Martín José Valenzuela Diaz

Editorial Board · Mining

Doctoral Researcher · Mining & Mineral Engineering 

Doctoral researcher at the University of Huelva (Spain), where he is pursuing a PhD in Science and Technology (Industrial & Environmental) and participates in the European project Tailing23Green.

• PhD Candidate in Mining and Mineral Engineering – University of Huelva, Spain (Dec. 2022 – Feb. 2026).
• MSc in Mining, specialization in Environmental Chemistry – University of Chile (2016 – 2019).
• BSc in Civil Mining Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering – University of Chile (2013 – 2019).
• BSc in Science, specialization in Geophysics, Geophysics and Seismology – University of Chile (2012 – 2016).

Martín J. Valenzuela-Díaz is a Civil Mining Engineer (B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Chile) and PhD candidate in Science and Technology (Industrial & Environmental) at the University of Huelva, where he works as a pre-doctoral researcher. His work focuses on sustainable mining, tailings and water hydrogeochemistry, and life cycle assessment of mining wastes.

He is currently developing projects on cemented paste backfill and site-specific leaching balances using PHREEQC and LCI-based approaches. He has held research positions at the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) and SMI-ICE Chile, and actively collaborates in the European project Tailing23Green.

His research interests include life cycle assessment in mining, sustainability, water and tailings geochemistry, hydrochemical modeling, LIBS, acid drainage migration, water quality in mining areas, and recovery of valuable elements from tailings.