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Elena María Alvareda Migliaro

Councillor - Executive Committee
Research: Water quality studies; Sediments; Environmental assessments of urban streams; Water quality for human consumption and irrigation; Arsenic and other trace elements (potential toxic elements) in water; Biomolecular modeling of viruses in porous media

Academic Background and Relevant Professional Experience

Director (Head) of Water Department, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, since February 2025.

Ph.D. in Chemistry – Faculty of Chemistry, PEDECIBA Chemistry, University of the Republic (UdelaR), 2012.

Pharmaceutical Chemist – Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic (UdelaR).

Adjunct Professor (Grade 3 with Full-Time Dedication) – Water Department, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, since 2016.

Researcher – National Research System (SNI) of Uruguay (Level 1).

Researcher – PEDECIBA Chemistry, Supervisor of postgraduate Theses. (Grade 3).

Director – Bachelor’s Degree in Water Resources and Irrigation, UdelaR, 2018-2022.

Lecturer Professor and course coordinator – “Environmental Engineer Elements” and “Hydrochemistry Principles”

Analytical Chemist – Quality Control at MEGAFARMA-ROEMMERS (2009–2012).

Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Naval Health Directorate of the National Navy of Uruguay”. (2004-2017).

Teaching Assistant in Structural Bioinformatics Center, DETEMA, Faculty of Chemistry (2003–2007).

Relevant Achievements

IMGA Secretary – International Medical Geology Association (IMGA), since August 2021 to 2025.

Head of Water and Soil Laboratory, Water Department, CENUR Litoral Norte.

Member of the CENUR Litoral Norte Council (2012–2014; and 2022–present).

Other Executive Committee Members