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My Background

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Education

Academic Positions

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

  • Ph.D. in Ecology. Dissertation title: Water and nutrient supply for desert food webs: From autotrophs to top consumers within the framework of Ecological Stoichiometry. Supervisor: Drs. Pablo A. Marquet & José Miguel Fariña.

Universidad de Concepción, Chile

  • M.Sc. in Zoology. Dissertation title: Waterbird Assemblages and Habitat Characteristics in Wetlands. Supervisor: Dr. Pedro F. Victoriano.

Universidad de Concepción, Chile

  • Biology Teacher degree

  • Bachelor of Education

Rutgers University, USA

  • Associate Professor. Department of Biology & Center for Computational and Integrative Biology | June 2022 – present.

  • Graduate Program Director. Department of Biology | June 2022 – present.

Kyoto University, Japan

  • Associate Professor-Visiting Scholar. Center for Ecological Research | May 2025 – August 2025.

French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), France

  • Visiting Scholar. ECODIV Rennes, France | June 2023 – August 2023.

Kyoto University, Japan

  • Associate Professor-Visiting Scholar. Center for Ecological Research | June 2022 – September 2022.

Rutgers University, USA

  • Assistant Professor. Department of Biology & Center for Computational and Integrative Biology | January 2015 – May 2022.

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany

  • Sabbatical Researcher (pre-tenure sabbatical) | May 2018 – December 2018.

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