ACADEMIC FACULTY MEMBERS

Research Area Faculty Memembers Main Line Reserach
Soil and environmental sustainability
Dr. Milko Jorquera
Applied Microbial Ecology.
Dra. M. de la Luz Mora
Physiochemistry of Soil and Environment.
Dra. Carolina Merino
Geomicrobiology and Redox Biology.
Dra. Jacqueline Acuña
Plant-Bacterial Interactions and Culturomics.
Dr. Cledir Santos
Natural Bio-fungicides and Fungal Chemotaxonomy.
Dr. Francisco Matus
Soil Conservation Carbon Sequestration and Biogeochemical Cycles.
Dr. Alex Seguel
Plant-Mycorrhizal Interaction
Dr. Cesar Arriagada
Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils and Microorganisms that Promote Plant Growth and Health.
Dra. Carolina Shene
Applied Microbiology.
Nutrition and Plant Physiology, and Agri-Food Security
Dra. Paula Cartes
Soil-Plant Interaction and Mineral Nutrition.
Dra. Marjorie Reyes
Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress in Plants.
Dr. Cristian Meriño
Micronutrients/Performance Interaction fruit trees.
Dra. Mónica Rubilar
Bioactive Compounds.
Dra. Mariela Bustamante
Encapsulation of Probiotics for use in Food Products.
Dra. María Antonieta Ruiz
Antioxidant Compounds and Healthy Eating.
Dra. Paola Duran
Phytopathology and Biocontrol.
Dr. Gonzalo Tortella
Soil Microbial Diversity, Functionality, Resistance to Abiotic Stress and Contaminant Toxicity.
Environmental Biotechnology, Ecological Chemistry, and Bioproducts
Dra. María Cristina Diez
Environmental Biotechnology and Waste Recovery.
Dr. Andrés Quiroz
Ecological Chemistry and Natural Products.
Dr. Leonardo Bardehle
Ethological Pest Control
Dra. Ana Mutis y Dr. Herbert Venthur
Molecular Physiology of Olfaction in Arthropods.
Dr. Olga Rubilar
Applied nanobiotechnology.
Dra. Gabriela Briceño
Bioremediation and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria.
Dr. Patricio Iturriaga
Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Dra. Francisca Acevedo
Development of Pharmaceutical Bioproducts
Dr. Andrés Ramírez
Synthesis and Electrosynthesis of Nanomaterials with Energy and Environmental Applications.
Water Resources, Environmental Ecology and Valorization of Agroindustry Waste
Dr. Mauricio Zambrano
Water Resources and Hydrological Modeling.
Dr. Adison Altamirano
Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services.
Dr. Jorge Farías
Aquaculture, Hydrobiology and Molecular Aquatic Ecology.
Dr. Gustavo Ciudad
Waste Processing and Applications Industrial.
Dra. Mara Cea
Chemical and Biological Synthesis of Value-Added Compounds from Agroindustry Biomass.
Dr. Rodrigo Navia
Production of Clean Energies from Residual Biomass
Dra. Viviana Letelier
Circular Economy and Agroindustry Waste Recovery
Dr. Marcelo Somos
ContentWater Resources, Glaciers, Climate and Ecosystems Terrestrial.