Postgradute Studies

I became an Environmental Chemist in March 2014, but before that date I knew I would never stop to learn. Actually, I believe that our mental and personal growth depends on the acceptance that there is always new knowledge to learn, as I show in this scheme:

In this sense, I always feel the need to learn more about my specialty to do better research and deliver an effective teaching, so I would do a course of "Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability" or "Biogeochemistry".

I would include this subjects, ordered by general topics:

• In Chemistry:
• Analytical Chemistry.
• Theoretical Chemistry.
• Quantum Chemistry.
• Statistical Thermodynamics.
• Theory of Measurements and Errors.
• Chemical Education.
• In Environmental Chemistry:
• Green Chemistry.
• Earth Sciences (focused on Environmental Fate of Chemicals in Soils)
• Environmental Modeling and Software.
• Environmental Pollution, Management, Remediation, Prevention and Control.
• In Philosophy and History:
• Environmental History (focused on relationship among science, nature, economy and religion)
• Philosophy of Statistics, Technology, Modeling and Chaos.
• History and Philosophy of Environmental Sciences.
• Environmental Law and Governance (focused on relationship between science and politics)
• In other personal interests and holistic topics:
• Science Communication.
• Latin American Philosophy (focused on Philosophy of Liberation)
• Chemistry in pre-Hispanic or pre-Columbian cultures.

Obviously, I can't take all this subjects in only one postgraduate program, and Chile doesn't have this topics with the focus that I want. Then, I would study abroad and I will participate in several conferences, where learning is rewarding in itself.

In addition, if I could study abroad, I'd do a full-time course, because I need to give exclusive dedication to research and publications while I study (sadly, nowadays "publish or perish" is the basis of a good resume in natural science) Later, when I has already built a career path, I will contribute in a concrete way with applications of chemistry in socio-environmental conflicts and sustainable education.