Line of Research: Responsible processing and mine process optimisation

Nathalie is a Chemical Civil Engineer and a doctor in Mineral Process Engineering from the University of Antofagasta, with extensive experience in the formulation and development of applied research projects. She also has a diploma in Data Science and Machine Learning from PUC. Her expertise focuses on the modeling and mathematical optimization of processes with application in the development of computational tools.

She has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in lithium at the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN) and has collaborated with SMI-ICE-Chile in the development of the “Smart Water Supply Systems in Arid Zones” project . She joins the SMI-ICE-Chile team to support the “Resilient Future: Smart Water Solution for Sustainable Development” project , of the Crea y Valida Program, to promote CORFO innovation.

Journal Articles

• Jamett, N., Cisternas, L., & Vielma, J. P. (2014). Solution strategies to stochastic design of mineral flotation plants. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Vol. 34, pp. 339–344).
• Cisternas, L. A., Jamett, N., & Gálvez, E. D. (2015). Approximate recovery values for each stage are sufficient to select the concentration circuit structures. Minerals Engineering, 83, 175–184.
• Cerda, C. P., Taboada, M. E., Jamett, N. E., Ghorbani, Y., & Hernández, P. C. (2018). Effect of pretreatment on leaching primary copper sulfide in acid-chloride media. Minerals, 8(1).
• Jamett, N. E., Hernández, P. C., Casas, J. M., & Taboada, M. E. (2018). Speciation in the Fe (III)-Cl(I)-H2O System at 298.15 K, 313.15 K, and 333.15 K (25 °C, 40 °C, and 60 °C). Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 49(1), 451–459.
• Lucay, F. A., & Jamett, N. (2021). Benchmarking of metaheuristic algorithms to design flotation circuits to full scale. Minerals Engineering, 170.
• Taboada, M. E., Hernández, P. C., Padilla, A. P., Jamett, N. E., & Graber, T. A. (2021). Effects of fe+2 and fe+3 in pretreatment and leaching on a mixed copper ore in chloride media. Metals, 11(6).
• Moraga, G. A., Jamett, N. E., Hernández, P. C., Graber, T. A., & Taboada, M. E. (2021). Chalcopyrite leaching with hydrogen peroxide and iodine species in acidic chloride media at room temperature: Technical and economic evaluation. Metals, 11(10).
• Cisternas, L. A., Calisaya-Azpilcueta, D., & Jamett, N. (2022). A short note on the application of the Cisternas-Lam vapor pressure model for liquid desiccant dehumidifier systems. International Journal of Refrigeration, 142, 58–65.
• Milian, Y. E., Jamett, N., Cruz, C., Herrera-León, S., & Chacana-Olivares, J. (2024). A comprehensive review of emerging technologies for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries. Science of the Total Environment, 910.
• Pagliero, L., McIntyre, N., Aitken, D., Bolz, P., Jamett, N., Pérez-Murillo, G., Rivero, F., Herrera-León, S., Ordens, C. M., Campos, L., García, G., & Cisternas, L. A. (2024). Sustainable integration of desalinated seawater into regional water supply networks using a participatory modelling framework. Environmental Science and Policy, 155.
• Taboada, M. E., Jamett, N. E., Moraga, G. A., Hernández, P. C., & Graber, T. A. (2024). Obtention of Suitable Pregnant Leach Solution (PLS) for Copper Solvent Extraction Plants from Copper Concentrate Using Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine in a Sulfuric Acid–Chloride Medium. Metals, 14(7).

Book Chapters

• Jamett, N. E., Vielma, J. P., & Cisternas, L. A. (2012). Design of Flotation Circuits Including Uncertainty and Water Efficiency. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Vol. 30, pp. 1277–1281).
• Jamett, N., Cisternas, L. A., & Vielma, J. P. (2015). Solution strategies to the stochastic design of mineral flotation plants. Chemical Engineering Science, 134, 850–860.
• Bernal, P., Miranda, P., Jamett, N., Tapia, F., & Herrera-León, S. (2024). Designing Li-ion Battery Recycling Networks. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Vol. 53, pp. 1435–1440).