Liset Rodríguez Achata

Liset Rodríguez Achata
Born
Cusco, Peru
EducationNational University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco (UNSAAC) National University of Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
Known forChemist and professor, specialist in environmental and sustainable education.
Awards"Challenges, Opportunities, and Perspectives of Women in Science" "H2O Research from 2021"

Liset Rodríguez Achata (Cusco, 1978) is a chemist and professor, specializing in environmental management and sustainable development. Her research has focused on sustainability, actively participating in projects on the use of non-polluting technologies,[1] such as the development of eco-friendly plastics[2] and studies related to water quality.[3]

Biography

Liset Rodríguez Achata was born in 1978 in the San Blas neighborhood of Cusco, Peru. She pursued a degree in Chemistry at the National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco (UNSAAC).[1]

In 2003, she began her academic career as a teaching assistant at the National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD). She later became a professor at the same institution, focusing on environmental research and sustainable development in the Amazon region. Her work includes studies on non-polluting technologies, eco-friendly materials, and water quality.[1][3]

Career

Rodríguez is a registered researcher in the National Registry of Researchers of the National Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CONCYTEC).[4] She is a member of the coordination team of the UNAMD Scientific Collection of Ichthyofauna and has served as a consultant for the Ministry of Energy and Mines, contributing to the development of the Regional Energy Balance.[5]

In the institutional sphere, she served as head of the Environmental Laboratory and Director of the Office of Quality Control and Laboratory Management at the National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios.[6] She is currently the editor-in-chief of the Amazonian Biodiversity Journal, published by the same academic institution.[7] In the field of education, she advocates for environmental education in higher academic training.[5]

Research

In 2022, she collaborated with the National University of Engineering (UNI) in the design of a clean and high-efficiency technology system for gold extraction and remediation of environmental liabilities without the use of mercury.[3] She also worked with the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in scaling up waste-processing technologies from artisanal gold mining to support sustainable mine closure.[3] That same year, she published in the Amazonian Biodiversity Journal of the Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD) an article on 'UNAMAD's scientific output available to the academic and scientific community' and another on the 'Environmental assessment of water quality in ponds formed by non-metallic mining extraction activities in Madre de Dios'.[8]

In 2021, she advised a project focused on the assessment of surface water quality in urban areas of the Peruvian Amazon. In 2019, she collaborated with Inkaterra on the isolation, barcoding, and production technology of wild Amazonian fungi for their introduction into the gastronomic market in Tambopata.[9]

In 2018, she worked with the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru on the production of graphene from Amazonian forest waste,[10][11][12] and in 2019, on the development of eco-friendly plastics derived from biopolymers sourced from agroforestry residues.

In 2018, she was part of the team that presented the project "Recovery Systems for Areas Degraded by Alluvial Gold Mining Using Local Plant Species with Economic and Ecosystem Potential in Madre de Dios," funded by Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP–MINAM).[13] In 2019, she collaborated with Dr. Omar Troncoso from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in the production of eco-friendly plastics using biopolymers derived from agroforestry waste.[2]

In 2016, she collaborated with José Carlos Mariátegui University on the generation of renewable energy from by-products of cattle and pig slaughtering through a pilot biodigester[14]

Awards and recognitions

On March 8, 2023, Rodríguez was recognized in the discussion panel "Challenges, Opportunities, and Perspectives for Women in Science" for her contributions to environmental research in the Amazon.[15]

On December 12, 2022, she was one of the researchers honored in the Fifth Edition of the National Water Culture Award, "H2O Research 2021," granted by the National Water Authority (ANA) through Resolution No. 0403-2022-ANA.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Los experimentos eran sus juegos de niña y hoy busca una minería limpia desde la ciencia". andina.pe (in Spanish). 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  2. 1 2 PuntoEdu (2019-11-05). "Equipo PUCP desarrolla plásticos ecológicos". PuntoEdu PUCP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cusqueña investiga tecnologías para proteger el medioambiente [video]". elperuano.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  4. ↑ "Ficha Renacyt". Plataforma de servicio Renacyt (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  5. 1 2 Agencia de Noticias Andina (2022-12-05). Liset Rodríguez, una mujer comprometida con la ciencia. Retrieved 2025-03-09 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Liset Rodriguez". Concytec.
  7. ↑ "Equipo editorial". Revista Biodiversidad Amazónica.
  8. ↑ "Detalles de autor/a". revistas.unamad.edu.pe. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  9. ↑ Ibana-Lopez, Karla (2021). "Contaminación de agua superficial de la periferia urbana de Puerto Maldonado, al sureste de la amazonia peruana" (PDF). Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú. 32 (6) e20365. doi:10.15381/rivep.v32i6.20365.
  10. ↑ "Residuos forestales de la Amazonía ayudarán a revolucionar industria tecnológica (video)". andina.pe (in Spanish). 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  11. ↑ "Material del futuro estaría en residuos forestales de nuestra Amazonía". Perú Info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  12. ↑ "Investigadores de la PUPC y La UNAMAD realizan proyecto de Producción de grafeno a partir de desechos forestales". March 22, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Investigadores del IIAP–MINAM recibirán financiamiento para tres proyectos de investigación en la Amazonía peruana". Revista ProActivo (in Spanish). 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  14. ↑ CÁCERES JURADO, Jonatan (June 2021). "Renewable energy production from cattle and swine organic waste at Manu Slaughterhouse in Puerto Maldonado - Madre de Dios". Anais do I Congresso Internacional de Pecuária Leiteira da Amazônia Ocidental. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.30954.85444.
  15. ↑ "Día de La Mujer: Reconocen el trabajo de Mujeres Científicas y Unamadinas". www.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  16. ↑ "Crean el Grupo de Trabajo de naturaleza temporal denominado "Mesa Técnica para la prevención de conflictividad y atención a las comunidades del Grupo Cuatro Cuencas del ámbito del lote 192- Región Loreto"". busquedas.elperuano.pe. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
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