Ingeniero Civil Ambiental y Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental en la Universidad de Notre Dame, Estados Unidos en 2015. Fue investigador Postdoctoral del Departamento de Biotecnología de la Universidad Técnica de Delft, Holanda.
Es Profesor Asociado de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias y su trabajo de investigación se vincula a la biotecnología ambiental, al tratamiento de aguas residuales, y al diseño de tecnologías para un desarrollo sostenible. Fue Director de la Carrera de Ingeniería Civil en Bioingeniería de 2018 a 2021.
Sus contribuciones han sido publicadas en diversos artículos científicos y fueron reconocidas por el Young Investigator Award, otorgado por el Center for Biofilm Engineering, Estados Unidos.

Juan Pablo Pavissich
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Juan Pablo Pavissich
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Nitrate increases the capacity of an aerobic moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) for winery wastewater treatment</>
Walker, P., Nerenberg, R., Pizarro, G., Aybar, M., Pavissich, J., González, B. & Pastén, P., mar. 2024, In: Water Science and Technology, 89, 6, p. 1454-1465.Operational variables and microbial community dynamics affect granulation stability in continuous flow aerobic granular sludge reactors</>
Franchi, O., Álvarez, M., Pavissich, J., Belmonte, M., Pedrouso, A., del Río, Á., Mosquera-Corral, A. & Campos, J., mar. 2024, In: Journal of Water Process Engineering, 59.Monitoring the stability of aerobic granular sludge using fractal dimension analysis</>
Pavissich, J., Camus, N., Campos, J., Franchi, Ó., Pedrouso, A., Carrera, P., Val Del Rio, Á. & Mosquera-Corral, A., abr. 2021, In: Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 7, 4, p. 706-713.Spatial distribution of mechanical properties in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, and their potential impacts on biofilm deformation</>
Pavissich, J., Li, M. & Nerenberg, R., abr. 2021, In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 118, 4, p. 1564-1575.Predation creates unique void layer in membrane-aerated biofilms</>
Aybar, M., Perez-Calleja, P., Li, M., Pavissich, J. & Nerenberg, R., feb. 2019, In: Water Research, 149, p. 232-242.Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery From Anaerobically Pretreated Agro-Food Wastes</>
Campos, J., Crutchik, D., Franchi, Ó., Pavissich, J., Belmonte, M., Pedrouso, A., Mosquera-Corral, A. & Val del Río, Á., ene. 2019, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2.Predicting Accumulation of Intermediate Compounds in Nitrification and Autotrophic Denitrification Processes</>
Campos, J., Dumais, J., Pavissich, J., Franchi, O., Crutchik, D., Belmonte, M., Faúndez, M., Jorquera, L., Pedrouso, A., Mosquera-Corral, A. & Val Del Río, Á., 2019, In: BioMed Research International, 2019.Novel system configuration with activated sludge like-geometry to develop aerobic granular biomass under continuous flow</>
Cofré, C., Campos, J., Valenzuela-Heredia, D., Pavissich, J., Camus, N., Belmonte, M., Pedrouso, A., Carrera, P., Mosquera-Corral, A. & Val del Río, A., nov. 2018, In: Bioresource Technology, 267, p. 778-781.Comparing peracetic acid and hypochlorite for disinfection of combined sewer overflows</>
McFadden, M., Loconsole, J., Schockling, A., Nerenberg, R. & Pavissich, J., dic. 2017, In: Science of the Total Environment, 599-600, p. 533-539.Copper corrosion and biocorrosion events in premise plumbing</>
Vargas, I., Fischer, D., Alsina, M., Pavissich, J., Pablo, P. & Pizarro, G., sep. 2017, In: Materials, 10, 9.Kinetics of nitrous oxide (N2O) formation and reduction by Paracoccus pantotrophus</>
Read-Daily, B., Sabba, F., Pavissich, J. & Nerenberg, R., dic. 2016, In: AMB Express, 6, 1.Multicomponent model of deformation and detachment of a biofilm under fluid flow</>
Tierra, G., Pavissich, J., Nerenberg, R., Xu, Z. & Alber, M., may. 2015, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12, 106.Peracetic acid (PAA) for disinfection of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)</>
Pavissich, J., McFadden, M., Schockling, A., Loconsole, J., Schaefer, R., Greek, A. & Nerenberg, R., 2015.Multi-technique approach to assess the effects of microbial biofilms involved in copper plumbing corrosion</>
Vargas, I., Alsina, M., Pavissich, J., Jeria, G., Pastén, P., Walczak, M. & Pizarro, G., jun. 2014, In: Bioelectrochemistry, 97, p. 15-22.A methodology to assess the effects of biofilm roughness on substrate fluxes using image analysis, substrate profiling, and mathematical modelling</>
Pavissich, J., Aybar, M., Martin, K. & Nerenberg, R., 2014, In: Water Science and Technology, 69, 9, p. 1932-1941.Impact of copper on the abundance and diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in two chilean marine sediments</>
Besaury, L., Ouddane, B., Pavissich, J., Dubrulle-Brunaud, C., González, B. & Quillet, L., oct. 2012, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64, 10, p. 2135-2145.Nitrous oxide (N2O) reduction by denitrifying bacteria</>
Pavissich, J., Read-Daily, B., Sandberg, K., Sabba, F. & Nerenberg, R., 2012.Increase of the concentration of dissolved copper in drinking water systems due to flow-induced nanoparticle release from surface corrosion by-products</>
Vargas, I., Pavissich, J., Olivares, T., Jeria, G., Cienfuegos, R., Pastén, P. & Pizarro, G., oct. 2010, In: Corrosion Science, 52, 10, p. 3492-3503.Culture dependent and independent analyses of bacterial communities involved in copper plumbing corrosion</>
Pavissich, J., Vargas, I., González, B., Pastén, P. & Pizarro, G., sep. 2010, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology, 109, 3, p. 771-782.Novel polymerase chain reaction primers for the specific detection of bacterial copper P-type ATPases gene sequences in environmental isolates and metagenomic DNA</>
De La Iglesia, R., Valenzuela-Heredia, D., Pavissich, J., Freyhoffer, S., Andrade, S., Correa, J. & González, B., jun. 2010, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology, 50, 6, p. 552-562.Total nitrogen removal in a single-chamber, plug-flow microbial fuel cell</>
Butler, C., Pavissich, J. & Nerenberg, R., 2010, In: ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts.Sulfate reduction, molecular diversity, and copper amendment effects in bacterial communities enriched from sediments exposed to copper mining residues</>
Pavissich, J., Silva, M. & González, B., 2010, In: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29, 2, p. 256-264.Multi-technique and multiscale evaluation of electrochemical granular activated carbon biofilters for energy-efficient and low-cost decentralized greywater treatment</>
Pavissich, J. (Co-Investigator)1/04/24 → 1/04/28.
Continuous flow aerobic granular sludge technology: the next generation of sewage treatment systems.</>
Campos, J. (Principal Investigator) & Pavissich, J. (Co-Investigator)1/04/18 → 1/04/20.
Granule materiomics: towards stable aerobic granular sludge wastewater treatment systems.</>
Pavissich, J. (Principal Investigator)1/11/18 → 1/11/20.