Dr Sapana Jadoun

Assistant Professor and Member of the Academic Program Committee

About

Dr. Sapana Jadoun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile, and leads the Sol-ARIS Lab (Solar-driven Advanced Remediation & Innovation for Sustainability). She is a Top 2% Scientist worldwide (Stanford–Elsevier, 2023–2025) with expertise in materials chemistry, conducting polymers, photocatalysis, and solar-driven metal recovery. She has authored 100+ peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, holds multiple international patents, and has received ~4,500 citations (h-index 33, i10-index 72; Google Scholar) . Dr. Jadoun is Principal Investigator of an ANID FONDECYT Regular project (1260576) on solar-driven photocatalytic metal recovery from E-waste as well as solar recovery of copper from minerals and is also associated with multiple national and international funded projects, including FONDECYT Postdoctoral, FONDAP-SERC, and UTA Mayor grants, focusing on sustainable remediation, nano-hybrids, and advanced oxidation/reduction processes.