, A. E., Reyes Larico, J., Salcedo Peña, J., Fang, H., Magara Gomez, K., & Li, J. 2021. Mineral dust and fossil fuel combustion dominate sources of aerosol sulfate in urban Peru identified by sulfur stable isotopes and water-soluble ions. Atmospheric Environment, 260, September, 118482. AQ
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118482
Popovici, R., de L. Moraes, A.G., Ma, Z., Zanotti, L., Cherkauer, K., Erwin, A., Mazer, K., Bocardo Delgado, E., Pinto Cáceres, J., Ranjan, P., & Prokopy, L. 2021. How do Indigenous and local knowledge systems respond to climate change? Ecology and Society, 26(3): 27. SWM
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12481-260327
Popovici, R., Erwin, A., Ma, Z., Prokopy, L.S., Zanotti, L., Bocardo Delgado, E.F., Pinto Cáceres, J.P., Zeballos Zeballos, E., Salas O’Brien, P., Bowling, L.C. & Arce Larrea, G.R. 2021. Outsourcing governance in Peru’s integrated water resources management. Land Use Policy 101, February, 105105. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105105
Ramson, S.J., León-Salas, W.D., Brecheisen, Z., Foster, E.J., Johnston, C.T., Schulze, D.G., Filley, T., Rahimi, R., Soto, M.J.C.V., Bolivar, J.A.L. & Postigo Málaga, M., 2021. A Self-Powered, Real-Time, LoRaWAN IoT-Based Soil Health Monitoring System. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8(11): 9278-9293. SHIVA
https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2021.3056586
Román-Ochoa, Y., Choque Delgado, G. T., Tejada, T. R., Yucra, H. R., Durand, A, E., & Hamaker, B. R. 2021. Heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment in grains and grain-based processed food in Arequipa region of Peru. Chemosphere, 274, July, 129792. SHMF
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129792
Wei, X., Garcia-Chevesich, P., Alejo, F., García, V., Martínez, G., Daneshvar, F., Bowling, L.C., Gonzáles, E., Krahenbuhl, R., & McCray, J.E. 2021. Hydrologic Analysis of an Intensively Irrigated Area in Southern Peru Using a Crop-Field Scale Framework. Water, 13(3), 318. SWM
https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030318
Zhou, X., Condori-Apfata, J. A., Liu, X., Condori-Pacsi, S. J., Valderrama Valencia, M., & Zhang, C. 2021. Transcriptomic Changes Induced by Drought Stress in Hardneck Garlic during the Bolting/Bulbing Stage. Agronomy, 11(2), 246. CRISPR
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020246
Zhou, X., Dou, Y., Huang, X., Li, G., Zhang, H., Jiang, D., Fan, J., Condori-Apfata, J. A., Liu, X., Condori-Pacsi, S. J., Bardales, R. M., Mayta Anco, M. E., Lazo, H. O., Delgado Salazar, H. A., Valderrama Valencia, M., & Zhang, C. 2021. Using Principal Component Analysis and RNA-Seq to Identify Candidate Genes That Control Salt Tolerance in Garlic (Allium sativum L.). Agronomy, 11(4), 691. CRISPR
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11040691
2020
Ajlouni, M., Kruse, A., Condori-Apfata, J. A., Valderrama Valencia, M., Hoagland, C., Yang, Y., Mohammadi, M. 2020. Growth Analysis of Wheat Using Machine Vision: Opportunities and Challenges. Sensors, 20(22), 6501. CRISPR
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226501
Bocardo-Delgado, E.F., Mazer, K.E., & Bowling, L.C. 2020. Challenges and Opportunities of International University Partnerships to Support Water Management. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 1-8. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3341.x
Brecheisen, Z., Hamp‐Adams, N., Tomasek, A., Foster, E. J., Filley, T., Villalta Soto, M., Zuniga Reynoso, L., de Lima Moraes, A., Schulze, D. G., & Papanicolaou, T. 2020. Using Remote Sensing to Discover Historic Context of Human‐Environmental Water Resource Dynamics. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 74-92. SHIVA
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3346.x
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H.M., & Gárate Delgado, J.F., 2020. Water pipe failure prediction and risk models: state-of-the-art review. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 47(10): 1117-1127. TCW
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2019-0481
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H. M., & Gárate Delgado, J. 2020. Artificial intelligence for the modeling of water pipes deterioration mechanisms. Automation in Construction, 120, December, 103398. TCW
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103398
Dawood T., Elwakil, E., Novoa H., & Gárate Delgado J. 2020. Soft Computing for Modeling Pipeline Risk Index Under Uncertainty. Engineering Failure Analysis, 117, November, 104949. TCW
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2020.104949
