Education

• Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016.

Research Topics

• Carbon dioxide sequestration
• Ion exchange kinetics
• Thermodynamic phase relations

Recent Publications with LCC

• Puerta-Falla, G.; Balonis, M.; Falzone, G.; Bauchy, M.; Neithalath, N.; Sant, G.  Monovalent ion exchange kinetics of hydrated calcium-alumino layered double hydroxides. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016, 56(1), 63-74.
• Puerta-Falla, G.; Balonis, M.; Le Saout, G.; Kumar, A.; Rivera, M.; Falzone, G.; Neithalath, N.; Sant, G. The influence of slightly and highly soluble carbonate salts on phase relations in hydrated calcium aluminate cements. Journal of Materials Science, 2016, 51(12), 6062-6074.
• Puerta-Falla, G. Reactive Limestone as a Strategy Towards Low-Clinker Factor Cements (Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016).