Heber Fernando Hernández Guerra

Editorial Board · Mining

Heber Hernández
Guerra

Research Academic · Mining Civil Engineering ·
Geometallurgy Geostatistics Mineral Resource Estimation Mining Engineering
Affiliation

Ph.D. in Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Research Academic in Mining Civil Engineering at Universidad Santo Tomás (Santiago, Chile). Founder of Nube Minera, a platform dedicated to applied mining analysis.

Academic Background
  • Ph.D. in Mining & Mineral Engineering – UPV/EHU (Spain).
  • Master’s Degree in Mining & Mineral Engineering – UPV/EHU (Spain).
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Mining Management – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching – Universidad Central (Chile).
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Geometallurgy – Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile).
  • Mining Civil Engineer – Universidad del Alba (Chile).
Professional Profile and Experience

His professional experience includes positions as Research Academic at Universidad Santo Tomás, Research Coordinator and Academic at Universidad Central, as well as more than seven years as a lecturer at Universidad de Aconcagua.

He has served as General Director at OTEC Asesorías Mineras, Contract Administrator at Minera Dayton/Cerro Negro, and previously as part of the technical team at Kinross Chile. He specializes in mineral resource estimation, geometallurgical modeling, geostatistics, open-pit mining, and applied data analysis using Python.

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Mining Civil Engineering