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H., & Gárate Delgado, J. 2020. Pressure Data-Driven Model for Failure Prediction of PVC Pipelines. Engineering Failure Analysis, 116, October, 104769. TCW
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2020.104769
Dawood, T., Elwakil, E., Novoa, H., & Gárate Delgado, J. 2020. 3D Interactive Modeling of Pipe Failure in Water Supply Systems. Special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 63-73 TCW
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3345.x
De Lima Moraes, A.G., Bocardo-Delgado, E., Bowling, L.C., Daneshvar, F., Pinto, J., Watkins, A.H., & Cherkauer, K.A. 2020. Assessment of Arequipa's Hydrometeorological Monitoring Infrastructure to Support Water Management Decisions. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 27-48. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3343.x
Díaz-Valderrama, J. R., Casa-Coila, V., Sencia, V., Macedo-Valdivia, D., Zanabria-Gálvez, J., Baributsa, D., & Woloshuk, C. 2020. First Report of Stemphylium Leaf Spot Caused by Stemphylium vesicarium on Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) in Peru. Plant disease, 105 (4) 1196. Disease Notes. POHA
https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-20-2059-PDN
Díaz-Valderrama, J. R., Njoroge, A. W., Macedo-Valdivia, D., Orihuela-Ordóñez, N., Smith, B. W., Casa-Coila, V., Ramírez-Calderón, N., Zanabria-Gálvez, J., Woloshuk, C., & Baributsa, D. 2020. Postharvest practices, challenges and opportunities for grain producers in Arequipa, Peru. PLoS One, 15(11), e.0240857. POHA
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240857
Guevara Ocana, S., Singh, Y., Shores, A., Mercado, J., Postigo, M., Garcia, J., & Newell, B. 2020. Development of a Pilot Smart Irrigation System for Peruvian Highlands. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 49-62. RWQM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3344.x
Hamp-Adams, N. 2020. Using Cold War-Era Satellite Imagery to Inform Historic Land Cover Classification. Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research. 10 (43): 107-109. SHIVA
https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1458
Hesami, M., Condori-Apfata, J. A., Valderrama Valencia, M. & Mohammadi, M. 2020. Application of Artificial Neural Network for Modeling and Studying In Vitro Genotype-Independent Shoot Regeneration in Wheat. Applied Sciences, 10(15), 5370. CRISPR
https://doi.org/10.3390/app10155370
Jacoby, A. 2020. Out of the Box: Cross-Cultural Research for Sustainable Agriculture in Arequipa, Peru. The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research.10 (9): 119-123. SHIVA
https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1483
Mazer, K.E., Erwin, A., Popovici, R., Bocardo-Delgado, E., Bowling, L.C., Ma, Z., Prokopy, L.S., & Zeballos-Velarde, C. 2020. Creating a collaboration framework to evaluate international university-led water research partnerships. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education. 171(1): 9-26. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3342.x
Mazer, K.E., Tomasek, A. A., Daneshvar, F., Bowling, L.C., Frankenberger, J.R., McMillan, S.K., Novoa, H.M. & Zeballos-Velarde, C., 2020. Integrated Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis of Torrential Flood Hazard in Arequipa, Peru. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 93-110. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3347.x
Popovici, R., Mazer, K.E., Erwin, A., Ma, Z., Pinto, J., Bowling, L.C., Bocardo-Delgado, E.F., & Prokopy, L.S. 2020. Coproduction Challenges in the Context of Changing Rural Livelihoods. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171(1): 111-126. SWM
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.3348.x
Ramirez-Hernandez, A., Galagarza, O. A., Alvarez Rodriguez, M. V., Pachari Vera, E., Valdez Ortiz, M.C., Deering, A. J., & Oliver, H. F. 2020. Food safety in Peru: A review of fresh produce production and challenges in the public health system. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 19(6) :3323-3342. IFS
https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12647
2019
Daneshvar, F., Frankenberger, J.R., Mazer, K.E., Bowling, L.C., & Bocardo Delgado, E.F. 2019. Increasing access to hydrologic modeling through a two-phase course. Global Journal of Engineering Education, 21(2): 121-127. SWM
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335192610_Increasing_access_to_hydrologic_modelling_through_a_two-phase_course
Jo, W., Hoashi, Y., Paredes Aguilar, L. L., Postigo-Malaga, M., Garcia-Bravo, J., & Min, B. C. 2019. A Low-cost and Small USV Platform for Water Quality Monitoring. HardwareX, 6, October, e00076. RWQM
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2019.e00076