Efrain Vizuete

Efrain Vizuete is the Laboratory Manager for the Center of Hydrologic Innovations. He is responsible WCPH Lab 130 and 430, the maintenance of all laboratory and field assets. Efrain coordinates field visits, field deployment of flux towers, meteorological stations and calibration equipment and sensors. He support faculty and students from the School of Sustainable Engineering in different projects.

Efrain is actively supporting the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona, SW Integrated Field Laboratory, CAP LTER and Jornada LTER participating in project meetings, with field visits, maintenance and data retrieval from EC towers and meteorological stations.

Background:

Efrain graduated from Equinoctial Technological University of Ecuador (UTE), with a bachelor's degree of Environmental Engineer. After graduation Efrain was awarder a scholarship from the Mexican National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies (CONAHCYT) to  pursue a Masters's Degree in Natural Resources (2015-2017) and then a Ph.D in Engineering Sciences (2018-2022) in the Sonora Technological Institute (ITSON). During his graduate studies, Efrain was working as assistant professor teaching Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, in undergraduate level, ITSON-ICA, 01/2017 – 12/2022. Efrain also was working as a laboratory manager in the Environmental modeling and sustainability laboratory (ITSON). After completing his Ph.D, he worked as a research associate in the National Strategic Program (PRONACES) of Toxic Agents in the Sonora River Basin of CONAHCYT. Efrain has published in peer reviewed journal and is very passionate about mapping, spatial analysis, environmental modelling, field work, water resources, water sampling, soil and dust sampling, which he has more than 8 years of experience.