Journal of Climate Change and Pollution

Javier Santa Cruz Alvarez is an Agricultural Engineer and MSc in Agronomic and Environmental Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparalso, Chile. His work focuses on botany, horticulture, plant physiology, and environmental sciences. He has extensive experience in applied research, environmental consulting, and university teaching across several higher education institutions in Chile. He has collaborated on more than 13 scientific publications and presented over 70 conference papers. His research explores plant ecotoxicology, plant nutrition diagnostics, ethnobotany, and native flora conservation. In addition to academic research, he participates in multidisciplinary projects related to crop nutrition, plant physiology, biodiversity, and phytoremediation

• Botany and plant biodiversity
• Horticulture and crop science
• Soil contamination and ecotoxicology
• Phytoremediation
• Ethnobotany and medicinal plants
• Native flora conservation
• Plant histology and anatomy
• Plant sap diagnostics for crop nutrition

Peer Reviewing

Reviewer for several international journals including:

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Terra Latinoamericana

European Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews

Vision of Engineering and Environmental Science

Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences

Journal of Environmental Sciences and Sustainability

Journal of Environmental Innovation and Sustainability 

Membership in Scientific Societies

Argentine Botanical Society (2018–Present)

Chilean Botanical Society (2020–Present) 

1. First record of Araujia sericifera (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) for Chile, a new alien climbing species from South America.
2. Which Cu fraction governs phytotoxicity in field-collected soils contaminated by copper smelting activities in central Chile?
3. Thresholds of metal and metalloid toxicity in field-collected anthropogenically contaminated soils: a review.
4. Salvia guaranitica A. St.-Hil. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae): a new record for the alien flora of Chile.
5. Metal ecotoxicity studies with artificially contaminated versus anthropogenically contaminated soils: Literature review, methodological pitfalls and research priorities.
6. An assessment of the feasibility of phytoextraction for the stripping of bioavailable metals from contaminated soils.
7. The role of zinc in reducing copper toxicity for plants and microorganisms in contaminated soils: a review.
8. Zinc's role in mitigating copper toxicity for plants and microorganisms in industrially contaminated soils: A review.
9. Histological and immunolabeling techniques in Arabidopsis thaliana: A practical guide and standardization roadmap.
10. Forgotten science: How 1900s studies challenge the current research on sap analysis.
11. Inter-day instability in plant sap composition undermines single-day diagnostics.
12. Storage-induced fruit breakdown in Cryptocarya alba: implications for conservation of a Mediterranean recalcitrant species.
13. Crushed, squeezed, or pressed? How extraction methods influence sap analysis