Chacón Jiménez Luz, PhD.Correo electrónico: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Teléfonos: (506) 2511-2150 / (506) 2511-2134
Orcid : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2506-0619
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luz-Chacon
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zC7Al_sAAAAJ&hl=es
Estudios universitarios
Licenciatura en Microbiología y Química Clínica (UCR, 2005).
Maestría en Bioquímica (UCR, 2010).
Doctorado en Ciencias (UCR, 2023).
Intereses de investigación
Vigilancia epidemiológica de microorganismos en aguas residuales
Resistencia a biocidas y antimicrobianos en microorganismos de ecosistemas acuáticos.
Colaboraciones o vínculos con otras instituciones a nivel nacional e internacional
A nivel nacional
Universidad Nacional
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados
A nivel Internacional
Universidad de Texas en El Paso
Mount Sinai Medical School New York
Freie Universität Berlin
Veterinary Medicine University Vien
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin.
Unidad Académica o Programa de Posgrado donde realiza docencia
Departamento de Farmacología, Toxicología y Farmacodependencia de la Facultad de Farmacia
Publicaciones (últimas 10) ó Publicaciones representativas
Barrantes K, Chacón-Jiménez L, Rivera-Montero L, Segura-Villalta A, Badilla-Aguilar A, Alfaro-Arrieta E, et al. Challenges detecting SARS-CoV-2 in Costa Rican domestic wastewater and river water. Sci Total Environ [Internet]. 2023 Nov; 897:165393. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165393
Chacón L, Kuropka B, González-Tortuero E, Schreiber F, Rojas-Jiménez K, Rodríguez-Rojas A. Mechanisms of low susceptibility to the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride in a multidrug-resistant environmental isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila. Front Microbiol [Internet]. 2023 Jun; 14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1180128
Rivera-Montero L, Acuña G, Barrantes K, Rojas-Jiménez K, Chacón L. Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli in Costa Rican Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants Maintains Horizontal Transfer Capacity of Resistance Determinants in Effluents. Water Air Soil Pollut. 2023 Jun; 234:397. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06401-w
Morales E, Badilla A, Rivera P, Alfaro E, Symonds EM, Chacón L, et al. A novel approach to biological risk surveillance in occupational hygiene: A case study on the use of quantitative microbial risk assessment to determine occupational risks for wastewater treatment plants workers in Costa Rica. Microb Risk Anal [Internet]. 2023 Aug; 24:100262. Available from: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.mran.2023.100262
Morales E, Ibarra G, Reyes L, Barrantes K, Achí R, Chacón L. Disease burden from simultaneous exposure of Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. and land use vulnerability assessment in a Costa Rican drinking water system. Microb Risk Anal [Internet]. 2022 Aug; 21:100213. Available from: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.mran.2022.100213
Barrantes K, Chacón L, Morales E, Rivera-Montero L, Pino M, Jiménez AG, et al. Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in small drinking-water systems in Costa Rica. J Water Health [Internet]. 2022 Feb; 20(2):344–55. Available from: http://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2022.230
Chacón L, Arias-Andres M, Mena F, Rivera L, Hernández L, Achi R, et al. Short-term exposure to benzalkonium chloride in bacteria from activated sludge alters the community diversity and the antibiotic resistance profile. J Water Health [Internet]. 2021 Dec; 19(6):895–906. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2021.171
Domínguez DC, Chacón L, Wallace D. Anthropogenic activities and the problem of antibiotic resistance in Latin America: A water issue. Water (Basel) [Internet]. 2021 Sep; 13(19):2693. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192693
Chacón L, Morales E, Valiente C, Reyes L, Barrantes K. Wastewater-based epidemiology of Enteric viruses and surveillance of acute gastrointestinal illness outbreaks in a resource-limited region. Am J Trop Med Hyg [Internet]. 2021 Oct;105(4):1004–12. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0050
Chacón L, Barrantes K, Santamaría-Ulloa C, Solano M, Reyes L, Taylor L, et al. A somatic Coliphage threshold approach to improve the management of activated sludge wastewater treatment plant effluents in resource-limited regions. Appl Environ Microbiol [Internet]. 2020 Sep; 86(17). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00616-20