Eugenia Monserrat Gayo Hernandez
Academic
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Paleoclimate, Paleoecology, Human-environment Interaction, Stable Isotope Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Anthropocene, Archeometry, Historical Ecology, Paleodemography, Hydrological cycle, Biogeography, Paleopollution, Wetlands Ecology, Climate Change
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Biological Sciences - Ecology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2012
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Master of Science in Ecology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
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Master of Science in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
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Biology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2001
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Bachelor of Science in Biology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2000
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Associate Researcher Part Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Biological Sciences
Santiago, Chile
2003 - 2005
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Faculty Part Time
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Bing Overseas Program
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2011
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Research Associate Part Time
Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto
Archeology & Bioanthropology
Arica, Chile
2012 - 2015
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Principal Investigator Part Time
Center for Climate and Resilience Research
Concepcion, Chile
2014 - At present
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Academica Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Santiago, Chile
2023 - At present
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Freelance Consultant Other
Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity (CASEB)
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2011
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Associated Researcher Full Time
Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto
Arica, Chile
2012 - 2015
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Associated Researcher Other
Center for Climate and Resilience Research
Concepcion, Chile
2015 - At present
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Researcher Other
Center of Applied Ecology & Sustainability (CAPES UC)
Santiago, Chile
2017 - At present
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Academica Full Time
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2023 - At present
Postdoctoral advising (2022-2024): Monica Ortiz. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB). Project title: Multifuncional landscapes in Southern Chile.
Postdoctoral advising (2016-2017): Carola Flores. Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR)2. Project title: Resilience of past societies and landscapes in Chile.
Co-direction of PhD Dissertation (in progress): Camilo Riffo. Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Title: "Ciudades para el Antropoceno del sur global: respuestas de ecourbanismo relacional a desafíos del cambio climático"
Co-direction of PhD Dissertation (in progress): Victor Castelazo. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Title: "Dinámica poblacional de una civilización prehispánica en Mesoamérica: el inicio y el fin de un imperio"
Co-Director of Master Thesis in Anthropology (completed): Susana Monsalve. Universidad de Tarapará. Title: "Spatio-temporal variations of fishing practices to catch Callaus deliciosa over the last 8,000 years".
Director of Master Thesis in Oceanography (completed): María Francisca Clemo. Universidad de Concepción. Title: "Biogeoquímica de Parque Nacional Fray Jorge: identificando la influencia oceánica en un ecosistema costero".
Director of undergraduate theses
2024 (completed): Julieta Maregatti. Universidad de Chile. Career: Geography. Title: Evaluación de las áreas de mayor importancia para la conectividad ecológica de las poblaciones de Pudu puda en la isla grande de Chiloé.
2018 (completed): Thiare Ceballos. Universidad Andrés Bello. Career: Geology. Title: "Modelo predictivo sobre variaciones a macro y meso escala en las señales isotópicas de 87Sr/86Sr en el Norte Grande".
2016 (completed): Manuel Rojas. Universidad de Tarapacá. Career: Archeology. Title: "El recurso vegetal durante el Arcaico temprano (10.000 a 8.000 a.p.): El caso del sitio Alero el Bajo, sector de Mullipungo, precordillera de la región de Arica y Parinacota".
Advisor for Academic Interships
2024 (completed). Intership in Urban Ecology Gobierno Regional Metropolitano. Student: Sofia Olivos. Universidad de Chile
2023 (completed). Intership in Lansdcape Ecology. Student: Julieta Maregatti. Universidad de Chile
2021 (completed) Intership in Isoscapes modeling. Student: Ignacio Garcia. Universidad Concepción
2021 (completed) Intership in social mapping coastal zones. Student: Francisca Flores. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2018-2019 (completed) Intership in Paleodemography and past societal collapses. Student: Andone Gurruchaga. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2018 (completed) Intership in Biogeochemistry. Student: Ignacio Pavez. Career: Geology. Universidad de Concepción
2013 (completed) Intership II in Paleoecology. Student: Manuel Rojas. Career: Archeology. Universidad de Tarapacá.
2012 (completed) Intership I in Paleoecology. Student: Manuel Rojas. Career: Archeology. Universidad de Tarapacá.
Science-policy interface
2023. Chilean Party Overflow to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). Dubai. United Arab Emirates.
2021-2022 Chile Delegate to IPCC for revision and approval of the Sixth Assessment Report IPCC (AR6)
2021 Expert Reviewer “Second order Draft” Working Group II Sixth Assessment Report IPCC (AR6) “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”
2020 Contributer to the Report to Nations “El aire que respiramos: pasado, presente y futuro” (CR)2. https://www.cr2.cl/contaminacion/
2019-2020 Expert Reviewer “First order Draft” and “Second order Draft” Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report IPCC (AR6) “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”.
2019 Expert Reviewer “Second order Draft” IPCC “Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL)”.
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/14_Annex-IV-Reviewers.pdf
2019 Contributer to the Report to Nations “El Antropoceno en Chile: evidencias y formas de avanzar”. (CR)2 https://www.cr2.cl/antropoceno/
2019. Contributer to the report for Latin American policy makers: "Por una nueva relación con la Naturaleza: América Latina y el Caribe pionera en revalorizar su patrimonio natural". CEPAL- National Congress - (CR)2
2013 Expert Reviewer “First order Draft” of the Working Group I to IPCC Fifth Assessment Report IPCC (AR5) “Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis”. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WG1AR5_AnnexVI_FINAL.pdf
Relevant outreach activities
2019. Participation in the CNN-Chile program "Exploradores del Atómo al Cosmos". Paleopulltion, On the long-term human-environment interaction and geohistorical records for understanding the air pollution in Chile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3nQ8PdYZv4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3qSKNqXoyys7quFuS9Zij0U5xwI4EelVV5xLQua3nJzAg6FM55cDnM2jk
2019. Organizer of the Social-gathering "Coversatorio: Antropoceno en Chile: Tiempos de Cambio". Cumbre Social por la Acción Climática ("The Parallel COP25"). Santiago, Chile. 8 de Diciembre 2019.
2018. Presenter at the Social-gathering "Una perspectiva del pasado remoto. Conversatorio El Antropoceno: Chile hacia tierra incognita". Puerto de Ideas. Valparaiso, Chile. 9 de Noviembre 2018.
2018. Documental video "Agua y Arena: Agua y arena: una travesía por el Desierto de Atacama". CEAZA – Proyecto Anillo SOC 1405 – Fundación VTR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3XtFyoal1k
2018. Presenter. Social-gathering “Chile bajo una nube gris: Contaminación atmosférica de norte a sur”, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, 21 de Agosto de 2018.
2018. Contributer to the “El Acta de Tarapacá”, Proyecto CONICYT/PIA Anillo SOC 1405. https://www.escallonia.cl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Acta-Tarapaca.pdf
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2012 Prize for Excellence in PhD Dissertiation, Life science category
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2012
Each year, the University recognizes recent PhD graduates who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship in their theses
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2012 Early career trajectory award
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2012
This award celebrates scientific contributions made in the early stage of a research career. The award is intended to recognise productivity and academic contributions.