Alex Godoy-Faúndez

Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

“My main interest lies in studying and promoting innovation in sustainable technologies with ability to deliver simple and practical solutions to current and future environmental problems like water scarcity and food, waste management, energy and environmental pollution. 

My main goal is to develop frameworks of analysis for understanding the causes and effects of current events to contribute to national sustainable development and low carbon through better understanding and integration of local systems - characterized by its natural resources, climate, infrastructure needs engineering, social and political - for the service of decision making techniques to the public policy level, linking science, technology, society and education."