Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Post-Doc, Instituto de Biologia

Postdoc research

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My interest is focused in understand the structure and organisation of ecological communities, based on interactions and assemblage rules which determinates actual species composition. As study models, I have worked with plant-pollinator interactions affected by alien species (plant and insects) and weeds from crops in central Chile. Complementary to my main research interests, I have participated in projects that try to understand the mechanisms of plant speciation, from both micro- and macro-evolutionary perspective; in this topic, we have centered in study the phenotypic variation in flowers of Chilean Mimulus (Phrymaceae), a genera that serve of model to eco-evolutionary studies. Other academic interests are related with environmental education, social ecology, environmental philosophy and bioethics.

Education
1997 - 2001 Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile (Equivalent to BSc)
2002 - 2005 Magíster en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Chile (Eq. to MSc in Biological Sciences)
2006 - 2011 Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Chile (Eq. to PhD in Evolutionary Ecology)
2011 - 2012 Postdoctorado, P. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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